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Kamala Harris picks Tim Walz as running mate

Written by Zainab Bakare Vice President Kamala Haris, the Democratic candidate for president in the 2024 election, chose her running mate today: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, according to several sources and media outlets. Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro was floated as a possible vice presidential candidate almost immediately after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race on July 21, following a bad performance at a June debate with former President Donald Trump, the Republican candidate for president this year. Walz, […]

August 6, 2024 2

General

Plateau State Government Impose 24 Hour Curfew In Bukuru

The Plateau State Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew on Jos -Bukuru Metropolis, following the breakdown of law and order in the area. In a statement signed by Mr Gyang Bere, the Director of Press and Public Affairs to Gov. Caleb Mutfwang on Sunday in Jos, the government said the move was to enhance the security of lives and maintain public order. According to the spokesman, the governor has directed security agencies to ensure total enforcement of the curfew across […]

August 5, 2024

General

DSS Arrests One Of The Leaders Of The Ongoing Endbadgovernance Protests In The Federal Capital Territory

Edited by: Chinedu Echianu Operatives of the Department of State Service have arrested one of the leaders of the ongoing Endbadgovernance protests in the Federal Capital Territory, Micheal Adaramoye also know as Lenin. Reports say Lenin was picked up by the DSS around 2am today at his residence in the Apo area of the FCT. Speaking with a national daily, the Director of Mobilisation, Take It Back Movement, Damilare Adenola, said Lenin’s house was raided by the DSS and […]

August 5, 2024

Politics

Kamala Harris Set to Announce Her Running Mate Today

Kamala Harris will announce her running mate today, as she prepares for a tour of US battleground states aimed at turning excitement over her presidential bid into durable support that can power her to victory. All paths to the White House run through a handful of swing states, and Harris will kick off her five-day run Tuesday in the largest — Pennsylvania — as she builds momentum for her showdown with Republican Donald Trump on November 5. Fresh from winning […]

August 5, 2024

Politics

Lawmaker Says Finding Lasting Solutions To Nigeria’s Economic Problems Is A Collective Responsibility

All Progressives Congress lawmaker , Representative Alhassan Doguwa from Kano State says finding lasting solutions to Nigeria’s economic problems is a collective responsibility and urges protesters of hunger and hardship to embrace dialogue. Doguwa, representing Doguwa/Tudun Wada Federal Constituency, stated this while addressing officials of Kano Youth Forum, who visited him in Kano. He condemned the unfortunate looting and vandalisation of public and private properties that characterised the 10-day nationwide protests which began on Aug. 1 in some parts of the […]

August 5, 2024

General

Professor Wole Soyinka Says President Bola Tinubu Failed To Address Brutal Crackdown Of #Endbadgovernance Protesters.

Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has faulted the nationwide address by President Bola Tinubu, saying it failed to address the brutal crackdown of #EndBadGovernance protesters by security agencies. Angry Nigerians had taken to major cities across the country to lament the high cost of living, hardship, hunger, and poverty blamed on policies of the Federal Government like the removal of fuel subsidy and the floating of the naira. In the past four days, some persons were killed as the protests […]

August 5, 2024

General

Organisers of The End Bad Governance Protest Demand the Release of 1,150 Arrested Protesters

The organisers of the #EndBadGovernance protest have demanded the release of 1,150 protesters allegedly arrested by the police during the first three days of the nationwide rallies. In response to the appeal by President Bola Tinubu to end the protest, which has claimed several lives, following his broadcast on Sunday morning, the organisers: Take It Back Movement, Youth Rights Campaign and the Creative Change Centre, in separate interviews with newsmen on Sunday, vowed to carry on with the demonstration, stating […]

August 5, 2024

Security

Five states under 24-hours curfew as protest turns violent

Editing by Julian Adetinuyo Katsina State government has imposed a twenty-four hours curfew on Dustinma Local Government Area of the state while in the thirty-three other Local Government Areas, its from seven in the evening to seven in the morning. A statement signed by the Director Press office of the Secretary to the State Government, Abdullahi Aliyu, explained that the State Acting Governor, Faruk Jobe, took the decision after an emergency security council meeting to review the general conduct of […]

August 2, 2024

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Why We Organise Saturday’s Women Rally- Abiola’s Wife

A Non-Governmental Organization, Women for Peace, Security, and Social Inclusion Initiative, says the women's sensitization program and rally held on Saturday by over 4,000 women was to amplify the call for a peaceful protest. The founder of the NGO and wife of the late MKO Abiola, Tinu Alade Abiola, was reacting to a viral video featuring some women criticizing the initiative for not honoring commitments made to them regarding their participation in the rally. A statement by Mrs Abiola, […]

July 31, 2024