President Bola Tinubu has directed that all the minors arrested and facing prosecution in court over their alleged involvement in the #EndBadGovernance protest should immediately be released without prejudice to the law. President Tinubu also directed the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction to see the welfare of the minors. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, ...

There are plans by the organisers of the just concluded #EndBadGovernanceinNigeria protest held nationwide from August 1 to 10, 2024, to stage another protest in October. The Director of Mobilisation of the Take It Back Movement, Damilare Adenola, made this known yesterday. He said the protesters’ demands would remain the same unless there were other issues, requiring them to add ...

Former Nigeria’s Vice-President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has accused President Bola Tinubu’s administration of adopting propaganda, misinformation and disinformation as a state policy. Atiku made this accusation in a statement signed by his media aide, Paul Ibe, and made available to NewsProbe on Thursday. The statement reads, “In the ...

As the nationwide #Endbadgovernance protest enters the second day across the country, the main opposition voice and the Labour Party Presidential Candidate in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to address the nation and douse the tension in the land. Reacting to the protest and the demands of the protesters from his home in ...

Inge Amundsen, Chr. Michelsen Institute The recent protests by young people in Kenya and Uganda have highlighted a form of corruption that is difficult to deal with: political corruption. Compared to its cousin, administrative or bureaucratic corruption (such as a civil servant soliciting a bribe to provide a public service), political corruption is much more difficult to fight. This is ...

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has led a protest to the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja. PDP leaders as well as supporters have stormed the INEC headquarters wearing black clothes in protest against the just concluded presidential election that saw the All progressives Congress candidate, Bola Tinubu, declared winner of ...

…‘I’ve directed release of those detained in Wednesday memorial protest’ – Gov As the final report of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution is being awaited, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said the Government would be making full disclosure of the report to the public. Sanwo-Olu said the State Government would not make an attempt to cover up ...

The FCT Police Command has debunked the viral message in some sections of the social media purporting that ‘Omoyele Sowere was shot by a female Assistant Commissioner of Police’ at the Unity Fountain. In a statement signed by ASP Yusuf Mariam, Police Public Relations Officer, FCT Police Command, Abuja, the police said contrary to the speculation, Police Operatives professionally restored ...

Youths have announced plans to organise a counter-protest at the Lekki tollgate on Saturday, February 13. This is coming a few hours after some youths took to Twitter to call for a protest against the reopening of the Lekki tollgate. The PUNCH had reported that the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing the alleged killing of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at the Lekki tollgate ...

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Monday warned political office holders and policymakers against paying lip service to youth unemployment. He challenged his colleagues in positions of authorities to factor youth employment and empowerment into the 2021 budget so as to escape another round of #EndSARS protests. Lawan gave the warning when the Minister of Agriculture and Rural ...