VIDEO: Children Stones Tinubu’s Portrait Amid Hunger, Hardship In Nigeria Some children in northern Nigeria have been captured on camera stoning President Bola Tinubu’s portrait in protest at the current economic problems and mounting hunger in the country. The children are seen in the video stoning a photograph of President Tinubu hung on a wall. Northerners and indeed Muslims are known to stone photographs of people they do not like as a sign of rejection, which was probably borrowed from Rajm. The term also refers to the ritual casting of stones at the Devil during the hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca).…
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VIDEO: Police Seal NLC Office To Prevent Planned Nationwide Protest Over Hardship The Nigeria Police Force has sealed the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) office in Lagos State to prevent the planned nationwide protest against hunger and hardship in the country. An activist and national coordinator of the Education Rights Campaign (ERC), Hasssan Taiwo revealed this on Monday morning via his X handle. We shall not be cowed! We are about to start. Please join us if you are not already here. #EndHUNGERProtest @ NLC subheadquarter, Yaba Lagos pic.twitter.com/yIcW0MDTQa — Hassan Taiwo Soweto (@HTSoweto) February 26, 2024 @PoliceNG has sealed off…
BREAKING: Naira To Fall N10,000 Per Dollar – Economist Ace economist and chieftain of the Labour Party, Pat Utomi, has issued a stern warning that the naira may fall to N10,000 per dollar if nothing is done urgently. Utomi gave this warning on Sunday at an event organised by activist Dr Moses Paul to mark the first anniversary of the 2023 presidential election. He said the country was going down very fast because those in authority seem to be far from the people. “Our country is dying before us; it is dying because the people don’t believe that those in…
NYSC Stops Corpers From Posting Camp Activities On Social Media The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Yusha’u Ahmed, has warned corps members against sharing camp activities on social media. The DG said this while addressing the 2024 Batch A Stream 1 corps members at the NYSC Ogun State Permanent Orientation Camp on Sunday, February 25 in Sagamu. He states that moments captured during the three weeks of exercise must only be for their consumption. He said in part: “Don’t allow your service year to go idle without utilising it. No single hour should go unproductive. You must continue…
Group Attacks Peter Obi’s Supporters, Others For Raining Curses On INEC Chairman, Yakubu Over 2023 Presidential Election A non-governmental organisation, the National Unity Forum, on Sunday, said the success and credibility of the 2023 general elections prevented those with sinister motives from orchestrating post-poll violence in the country. The National Coordinator of the forum, Com. Godwin Meliga, made this known in a statement after the group converged on the Unity Fountain, Abuja, where they held intercessory prayers for President Bola Tinubu, the 36 state governors and all others in positions of authority in the country. The group lauded the National…
BREAKING: DSS Personnel Attack Sowore, Seize Mobile Phone On His Way To Collect CTC #RevolutionNow convener, Omoyele Sowore was attacked by personnel of Nigeria’s secret police, Department of State Services (DSS) on Monday. The activist along with some people with him was attacked while on his way to the Federal High Court in Abuja to collect the certified true copy of his treasonable felony case recently thrown out by the court. It was learnt that the activist was denied entry to the court while one of his mobile phones was collected and seized by the DSS personnel. Some of the…
Woman Wearing Dress With Arabic Print Lynched By Mob Claiming Blasphemy An angry mob in Pakistan accused a woman who wore a dress adorned with Arabic calligraphy of blasphemy, after mistaking them for Quran verses. According to BBC, she was saved by police who escorted her to safety after hundreds gathered. She later gave a public apology. The dress has the word “Halwa” printed in Arabic letters on it, meaning sweet in Arabic. Blasphemy is punishable by death in Pakistan. Some people have been lynched even before their cases go on trial. Police told the BBC they first received a…
Man Sets Himself On Fire A man set himself on fire outside Israel’s embassy in Washington, DC, on Sunday afternoon in an apparent act of protest. Israel’s foreign ministry told The Times of Israel that no one else was harmed in the incident. The demonstrator was not immediately identified. First responders arrived on the scene around 1 p.m. (1800 GMT), according to DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services (EMS). Secret Service members extinguished the blaze and the man was rushed to a local hospital. Investigators searched the man’s vehicle “as a precaution,’’ a Secret Service spokesperson told the Chicago Sun-Times.…
BREAKING: Many Worshippers Killed As Islamist Extremists Attack Catholic Church A Catholic church in north-eastern Burkina Faso was attacked on Sunday, killing at least 15 people and injuring two more. It occurred during Sunday service in Essakane hamlet, Oudalan province, near the border with Mali. Few details have been provided. A church official stated that the gunmen were suspected Islamist extremists. The authorities in Ouagadougou, the West African country’s capital, did not immediately respond. A statement by the head of the local diocese, Abbot Jean-Pierre Sawadogo, said 12 people were killed instantly, while three others died at the hospital. “In…
PHOTOS: Civil Society Groups Kick-off Nationwide Protests Over Economic Hardship It is very clear that Civil Society Groups has Kick-off Nationwide Protest In Lagos Over Tinubu’s Economic Hardship