The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi has directed the Nigeria Police to transfer to his office the casefile of the 72 defendants charged with participating in the #EndBadGovernance protests last August. They were granted bail of N10 million each by a Federal High Court in Abuja, Justice Obiora Egwuatu, on Friday. Fagbemi, …

One of the groups behind the #EndBadGovernance protests nationwide, the Take It Back (TIB) Movement, has slammed the bail conditions imposed on 10 protesters by the Federal High Court in Abuja. The court set bail at N10 million for each of them. Justice Emeka Nwite also ruled that each defendant must provide a surety of the same amount, and must …

In the build up to 10-day #Endbadgovernance protest, called by the Take Back Nigeria group, Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial hub and melting pot of cultures, was literally put on the edge. Being heterogeneous owing to the myriads of people that throng the city in search of better living, it’s no surprise ethno-cultural and political sensibilities are at variance. It then behoves …