TURKEY DETAINS 99 SUSPECTED ISLAMIC STATE MEMBERS
Turkey’s Interior Minister announced on Friday that 99 individuals suspected of being members of the Islamic State jihadist group were detained in recent raids nationwide....
SANWO-OLU HAILS PEACEFUL PROTEST IN LAGOS, CALLS FOR NORMALCY
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has heaped praises on residents of the state, for their peaceful disposition to the nationwide hunger and hardship protests....
IED KILLS ONE, INJURES 11 IN MAIDUGURI — POLICE
The Borno Police Command has said that an Improvised Explosive Device in another attack in Maiduguri resulted in the death of one male victim, with...
NIGERIANS RAISE N1.8m FOR PROTESTER WHOSE SONS DREAMS OF BECOMING PROGRAMMER
Nigerians have raised N1.8m for a protester whose son dreams of becoming a programmer. Ogwu Chijioke was one of the hundreds of protesters who trooped...
PROTEST DAY 2: NORMALCY RETURNS AS BUSINESSES OPEN EARLY IN IBADAN
Normalcy seems to have returned to Ibadan metropolis as commuters and citizens are back on the streets early Friday morning, Vanguard observed. The day one...
#EndBadGovernanceInNigeria: PROTESTERS GATHER AT GANI FAWEHINMI PARK IN LAGOS
Protesters gathered at Gani Fawehinmi Park in Ojota, Lagos State, on Friday for the second day of the nationwide #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protests. Beginning on August 1,...
CISLAC CONDEMNS PROTESTS HIJACK, BLAMES GOVT
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre has called for the protection of protesters amid growing concerns that the demonstrations have been hijacked by criminal elements...
#EndBadGovernanceInNigeria PROTESTERS ASSEMBLE IN RIVERS STATE
Protesters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, gathered at Pleasure Park to continue their demonstrations against economic hardship in the country on Friday. The nationwide protests,...
JUST IN: BENUE GOV DISMISSES ELECTORAL COMMISSION CHAIRMAN
Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has approved the dismissal of Dr. John Chem, the chairman of the State Independent Electoral Commission. The state...
JUST IN: POLICEMEN USE TEAR GAS ON JOURNALISTS, PROTESTERS IN ABUJA
Police have discharged tear gas canisters at protesters gathering at Berger Roundabout in Abuja. Journalists reporting on the protest were also targeted and tear-gassed at...