President Muhammadu Buhari is currently in a virtual meeting with former Nigerian leaders. The meeting started at 9:00 am with President Buhari presiding from the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Former leaders participating virtually from their homes include Generals Yakubu Gowon, Olusegun Obasanjo, Abdulsalami Abubakar (Rtd), Goodluck Jonathan, and Ernest Shonekan. Those physically […]
Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s address to the nation on the #EndSARS protests was largely rhetoric, placid, and disappointing. National Publicity Secretary of the regional group, Hon Ken Robinson, in a statement, stated: “While Mr. President finally heeded calls for him to address the nation on the on-goings in the […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, berated people he called subversive elements whom he alleged were bent on using #EndSARS protesters to cause chaos and truncate the country’s democracy. Buhari, who said this in a national broadcast, asked youths calling for the disbanding of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad and police reforms to suspend their protests. Advising […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, berated people he called subversive elements whom he alleged were bent on using #EndSARS protesters to cause chaos and truncate the country’s democracy. Buhari, who said this in a national broadcast, asked youths calling for the disbanding of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad and police reforms to suspend their protests. Advising […]
Following the unfolding national crisis that has stemmed from the #EndSARS protests, a group of “responsible and patriotic Nigerians” organised themselves and made some crucial demands from President Muhammadu Buhari. The group called “Concerned Nigerians” said the have watched with serious concern the unfolding crisis threatening to engulf the nation and as non-partisan actors who […]
President Muhammadu Buhari after so much pressure from both local and international bodies and persons finally reacted to the loss of lives and properties in some parts of the country as hoodlums hijacked the #EndSARS protests. In his less-than 15-minute long address on Thursday, the President warned miscreants who have taken advantage of the situation […]
President Muhammadu Buhari after so much pressure from both local and international bodies and persons finally reacted to the loss of lives and properties in some parts of the country as hoodlums hijacked the #EndSARS protests. In his less-than 15-minute long address on Thursday, the President warned miscreants who have taken advantage of the situation […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a petition to Mrs Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC), urging her to “promptly investigate reports that Nigerian authorities, military, and some politicians have used/ and are using thugs, soldiers and security agents to intimidate, harass, attack and kill #EndSARS peaceful protesters in several parts of […]
A former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has condemned the attack on #EndSARS protesters at Lekki toll gate, Lagos State. Fayo made the displeasure known in a series of tweets on Wednesday. He also condemned the silence of President Muhammadu Buhari over the killings of #EndSARS protesters. He tweeted, “My heart is heavy. Like […]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has condemned the use of brute force to quell protests at the Lekki tollgate. He added that it was obvious that President Muhammadu Buhari and his lieutenants didn’t exhaust all avenues before deploying soldiers. Obasanjo said this in a statement titled, ‘Statement on Violence Against Protesters In Nigeria: An Appeal for […]