The campaign to remove Abdulrasheed Bawa as chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, or EFCC, due to allegations of politicization of the organization, disobedience of court orders, and violation of Nigerians’ human rights, among other things, has been relaunched by no fewer than 130 frontline anti-corruption civil society organizations, or CSOs. Joined by 20 Constitutional lawyers led by …

In Bayelsa State, a man named Alexander Diri was allegedly attacked and killed by herdsmen. According to reports, the incident took place on Monday in the state’s Yenagoa Local Government Area, close to the Zarama-Yambiri community. The lifeless body of the deceased, who was said to be 49 years old, was discovered on Tuesday near the Zarama Market junction on …

The Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council on Sunday reiterated that its supporters would not back down on their planned nationwide demonstration unless the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) grants Labour Party’s lawyers access to materials from the 25 February presidential election. Controversies had trailed the outcome of the presidential election where the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola …

Protests over Naira scarcity have erupted in Ogun State, with images online showing two banks set on fire in the Sagamu area of the state. The videos shared on Monday showed many residents watching as Keystone and Union banks were set ablaze with some youths holding planks in protest. Breezy News reported last Friday that protests broke out in the …

Violent protests and other forms of reactions are witnessed in some areas as many Nigerians kick against the Naira notes swap policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Sporadic gun shots were heard along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway as the situation worsens. In lbadan, the Oyo State capital, residents again expressed their displeasure on the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari …

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Imo State held a peaceful protest on Tuesday to address the increasing cases of attacks, killings, and kidnappings in the state. The demonstration was in response to the recent killing of Nnaemeka Ugboma, the Chairman of the Customary Court in Ejemekwuru, in Oguta Local Government Area who was murdered while on duty in his …

One person was reportedly shot following a riot on Tuesday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital over the scarcity of the new Naira notes. The Naira crisis sparked violent protests in parts of the country on Tuesday as most bank branches hurriedly shut down operations. A First Bank branch was torched in Ogun State during the protest in which a …

Hundreds of people protested in Senegal’s capital on Friday to call for legal action after a report by a public spending watchdog revealed alleged misuse of Covid relief funds, an AFP journalist saw. Shouting slogans, the crowd heeded a call by about a dozen civil society organisations to demonstrate in a Dakar square. Police were deployed around the square for …