Tag: Protests

  • Buhari warns against violent protests, lauds army

    Buhari warns against violent protests, lauds army

    President Muhammadu Buhari has warned that any act of hooliganism hiding behind lawful and peaceful protests would be dealt with decisively, to ensure peace and stability in the country. The president gave the warning when he virtually declared open the Chief of Army Staff’s Annual Conference 2020 in Abuja on Monday. Buhari commended the Nigerian…

  • Aftermath of EndSARS Protests: FG wants security agents to be more civil

    Aftermath of EndSARS Protests: FG wants security agents to be more civil

    By Steve Oni, Ilorin In the wake of the EndSARS protests in Nigeria, the Federal Government has urged security agents and other necessary bodies to employ diplomacy and utmost civility while working to restore peace and sanity to our land. Minister of state for Transport Senator Gbemisola Saraki made this admonition in Ilorin, the Kwara…

  • Politicising #EndSARS protests, irresponsible — Lagos APC

    Politicising #EndSARS protests, irresponsible — Lagos APC

    The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday decried the alleged politisation of #EndSARS protests by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), describing it as “irresponsible.” The Lagos APC expressed this concern in a statement by the party’s Publicity Secretary, Mr Seye Oladejo. “Our attention has been drawn to the needless and irresponsible politicising of the #EndSARS…