Year: 2024

By: Mandy Park The#EndBadGovernanceInNigeria Organising Committee has declared three days of mourning in honour of those killed across the country during the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protest. After a closed-door organisers’ meeting on Tuesday, Aigust 6, the organising committee, issued a statement jointly signed by Hassan Soweto, Ayoyinka Oni and Oloye Adeniji to declare the three days of mourning scheduled to commence today Wednesday, August 7, with an X Space and end on Friday, August 9, 2024, with a public symposium and candlelight procession. The committee urged all Nigerians and youths who…

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By: Mandy Park Organisers of on-going #EndBadGovernanceInNigerisaid that the Day 5 Protest on Monday, today will hold. They said there was no stopping the Protest due to President Bola Tinubu’s broadcast, yesterday Sunday, stressing that it never addressed the issues raised as reasons for the protest. The organisers noted further that the President’s call for dialogue smacks deliberate arrogance that makes a well-intentioned dialogue difficult or impossible. “”The President cannot offer an olive branch while at the same time holding a dagger to our throat” they noted. In a statement…

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By: Mandy Park President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been called upon to caution the Deputy Speaker of House of Representatives, Hon Ben Kalu, to desist from meddling in the internal affairs of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike. This is as the group also urged the ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke who is a staff of MOUAU to resist any imposition and work in concert with other progressive minds to ensure that the university does not become an appendage of the office of the Deputy speaker. According to a political…

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By: Mandy Park As cases of domestic violence and child abuse are on the increase, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Centre Against Injustice And Domestic Violence (CAIDOV) in conjunction with experts have called for an end to domestic violence and child abuse. This is as they demand greater advocacy, consistency in awareness and punishment for culprits The organisation, led by Comrade Gbenga Soloki, harped on the need for the society to protect children from abuse, applying the right attitude and enabling laws at a Round Table Conference on Domestic Violence And…

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By: Mandy Park As the planned nationwide protests kicks off today, Thursday, 1st to 10th August 2024, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to immediately address citizens in a state-of-the-nation broadcast to engage the people’s legitimate grievances, calm frayed nerves, and break the icy tension that has formed across parts of the country. ÇAPPÀ, also counselled the President to affirm his administration’s commitment to protecting the rights of citizens by compelling all government machinery and authorities to safeguard the lives and well-being…

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By: Mandy Park A Non-governmental, Pan Nigerian group, CSOs Strategists has called for caution and expressed concern over the planned 10-day civil protest scheduled to begin tomorrow, Thursday, August 1. The coalition warned that the protest if badly managed would spell doom and cause greater hardship for the people. While calling for restraint and wise judgement, they called on President Bola Tinubu to address the nation, and take strategic actions towards addressing the Nigerian condition..The group in a statement by Ahmed Balogun, Frontline Socio-economy research centre and Convener noted that…

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By: Mandy Park Excited about the birthday celebration of Hon. Dr Blessing Nwagba, their founder, today, Saturday 27 July, The Blessing Nwagba foundation has eulogized the virtues and accomplishment of the celebrant. While wishing her a warm birthday celebration, and God’s blessings, the Foundation also used the ocassion to celebrate the Amazon who they noted “” Have the heart of gold and always willing and ready to give a helping hand””. For the Foundation, Dame Nwagba, stands tall on competence, and a politician whose humanity is painted on a global…

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By: Mandy Park As the National Assembly tackles the issue of domestic workers, CEE-HOPE, a non-governmental organisation committed to the protection of rights of women and children, has called for the defense and inclusion of domestic workers in the minimum wage bill package. This is as the group defended the rights of domestic workers in Nigeria to unionise, and be treated with dignity. Betty Abah, women and children’s rights activist and founder of CEE-HOPE, made the plea in a statement sent to the media. Abah who has been a strong…

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By: Mandy Park Former Senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC for Abia South federal constituency in the 2023 elections, Dr. Blessing Nwagba, has commended President Bola Tinubu for his endorcement of the South East Development Commission. This is as she also praised the Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu, for his tireless efforts at ensuring that the bill which he proposed got the President’s assent. Nwagba, also s two-term House of Assembly member in Abia State in a statement noted that with the endorsement, President…

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