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The Director-General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Lanre Issa-Onilu, on Wednesday, urged Nigerians to map out survival strategies amid the economic fallout of the removal of petrol subsidy, adding that poverty will worsen if petrol subsidy is returned, as being demanded by #EndBadGovernance protesters. Issa-Onilu who  stated this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily breakfast show, said“Anybody who is making …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that those who sell or supply refined products and feel they will lose the lucrative business will do everything possible to frustrate the Dangote Petroleum Refinery. Also, he disclosed that the petrol subsidy removed by the Federal Government in 2023 has been reintroduced because of inflation. The former President who stated this in an …

The Nigeria Immigration Service says diaspora sponsors of protesters that are calling for undemocratic change of government are already on its watch list. The Comptroller General Nigerian Immigration Service (CG NIS), Kemi Nanna Nandap, said this at a joint press conference of service chiefs and heads of security agencies at the Defence Headquarters Abuja on Tuesday August 6. Nandap said: “we have …

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, has said that the military and security agencies are after those that are behind the call for undemocratic change of government. He said the military knew that some protesters calling for regime change are sponsored, hence the military is trailing and will arrest those sponsors. The CDS said this at a …

•CDS says protests hijacked, warns hoisting foreign flags treasonable, vows military will resist any attempt to topple democratic govt •Soldiers, protesters clash on Abuja-Kaduna road as police, DSS deny using live bullets  •Kano to establish inquiry commission over killings, displeased with use of Russian flag  •Sani imposes 24hrs curfew on Kaduna, hoodlums attack bank, vandalise vehicles •Mobsters confront security in …

A human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, has warned protesters to desist from anything that would jeopardize the objective of the protests. Falana stated this while fielding questions from newsmen on Monday.  He warned Nigerian youths protesting against hunger, hardship and socio-economic policies affecting the country to be wary of thugs and distance themselves from undemocratic forces who have …

Walz served 24 years in the Army National Guard before retiring from a field artillery battalion in 2005 as a command sergeant major, one of the military’s highest enlisted ranks. HE HAS A PROVEN ABILITY TO CONNECT WITH CONSERVATIVE VOTERS In his first race for Congress, Walz upset a Republican incumbent. That was in 2006, when he won in a …

Vice President Kamala Harris has chosen Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, looking to strengthen the Democratic ticket in Midwestern states, AP sources say. She will introduce Walz at a rally Tuesday evening in Philadelphia. Harris was the only candidate eligible to receive votes after no other candidate qualified by a deadline last week. She officially claimed the nomination Monday night when the DNC …

The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has said that those flying the Russian flag in Nigeria have committed a treasonable offence. The Nation had reported that some protesters of the #EndBadGovernance were waving Russian flags in different parts of the country. However, speaking after an emergency security session with President Bola Tinubu at Aso Rock, Gen. Musa vowed …

Despite confessing being a man when he appeared before the judge who handed him a six-month jail sentence in April, controversial celebrity, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, has continued to put up as a woman. Justice Abimbola Awogboro of a Federal High Court in Lagos had asked the convict arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of …