The security personnel, particularly the police officers trained to handle civil unrest, failed to exhibit professional ingenuity in their handling of the situation in some places.  One of the eminent Nigerians who lamented the crackdown on the protesters and failure of the government to address the issue, Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka, said: “Live bullets…

Nigerians who trooped to the streets in protest against hunger and hardship have spoken. Their message to those in the corridors of power is clear that there is discontent in the land, occasioned by government policies; that governance is not inclusive in the country, and that the leadership is insensitive to the plight of the…

Former General Secretary of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Anthony Sani, has blamed the Federal Government for the poor management of the ongoing protest against hardship and bad governance in the country.

National Assembly members from the South East have rejected what they called "ethnic profiling of Igbos against the background of ongoing mass protest".

The House of Representatives member representing Ikorodu Federal Constituency in Lagos State Babajimi Benson has called on Nigerians

Senator Abdulaziz Yari, representing Zamfara West Senatorial District, addressed a crowd in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital, urging them to refrain from participating in the nationwide protests scheduled for August 1st to 10th. His speech resonated with the thousands of supporters present, drawn from across the fourteen local government areas of Zamfara. In his impassioned…

The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) has denied reports that the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun, imposed a strict curfew starting from 4pm for all protests. In a statement signed by Police spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the IGP never gave such order. “Following the recent misinformation regarding the imposition of a curfew ahead of the…

The Osun State Government has asked heads of both public and private schools in the state to close down and proceed on break over the forthcoming nationwide protest against hardship in the country. According to the directive, all schools in the state are to proceed on third-term vacation from Wednesday. The directive is contained in…

The organised civil society under the umbrella of United Action Front of Civil Society yesterday warned the government at all levels against any form of intimidation against protesters during the August 1 to 10 nationwide protests against hunger.