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The founder of Stanbic-IBTC Bank, Atedo Peterside, has appealed to Nigerian youths and organisers of the nationwide protests to suspend the action. He made this known via a post on his official X account, Peterside commeneded the protesters who have been peaceful in the course of the demonstration for dispelling the narrative of Nigerian youths not being politically active. He said: “I doff my hat to those of you who have been protesting peacefully since 01 August. You have shaken Nigeria to the core and dispelled the falsehood that many of our youths are not politically active and/or do not…
The organisers of the ‘End Hunger’ protest in Lagos have announced plans to resume their demonstration at Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park, Ojota, on Monday, August 5, 2024, despite recent comments from President Bola Tinubu. In a statement issued on Sunday, signed by Hassan Taiwo, Ayoyinka Oni, and Adegboyega Adeniji on behalf of the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria Organising Committee, the group expressed disappointment that it took President Tinubu three days of protests to address the nation. The statement followed the President’s broadcast earlier in the day, where Tinubu acknowledged the protesters’ concerns and urged them to suspend their demonstrations in favor of dialogue.…
A former military president, Ibrahim Babangida, on Sunday, distanced himself from a post associating him to have endorsed military rule over democratic governance. Babangida in a statement released through his media office and signed by Mahmud Abdullahi in Minna, reiterated his commitment to democratic rule. He called on all Nigerians to, not only to embrace democrayc, but to see to its success. The statement reads, “Our attention has been drawn to a post on a parody account on X, formerly known as twitter, which carries the handle, @General_Ibbro, in which former President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, GCFR, was supposed to have…
Following the continued EndBadGovernance protest, Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has said President Bola Tinubu’s nationwide speech failed to address the continued deterioration of the state’s seizure of protest management. Soyinka faulted the use of bullets and tear gas on Nigerians protesting against economic hardship, calling such actions abuse of state power. He remarked in an article titled “The Hunger March As Universal Mandate.” Since August 1, some aggrieved Nigerian youths have been protesting against the Nigerian government in what is tagged EndBadGovernace protest. Tinubu bowed to pressure and addressed the nation, stressing that he was pained by the protest against…
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has slammed President Bola Tinubu’s broadcast to the nation on Sunday morning, describing it as a hollow speech devoid of solutions to the hardships facing Nigerians. Speaking through his media adviser, Paul Ibe, in a statement in Abuja, Atiku said the broadcast, intended to quell the fervour of public protests against his administration’s poor governance, utterly missed the mark. He said: “His (Tinubu’s) speech neglects the pressing economic hardships that have besieged Nigerian families since the very beginning of his tenure. “This address lacks credibility and fails to…
Veteran journalist and the publisher of Ovation Magazine, Dele Momodu, has said he was left shocked by President Bola Tinubu’s broadcast to the nation on Sunday morning. In a post on X, Momodu said the President failed to address the demands of ongoing protesters across the country. Tinubu addressed Nigerians on Sunday, three days after the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protests started. The protesters had made several demands, including a return of fuel subsidies, improvements in living standards, cuts in the cost of governance, reduction in electricity tariffs, and solutions to escalating insecurity, among others. Reacting to Tinubu’s broadcast, Momodu said, “After the…
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State has challenged President Bola Tinubu to act fast in addressing the grievances of Nigerians. In a statewide broadcast Sunday afternoon, Fintiri stressed that it is not enough for the President to tell Nigerians that he has heard their cries. According to him, Nigerians should not wait endlessly for necessary actions. The governor, who spoke on the #EndBadGovernance protest in Adamawa State, commended residents for conducting themselves peacefully, even as he stressed on the need for the Federal Government to heed the calls of the people. He said, “The protest might be unpopular especially because…
By Mogaji Wole Arisekola. If I had not traveled and lived outside Nigeria before, I would have thought that Nigeria should be greater than it is now. I would have believed that one day, a miracle would happen, transforming our country into the giant it promises to be. But alas, there is something fundamentally wrong with our way of life. It’s not even getting better; we are heading down a precarious path in the existence of humanity on the surface of the earth. Since yesterday, I have been pondering what is wrong with our way of life. I reflect on…
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has revealed that a police officer was killed while carrying out his duties amidst the #EndBadGovernance nationwide protest on Thursday. Naija News reports that the police boss disclosed this during a press conference held in Abuja following the supposed peaceful protest that turned violent in some locations across the country on Thursday. Egbetokun further disclosed that some of his officers sustained injuries from individuals posing as protesters. The police chief expressed sorrow over the destruction of several police stations across the country by violent rioters. He emphasized that the incidents witnessed in…
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, condemned a post made by @Lagospedia on X (formerly Twitter) that called on the Igbo to vacate Lagos and the South-West. The post by the user on July 27, 2024, asking Lagosians to brace for a massive #IgboMustGo protest from August 20 to 30, 2024, has since generated controversy on social media. The media aide to Governor Sanwo-Olu, Gboyega Akosile, in a statement, noted that the governor and indeed, the Lagos State Government “wish to distance themselves from the reckless, divisive and dangerous rhetoric, saying Lagos remains home to every Nigerian citizen…