August 4, 2024
Mystery #IgboMustGo campaign ruffles feathers in Lagos
…Yoruba leaders move to douse ethnic tensions Following the outcries that greeted the #IgboMustGo campaign, prominent Yoruba leaders and organisations have moved swiftly to douse the flames, calling for calm and urging Nigerians to reject the divisive ethnic slur. This is as Southeast leaders and groups have condemned the ethnic profiling and intimidation targeted at […]
Protest: Police reportedly shoot boy dead in FCT
Men of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, allegedly shot and killed a young boy in the Kubwa area of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, as the #EndBadGovernance protest enters the third day. The boy was said to have been killed at close range around the Zenith Bank area of Kubwa. An eyewitness who spoke after […]
Protest organisers split, say members bribed to sabotage rally
The #EndBadGovernance protest, which began in major cities across the country on Thursday may be losing steam following a division among leaders of the major groups mobilising Nigerians for the mass demonstration. Some of the organisers accused the Federal Government of financially inducing some members to sabotage the protest and weaken its strength after threats […]
Hoodlum stripped me naked in public – Protester
A protester at the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria demonstration in Bauchi State has described how a hoodlum assaulted and stripped her naked in public. Aisha Dogara Adamu, a resident of the Bauchi metropolis, recounted the brutalisation she suffered on the first day of the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protests in the state. She said, “On Thursday, August 1, 2024, as scheduled, […]
Organisers seek N4bn donation as protest enters Day 4
As the nationwide protest enters its fourth day, some of the organisers and supporters of the demonstration have set up pages to raise over N4bn through GoFundMe, a popular online crowdfunding platform. Checks by our correspondence show that as of Saturday evening, a total of N4.1bn had been benchmarked to be donated through accounts created […]