The Senate on Wednesday, 31 July, 2024 appealed to Nigerians and promoters of the nationwide protest to shelve their plans in the interest of the nation. The #EndBadGovernance protest is scheduled to commence tomorrow, 1 August, 2024. Senate President Godswill Akpabio made the appeal during plenary after a closed-door session. “The Senate in a closed-session deliberated on issues bothering on its workings in particular and the National Assembly in general. “The Senate particularly reviewed the current situation as regards the impending protest slated for August 1 and accordingly urges that one year is not long enough to judge the present…
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The Lagos State House of Assembly Muslim community has cautioned the youth to be wary of the consequences of protests that may lead to violence and destruction of properties. In a statement released by the League of Imams of the Lagos State House of Assembly Muslim community led by Abdush Shakur Osoala “Islam always emphasizes peace, love and dialogue”. Osoala recalled that the violence that led to the destruction of Government properties across the country during the #endsars protest would remain in the minds of Nigerian citizens. He particularly mentioned the property which was destroyed in Lagos State including the…
Chairman of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), Hon Gbenga Elegbeleye, has explained that clubs in the league stand to reap financial benefits in the future from the partnership with Spanish side, Sevilla FC. Elegbeleye spoke from Spain where he travelled to put pen to paper in formalising the collaboration that would see NPFL clubs Coaches receive training facilitated by the club. “In the long run, there would be the possibility of the NPFL youth players attracting offers from international clubs and this will go a long way in ensuring financial stability for our Clubs and reduce their dependence on…
Health of Mother Foundation has described the introduction of genetically modified organism (GMO) into Nigeria’s food security plan as a big mistake as it jeopardizes the potential of any country especially in Africa to reach their full potential in food production. The Executive Director of HOMEF, Dr Nnimmo Bassey, In his opening remarks at a workshop organised for Judiciary Officials on GMOs and Biosafety in Nigeria, said GMO narrow down the varieties available and its becomes dominant threats to the local varieties available. He said: “Introducing GMO’s for reason of food security is a big mistake, because GMO’s jeopardize the…
Director General of the Nigerian Technical Aid Corps, Rt. Hon. Yusuf Buba Yakub has reiterated the call for the youth of the nation to embrace dialogue as against the plan for a nationwide protest scheduled to start from August 1. Buba noted that President Bola Tinubu has in just one year in office made such copious achievements in many areas of our national life that his Administration deserves not only understanding, but tacit support from all Nigerians in order to bring home the targeted results . The TAC boss, who spoke to journalists in Abuja, Monday, during the deployment of…
Ahead of the planned protest against “bad governance”, the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has declared custodial facilities (prisons) across the nation a red zones that no protesters should get to their perimeters. Nigerian Correctional Service in a statement on Tuesday signed by its Public Relations Officer, Abubakar Umar said: “In view of the purported national protest scheduled to hold on the first day of August 2024, the Nigerian Correctional Service wishes to inform the public that the Custodial Centres have been designated as red zones; therefore, any person or group of persons who have no business whatsoever, should steer clear.…
The United Nations International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has extended support for war against human trafficking in Nigeria with awards to makers of short films on the crime to further sensitize the members of the public of the antics and harms of human traffickers. IOM Chief of Mission in Nigeria, Mr Laurent De Boeck reiterated the commitment of the UN agency to empowering young Nigerians combating trafficking in persons in the country through short films, during the presentation of awards to the second edition winners of the Short Film contest on Combating Trafficking in Persons in Nigeria on Monday. He…
The Ogun State House of Assembly has urged Nigerian youths to engage the government in constructive conversation rather than protest, saying the challenges affecting the country also affect other countries. The Speaker, Oludaisi Elemide, gave the admonition on Tuesday, 30 July, 2024 while speaking on a motion on the planned protest, raised by the Minority Leader, Lukman Adeleye, who spoke under “matters of urgent public importance” during plenary on Tuesday. Elemide appealed to the youth to avoid any act inimical to the peace and tranquillity being enjoyed in the state and the nation. The Ogun State House of Assembly has…
Three students of Cross River State University have died in an auto crash while travelling to their homes following a two-week closure of the institution to stop students from taking part in the hardship protest slated for 1 August, 2021. The students , who were said to have who boarded a bus were on their way to Ogoja in the northern part of the state when the accident occurred on the afternoon of Tuesday, 30 June, 2024. It was gathered that the accident occurred near Ikom in the central part of the state, along the Calabar–Ikom highway. An eyewitness, simply…
Ogun State government has disclosed that it is removing shanties and makeshift structures around school environments to make schools in the state safe for learning, and to also prevent distractions and criminality. Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Environment, Farook Akintunde stated this on Tuesday, 30 July, 2024 during an enforcement exercise at Ifo LGA of the state, where shanties and illegal makeshift structures at the fences and sides of Methodist High School, Arigbajo, were removed. Akintude, who is also the Chairman, Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Taskforce, stated that the structures cause distractions to proper learning and could be…