In Nigeria’s capital city, the #EndBadGovernance demonstration that was supposed to take place from August 1 to August 10 has lost momentum. An order from a court barred demonstrators from entering Eagle Square and confined them to MKO Abiola National Stadium. After hours of resistance, demonstrators were dispersed with tear gas at Eagle Square on

Youths, former agitators, and other Niger Delta organisations have received praise from the Pan Niger Delta Forum for their nonviolent demeanour throughout the countrywide demonstration against poor government. However, the forum urged the several groups to call off the demonstration, stating that their opinions had been heard. The call was made by PANDEF’s National Publicity

It has been made clear by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority that Arik Air’s flight operations have not been stopped or paused. The airline’s capacity to operate its remaining fleet is unchanged, and flights continue as planned. This explanation was given in a statement on Friday in Abuja, which was signed by Mr. Michael Achimugu,

Kaduna Electric has disconnected electricity supply to the Kaduna State Government House and other state government facilities due to unpaid bills totaling N2.9bn. A statement by the Head, Corporate Communication, AbdulAzeez Abdullahi, on Friday, noted that Kaduna Electric made repeated attempts to resolve the issue, including consultations with state officials, before issuing a disconnection notice

On Friday, four democracy campaigners who were demanding the release of opposition leader Jameson Timba had their hearing postponed, as more opposition figures were taken into custody in Zimbabwe. Since it came to power in 1980, the ZANU-PF party has been accused by critics for a long time of stifling dissent and democracy. Ahead of

Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, a Nigerian activist and the Labour Party’s nominee for Lagos State governor in 2023, has expressed his dissatisfaction with the opposition parties in Nigeria, pointing to their lack of accomplishments. Speaking live on Friday regarding the ongoing #EndBadGovernance Protests on News Central TV, Rhodes-Vivour chastised the opposition for not aggressively advancing good governance.

In an interview with News Central TV on Friday, Nigerian activist and executive director of the Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre Okechukwu Nwanguma argued that President Bola Tinubu is not leading the country in the best interests of its citizens. Nwanguma maintained that President Tinubu has been growing ministries, appointing his friends to

Carlos Alcaraz advanced to the Paris final as the second seed, defeating Félix Auger-Aliassime 6-1, 6-1, to continue his ascent to Olympic glory. The defending champion of Roland Garros and Wimbledon, who is competing in his first Olympics, defeated the 13th-seeded Canadian in 75 minutes to move to 20-1 since the end of May and

In the midst of the ongoing statewide protests, the South East Caucus of the National Assembly raised grave concerns on Friday regarding the ethnic profiling of Igbo people. The leaders of the Senate and House of Representatives Caucuses, Eyinaya Abaribe and Igariwey Enwo, jointly issued a statement stating that the Igbo people have been unfairly

Prof. Wole Soyinka, a Nobel laureate, characterised corruption as a fatal cankerworm on Friday that devastates great nations and greatly disadvantages the populace. According to Soyinka, it will remain hard to defeat the nation’s growing corruption problem in the absence of a shift in mindset and everyone’s willingness to start acting morally. The eminent academic