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Protester Brutalised By Police In Lagos On Thursday Returns To Protest On Saturday

Damilola Akinola, who two police officers reportedly brutalised on Thursday in Lagos, returned to the streets on Saturday despite sustaining severe injuries from...

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Police Bullet Kills Young Boy In Kubwa, Abuja During #EndBadGovernance Protests

A young boy was allegedly shot and killed by Nigeria Police Force officers in the Kubwa area of Abuja on Saturday, the third...

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Over 31 Protesters Arrested At MKO Abiola Stadium in Abuja

The Abuja Police Command has arrested at least 31 protesters at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, the designated location for the #EndBadGovernance protests....

#AkpabioMustGo: Nigerians Call For Akpabio's Resignation
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#AkpabioMustGo: Nigerians Call For Akpabio’s Resignation

Nigerians are calling for the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, to resign after his infamous comment that he and others in the government would...

NetBlocks Confirms MTN Network Disruption To Limit #EndBadGovernance Protest
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NetBlocks Confirms MTN Network Disruption To Limit #EndBadGovernance Protest

NetBlocks, a watchdog organisation that monitors cybersecurity and internet governance, has confirmed there was a disruption to the network of MTN Group Limited,...

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Photojournalist Released After Being Unlawfully Arrested By Police During Protest

Shortly after being arrested by the police in Abuja while covering the #EndBadGovernance protest on Thursday, Independent newspaper photojournalist Jide Oyekunle has been...

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#EndBadGovernance Protesters Attacked in Effurun, Delta State

Peaceful #EndBadGovernance protesters in Effurun, Delta State, were attacked today as part of the ongoing protests across the country. The protesters, expressing their...

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Borno: One Reportedly Shot By Security Operatives During #EndBadGovernance Protest 

One person has reportedly been shot in the #EndBadGovernance protest going on in Maiduguri, Borno State, as reported live by a correspondent of...

Protest Is Democratic Right, I Am Ready To Join Protesters - Says Kano Governor Yusuf
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Protest Is Democratic Right, I Am Ready To Join Protesters – Says Kano Governor Yusuf

The Governor of Kano State, Abba Yusuf, has declared his stance in support of the #EndBadGovernance protest over the increasingly high cost of...

A high court in Ghana has banned protests in the capital, Accra, amid a rising tide of youth-led protests sweeping across West Africa.
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Ghana Court Bans ‘Gen-Z Demo’ Planned Protest in Accra

A high court in Ghana has banned protests in the capital, Accra, amid a rising tide of youth-led protests sweeping across West Africa....

#EndBadGovernanceProtest: Oby Ezekwesili Charges Nigerian Govt To Stop Spreading Fear
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#EndBadGovernanceProtest: Oby Ezekwesili Charges Nigerian Govt To Stop Spreading Fear

The former Vice-President of the World Bank (Africa Region) and founder of #FixPolitics Initiative, a research-based citizen-led initiative, Oby Ezekwesili, has charged the...

In a statement released on Friday by Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, the FCT Police Command has announced the deployment of 4,200 police officers to ensure peace and order during the planned nationwide protest scheduled for August 1.
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IGP Ignored My Queries on Viral Threat Video By “Thugs” in Lagos – Human Rights Lawyer

According to Human Rights Lawyer Inibehe Effiong, the Inspector General of Police ignored an inquiry about the action the Nigeria police is taking...