Author: Vincent Osuwo

Former Senator who represented Kaduna Central Senatorial district at the Senate, Shehu Sani, on Tuesday condemned the violence that trailed the nationwide protests in the North, alleging it was an attempt to overthrow the government.  Sani made the assertions speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday. The politician alleged that some days into the protest, money and some foreign flags were shared among the youths in the country’s northern region. “A day before the last protest, money was shared with the youths, and Russian flags were also shared. That shows that the whole intent of the…

The Media Office of Kogi State’s immediate-past governor, Alhaji Yayaha Bello, has denied that he is one of the sponsors of the country’s ongoing #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protests.  According to a statement made on Wednesday and signed by Michael Ohiare, the assertion was part of a broad conspiracy by the former governor’s adversaries to frame him. The statement made available to the press in Lokoja read, “We have uncovered a high-wired plan by some disgruntled enemies of the nation and persons on the ‘Project Bring Down Yahaya Bello’, to frame him up as one of the sponsors of the #Endbadgovernance protests across…

The federal government spent a total of N1.03 trillion to combat insecurity and terrorism between January and June 2024. According to the budget implementation report for the first half of 2024 received by our correspondent via Open Treasury, a website that tracks government spending, the amount indicates a disbursement rate of 42.80 percent from its authorisation of N2.41 trillion, with a balance of N1.38 trillion. Despite this spending, it was discovered that 5,801 Nigerians were slain in terrorist assaults and 4,348 individuals were abducted in the first seven months of 2024. Data from an Indigenous intelligence organisation, Beacon Consulting, revealed…

Nigerian security operatives are investigating at least four northern politicians over the use of Russian flags during #EndBadGovernance protests. Multiple sources told The PUNCH that political heavyweights from Katsina, Kaduna, and Kano states were the primary drivers behind the adoption of Russian flags by demonstrators in the north to fan the flames of an illegitimate regime change. “You see, four principal actors have been identified in this issue. They are top politicians from Katsina, Kano, and Kaduna, and the security agencies are closing in on them,” said one of the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was…

The northern part of the country has been worst hit by the ugly turn of events of the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest. Many lives have been lost and private and state-owned properties looted and destroyed as a result of the once peaceful protest that has been hijacked by hoodlums and criminals disguising as protesters. This has necessitated the imposition of curfew in various states, such as Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, Bauchi, Yobe, and Plateau State. While many opine that the region is worst hit by the protest because they were ”gaslighted” to protest against the federal government by Peter Obi, the Labour Party…

The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has announced that prosecutions of suspects arrested during the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protests have begun.  The police announced on Monday that over 800 people who committed various offences during the protest had been apprehended. Speaking during a meeting of security agency heads in Abuja on Tuesday, Egbetokun said in Kano that suspects were being tried at the police headquarters because of their numbers. He said, “I want to tell you that the trail of those suspects arrested during protests has begun. In Kano, for example, because we have a large number of arrests, the magistrate…

The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) has written to the National Human Rights Commission, demanding the release of some of the arrested #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protesters.  RULAAC, in a letter signed by its Executive Director, Okechukwu Nwanguma, and made available to journalists on Tuesday, described the continued arrests of citizens participating in or associated with Nigeria’s peaceful protests against economic hardship and widespread suffering under President Bola Tinubu’s administration as undemocratic. The letter read, “RULAAC writes to bring to the attention of the National Human Rights Commission and to request the commission to intervene to secure the release of…

Lagos State High Court in Igbosere on Tuesday extended an earlier order restricting protesters in the state to the Freedom and Peace Parks in the Ojota and Ketu areas of the state. Justice Sherifat Sonaike made the order following an application by the Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Lawal Pedro, SAN, for an extension order having complied with the pre-action protocols for preemptive remedies ordered last week by another vacation judge, Justice Emmanuel Ogundare. Pedro, who was represented in court by the Director for Civil Litigations, Mr. Hameed Oyenuga, informed the court that the earlier court order…

Bala Mohammed, the governor of Bauchi State, has expressed his concern with the violence that erupted during the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria demonstration in Azare, the state’s Katagum local government area headquarters. Mohammed made the statement while speaking to reporters shortly after an emergency security council meeting at the state government building on Tuesday. The governor stated that while they supported the youth’s aspirations, the state administration was opposed to any sort of violent protest and would not hesitate to distance itself from it. “We are with the youth in Bauchi State, but at the same time, we are not with those who…

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Monday granted N50 million bail each to two Moshood Abiola Polytechnic and Resign Regal Academy students, Timothy Oluwabukola and Anthony Odemerho, who are accused of hacking MTN Nigeria Communication computers and stealing N1.9 billion in airtime and data.  Justice Akintayo Aluko granted them bail after hearing two separate bail applications from the defendants. In addition to the bail amount, Aluko ordered each defendant to submit two sureties, one of whom must be a civil servant in federal or Lagos State employment with a grade level of 14 or higher. He stated that…