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.To reflect on his economic reforms during working leave President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja today for the United Kingdom to begin a two-week vacation, part of his yearly leave. According to a release issued on Wednesday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the President will use the two weeks as a working …

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz has announced a ban on United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres from entering Israel. The announcement was made via Katz’s account on X, formerly known as Twitter. The decision follows what Katz described as Guterres’ failure to condemn Iran’s missile attack on Israel. The attack was reportedly in retaliation for the deaths of key figures, including …

It comes on the day (1 October) Nigeria marks its 64th Independence Anniversary, with the protesters tagging it National Day of Survival to reflect the economic hardship millions of Nigerians are grappling with Thousands of Nigerians are expected to converge across different Nigerian cities on Tuesday to protest against what they described as bad policies and programmes of President Bola Tinubu-led …

Former President Goodluck Jonathan, former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, some state governors, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and other interest groups yesterday felicitated with Nigerians on the 64th Independent Day celebration and called for national unity in tackling the current challenges facing the country. Don’t lose hope —Jonathan Goodluck Jonathan in his Independent Day goodwill message urged …

The protests, SaharaReporters observed that the protesters chanted “We are hungry” as they marched on the roads.  Thousands of Nigerians in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Tuesday morning joined the #FearlessInOctober protest against hardships and poverty that the President Bola Tinubu-led administration has unleashed on them.In photos of the protests, SaharaReporters observed that the protesters chanted “We are hungry” …

President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday said that his administration is working to ensure significant reduction in cost of living across the country, especially as it concerns food costs. Mr Tinubu spoke in a televised broadcast in commemoration of this year’s Independence Day anniversary. “The central concern of our people today is the high cost of living, especially food costs. This concern …

Nigerian police on Tuesday fired teargas at hundreds of protesters participating in the #FearlessInOctober demonstration against poverty, hardship, and bad governance in Abuja. The crackdown, which occurred in the Jabi and Utako areas of the Federal Capital Territory, forced residents to flee and protesters to scamper for safety. Tuesday’s protests were part of a nationwide movement demanding an end to economic hardship, …

Exactly 64 years ago, our founding fathers chose democracy as a form of government and launched the dream of a great country that would lead the rest of Africa out of poverty, ignorance, and underdevelopment, a beacon of hope to the rest of Africa and the world. Over six decades later, we can look back, and Nigerians worldwide can see …

Despite warnings from the Federal Government and the Nigerian Police Force, organisers of the October 1 protest against hardship in the country have vowed to proceed with the planned demonstration. Omoyele Sowore, a former presidential candidate and activist leading the protest, confirmed on his social media platform on Monday that the nationwide protest will hold peacefully across the country, with …

Recurrent coups since 2020 and the decision by Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger to withdraw from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) reveal the region’s deep governance and democracy challenges. ECOWAS’ struggle to address these crises, along with perceptions of double standards in its handling of military coups vs. ‘constitutional’ coups perpetrated by elected governments, has damaged the …