September 16, 2025

National News

Human Rights Lawyer, Temokun Asks Ondo Governor, Police To Immediately Release AAC Gov Candidate, Ajayi, Other Peaceful Protesters Arrested In Akure

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The Nigeria Police Force intensified its clampdown on Nigerians holding nationwide peaceful protest against hunger, hardship and bad governance under President Bola Tinubu’s government. Human rights lawyer and activist, Tope Temokun, has called on the Ondo State Governor, Lucky Ayedatiwa, and Commissioner of Police to immediately release the governorship candidate of the African Action Congress…

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YPP BLASTS AIYEDATIWA OVER ARREST OF PROTESTERS SAYS ACTION ILLEGAL

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The provocative arrest of peaceful protesters in akure is a flagrant abuse of fundamental human right and rape of the tenets of democracy. AIYEDATIWA, the governor of Ondo State has once again demonstrated his incompetence, disorientation and draconian dispositions. He ordered the arrest of peaceful #endbadgovernance protesters in Akure, the Ondo State capital today 10th…

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Day 6: Protesters Storm Wike’s House In Rivers, Demands His Resignation As FCT Minister

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Police accuse protesters of lawlessness Protesters seeking for a change in the country’s political leadership on Tuesday stormed the residence of Barr. Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), demanding his resignation. While some protesters were protesting at Wike’s residence, other protesters were scattered in other parts of the city, including Aba…

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Food Inflation: Expect Bumper Harvest, Agric Minister Assures Nigerians

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Food inflation has reached 40 per cent according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), pushing the prices of essential commodities beyond the reach of millions of Nigerians. “The shrinkage of land mass for agric, flooding, habitation problems, and insecurity… An ageing farming population; younger people are not going into agriculture now,” he…

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Why I removed fuel subsidy, abolished multiple foreign exchange systems — Tinubu

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4th August 2024 President Bola Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has said he decided to remove the fuel subsidy and abolish multiple foreign exchange rates to grow the economy and promote national development. Tinubu stated this on Sunday while addressing the nation in a broadcast regarding the ongoing nationwide protest. The President said he took the…

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