The demonstration against economic hardship at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja, came to an abrupt end on Saturday after security agents fired at protesters and journalists. The security agents had initially fired tear gas canisters to disperse the protesters. They later resorted to shooting at persons in the vicinity, breaking the rear glass and denting…
Protesters marching through the streets of Gombe on Thursday protesting hunger, hardship and bad governance witnessed under the President Bola Tinubu’s administration were heard calling for the military to take over leadership and rule the country. In a video posted by Premium Times and seen by West Africa Weekly, the agitated protesters, some of whom…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Edo State government on Thursday traded words over the ownership of the truck of rice looted at a warehouse in Benin by #EndBadGovernance protesters. Some residents of the state were sighted in a viral video looting the rice at a warehouse in Urora, Uhunmwonde local government area of…
The Equity International Initiative and Citizens Coalition Against Corruption, two of the groups leading the ”End Bad Governance” have called on President Bola Tinubu to reverse the electricity tariff hike and restore fuel subsidy. The group made the call on Thursday in Jos, while briefing newsmen on the ongoing ten-day protests across the country. The…
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State encountered a strong backlash from #EndBadGovernance protesters at the Port Harcourt Government House on Thursday after he offered them money for pure water. Naija News reports that the governor’s attempt to placate the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria demonstrators with a small monetary gesture and a request for them to disperse intensified their…
The #EndBadGovernance protest in Kano has taken a new turn, as an alleged clash between the police and protesters started earlier in front of the Government House in Kano. The protests across Nigeria are driven by frustration regarding hunger and economic hardship. Gunshots could be heard in a video on X as security operatives tried…
Thirty-seven non-governmental organisations, NGOs, have urged the Nigerian Judiciary and the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, to uphold the rights of all protesters and establish a mechanism to promptly address and dismiss oppressive charges that may arise from the forthcoming protests slated for Thursday. In a joint press statement made available in Taraba on Monday,…
In the past week climate activists targeted two very different venues to send their message of doom, disrupting the PGA Tour’s Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut and vandalising the Stonehenge monument at Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England. Their defacement of Stonehenge could be considered relatively successful because no one was able to stop them. It’s…
