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August 14, 2024
Tajudeen Abass
August 14, 2024

NSA Ribadu, EFCC lied about seizing $37 million to smear #EndHunger protesters; crypto address shows zero balance, never operated

The EFCC listed four crypto addresses in its application for a warrant to an Abuja judge, claiming to have found large sums in the accounts and arguing it was in the national interest to confiscate

EndHunger protesters, Tinubu, Ribadu and transaction composite used to illustrate the story
August 14, 2024

Aisha Yesufu, Ezekwesili risk imprisonment as lawmakers propose 10-year sentence for Nigerians not singing national anthem

Nigerians found guilty of destroying national symbols (including the flag) as a means to undermine the government will risk 10 years’ imprisonment or a N5 million fine.

Yesufu, Tinubu singing anthem, Ezekwesili
August 9, 2024

Poland seeks release of students, lecturer arrested by SSS while taking protest pictures, labelled as spies

Some protesters displayed the Russian flag during the demonstrations against the Tinubu-led administration.

SSS and Polish deputy foreign minister Andrzej Szejn
August 9, 2024

Buhari, Kyari blocked my attempt to purchase oilfield: Elumelu

Mr Elumelu said his investment company, Heir Holdings, had approached the Buhari administration to acquire an oil field with an offer of about $2.5 billion around 2017.

Tony Elumelu
August 8, 2024

Dangote Group appreciates NNPC for supplying 60% of crude oil to Lagos refinery

“We don’t haggle with NNPC. We are very happy with the price, the set price,” the statement said.

August 7, 2024

EXCLUSIVE: Wike, Gbajabiamila, Akpabio pressure Tinubu to sanction secret plot for hoodlums to kill police officers, blame it on #EndHunger protesters

The president’s allies are pressuring him to authorise a desperate strategy that could dramatically escalate the stakes of the raging nationwide protest against poverty and corruption.

August 7, 2024

#EndHunger Protests: Nigerian Army admits killing 16-year-old boy by ‘mistake’

The Nigerian Army says its troops mistakenly killed a teenager during the #EndBadGovernance protests in Samaru town in Zaria.

Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-General Taoreed Lagbaja [Photo Shettima]
August 7, 2024

Fitch downgrades Dangote’s creditworthiness as Tinubu’s govt, NNPC attack Nigeria’s largest conglomerate

In recent weeks, Dangote Industries Ltd has had its share of run-ins with the Nigerian government.

President Bola Tinubu and Dangote