Human rights activist, Dele Farotimi, has been arrested by security personnel and whisked away to an unknown destination.

Greetings Mr President. As you take a recess in the United Kingdom, I hope you find time to read this unsolicited advisory. My opening statement is that the protesters of October 1st are your greatest friends, not those clapping for every action you take.

Nigeria might have scored an inglorious first yesterday with what appeared to have been its most un-welcomed Independence Day.  As the country marked the 64th anniversary of its existence, citizens took to the streets across several states to protest worsened economic hardship. 

Elder statesman and former Nigerian Ambassador to the Philippines, Dr Yemi Farounbi, yesterday, flayed the Federal Government for detaining the 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, upon arrival to Nigeria from the United States.

Following the arrest and release of Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore by the Nigerian secret police, a former Director of the secret police, Mr. Dennis Amachree, has urged his colleagues not to waste precious time on the activist, whom he described as "publicity-seeking." According to Amachree, great revolutionists don't stage publicity stunts. "The DSS should…

An activist and a presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the 2023 election, Omoyele Sowore

A chieftain of New Nigeria People’s Party, (NNPP), Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo has advised the administration of President Bola Tinubu not to arrest the publisher of Sahara Reporters online newspaper, Omoyele Sowore, whenever he arrives in the country over his role in the recent #EndBadGovernance protests. Ajadi dropped the advice on Thursday after some reports claimed…

Lawyers to the #EndBadGovernance protesters have asked a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to vacate the ex-parte order it made restricting national protest to Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja.

Most credible English Language Dictionaries provide at least 10 synonyms for the word protest – object, disagree, oppose, complain, disapprove, declare, insist, affirm, avow, declare, grouse, holler, belly-ache.

In just six months, President Bola Tinubu has spent a staggering N2.3 billion on foreign trips and related expenses, despite soaring inflation and widespread hardship in the country.

Palpable tension has enveloped major cities in Nigeria ahead of the planned nationwide protest. Slated from August 1 to 10, 2024, the protest dubbed 'EndBadGovernanceInNigeria', has garnered significant attention on social media. Also tagged 'hardship/hunger protest', proponents say it is aimed at expressing citizens' grievances with the state of the country, including economic hardship occasioned…

After the right to life, the next important right for every individual is the right to freedom of speech, by which all men and women are conferred with the inalienable right to express themselves freely.