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….calls for investigation The Labour Party leader and the Presidential Candidate of the party in the 2023 polls, Peter Obi, has strongly denounced the poor handling of protesters, including minors, brought to the court under degrading conditions. Obi said that the constitution in democratic dispensation allows the people to protest against bad governance that is affecting their livelihood. Writing in ...

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an Urgent Appeal to Rt Hon Patricia Scotland QC, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, urging her to “apply the Commonwealth Charter to hold the Nigerian authorities to account over reports of attacks on journalists covering the #EndHunger protests and peaceful protests in some parts of the country.” SERAP urged Ms Scotland to “apply ...

Security operatives at the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja on Saturday dispersed protesters and journalists from the facility with gunshots. The security operatives aimed at protesters and journalists who ran for cover. The protesters were reconvening after being dispersed by security agents deployed to the stadium. Suddenly, masked security operatives suspected to be personnel of the Department of State Services ...

Former Nigeria’s Vice-President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has urged President Bola Tinubu to come down from his high horse and address the demands of protesters. Writing on his X handle on Friday, Atiku said, “The commencement of public protests across the country yesterday is noteworthy. These demonstrations have opened a vital channel for ...

…reject Mkpuorah Ngini as traditional ruler By Raymond Ozoji, Awka The people of Isuaniocha Community in Awka North local government area of Anambra State have rejected the traditional ruler issued certificate of recognition  by Governor Chukwuma Soludo. In a peaceful protest to the Anambra state  government house, Awka,  the people numbering over one thousand said what the community needed at ...

The Labour Party says its attention has been drawn “to Friday’s protests by some All Progressives Congress, (APC) hirelings at the premises of the European Union Mission in Abuja and views such protestation as a huge national embarrassment as it shows how antithetical the party is to truth and measures that will grow and strengthen Nigeria’s democracy.” In a statement, ...

A Nigerian human rights and international law expert, Mr. Adeola Oyinlade, says he has read the argument of some senior police officers that there cannot be a lawful protest without permission from the Nigeria Police Force. “These Senior Police officers are relying on the Public Order Act of 1979 thereby justifying clamping down on protesters across the country; this position ...

Men of the Lagos State Police Command on Saturday morning fired tear gas canisters at the protesters gathered at the Gani Fawehinmi Park in Lagos, venue of the June 12 Democracy Day protest, The PUNCH reports. The protesters were demanding an end to bad governance when they were tear-gassed by the security operatives. Several digital flyers, widely circulated on social media on ...

The Lagos State House of Assembly has promised to transmit a petition from a coalition of civil society groups which recently organised a National Day of Mourning to the Federal Government and the National Assembly. At a sitting on Tuesday, the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. (Dr) Mudashiru Obasa, directed that the petition be transmitted to the Federal Government ...

In what appears to be an attempt to forestall another round of #EndSARS protests, armed policemen and soldiers have been deployed at the Lekki toll plaza, Lagos. Several motorists informed The PUNCH that the security operatives were deployed around midnight. The Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, did not respond to calls on Monday morning. However, both the military and the police ...