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On Sunday, hoodlums disrupted the fourth day of a peaceful protest at Gani Fawehinmi Park in Ojota, Lagos State. The demonstration, which began without incident, saw a significant escalation around 10:30 a.m. Tensions flared when a lawyer identified only as JP urged protesters to leave the site, citing President Bola Tinubu’s recent national address. However, a faction led by 70-year-old …

Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu has urged the organizers of the ongoing nationwide #Endbadgovernance# protests to end it and create room for dialogue. Tinubu made the appeal in a national broadcast on Sunday on the ongoing nationwide protest, according to the News Agency of Nigeria. The #Endbadgovernance# protests which entered the day-4 today stemmed from the untold hardship and corruption which …

The #Endbadgovernance# protests which entered the day-3 on Saturday took a new dimension in Benin City with the protesters leveraging on roadblocks to extort money from motorists and pedestrians. The protesters mounted roadblocks, mainly on major roads in the outskirts of Benin City where the motorists and pedestrians, in some instances were meant to part with some amount of money …

*Says reports put death toll at over 40*Threatens industrial action if…,*Demands sanctions for killer policemen, others Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has raised the alarm and expressed shock over the large-scale killing of protesters by policemen. According to NLC, “With unconfirmed reports putting casualties at over 40 in two days of managing the #EndHunger protest across the country, we have sufficient …

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin abruptly revoked a plea deal for the alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks and his co-conspirators, and he relieved the overseer in charge after years of effort to reach an agreement to bring the cases to a close. In a surprise memo quietly released Friday night, Austin said the responsibility for such a significant decision …

The Pan Niger Delta Forum has commended youths, ex-agitators and other groups in the Niger Delta region for their peaceful disposition during the nationwide protest against bad governance. The forum however called on the various groups to end the protest, saying their voices have been heard. The National Publicity Secretary of PANDEF, Ken Robinson, made the call in a statement …

Rivers: Protesters block section of Aba Road, Port Harcourt Police make more arrest in Sokoto Kano Police conducts house-to-house search for looted properties The Police in Kano have begun house-to-house search to recover properties looted by hoodlums during the protest in the state. The protest, which started peacefully, later turned violent when it momentum. Hoodlums wielding different weapons hijacked the …

The Nigeria Police Force, on Saturday, said a total of 681 criminal elements were arrested for committing various offences between Thursday and Friday. This was as the police stated that personnel deployed for the protests had been professional. The police made this known while responding to the report released by Amnesty International which accused security agencies of killing 13 protesters …

A vital system of Atlantic Ocean currents that influences weather across the world could collapse as soon as the late 2030s, scientists have suggested in a new study — a planetary-scale disaster that would transform weather and climate. Several studies in recent years have suggested the crucial system — the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC — could be on course for …

PARIS (AP) — Simone Biles earned her seventh Olympic gold medal by soaring to victory in the women’s vault final at the Paris Games on Saturday. The 27-year-old Biles averaged 15.300 for her signature Yurchenko double pike and Cheng vaults to claim a second gold on the event eight years after she triumphed in Rio de Janeiro. Rebeca Andrade of Brazil, who …