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EndBadGovernance: Threats Ensued After WAW, FIJ Stories On Rasheedat Adus N50,000 Bribe Rejection
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#EndBadGovernance: Threats Ensue After WAW, FIJ Stories On Rasheedat Adu’s N50,000 Bribe Rejection

In response to the recent West Africa Weekly report on the N50,000 bribe offered to journalists covering the #EndBadGovernance protests at the Lekki...

Nigerian Police Arrests 10 Protesters For Flying Russian Flags, 101 Others On Violence in Gombe
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Nigerian Police Arrests 10 Protesters For Flying Russian Flags, 101 Others For Violence in Gombe

The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) said it has arrested 10 protesters for flying Russian flags in Gombe State and 101 others for violence-related...

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INEC Releases Final Voter Register For Edo, Ondo Governorship Election Amid Nationwide Protest

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the final voter register for the Edo and Ondo State Governorship elections. The national commissioner...

Nigerians Criticise Kano Governor's Distribution Of 600 Wheelbarrows Amid Nationwide Protest
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Nigerians Criticise Kano Governor’s Distribution Of 600 Wheelbarrows Amid Nationwide Protest

Nigerians, on a critical note, have reacted to the recent distribution of over 600 wheelbarrows and shovels by the Kano State Governor Abba...

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Nigerian Govt Places #EndBadGovernance ‘Sponsors’ On Watchlist, Blocks Accounts

Nigeria’s federal government, through the Nigerian Immigration Services (NIS), has placed sponsors of the ongoing nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests on its watchlist. NIS Comptroller-General...

Lagos Police Watch As Hoodlums Attack Protesters, Chase Journalists At Ojota
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Lagos Police Watch As Hoodlums Attack Protesters, Chase Journalists At Ojota

Officers of the Lagos Police Command on Monday evening watched as hoodlums with heavy sticks attacked protesters as they closed for day 5...

#EndBadGovernance:
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#EndBadGovernance: Group Urges Protesters To Increase Demand For Release Of #EndSARS Protesters In Ikoyi Prison

A group of human rights activists, lawyers, and concerned citizens have appealed to #EndBadGovernance protesters, both on social media or on the streets,...

News Central TV Launches Investigation Over LCDA Chair Rasheedat Adu's Bribery Offer Reports
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News Central TV Launches Investigation Over LCDA Chair Rasheedat Adu’s Bribery Offer

News Central TV says it has launched an internal investigation into FIJ’s report indicating one of its reporters was among the journalists offered...

#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,...

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...

Despite Stealing £4,000 Wine, France Appoints Marc Fonbaustier As Nigerian Ambassador
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Despite Stealing £4,000 Wine, France Appoints Marc Fonbaustier As Nigerian Ambassador

The President of France, Emmanuel Macron and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs have appointed Marc Fonbaustier as the new French Ambassador to...