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Amnesty International Slams Lagos State Government for Forced Evictions, Leaving Over 3,000 Homeless
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Amnesty International, a global human rights organization, has expressed its strong condemnation of the Lagos State Government’s recent forced evictions in the Ayetoro community, located within the Yaba Local Council Development Area (LCDA). These evictions, carried out under the administration of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, have left over 3,000 residents homeless…
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University of Ibadan Students Plan Mass Protest Against Fee Hike and Privatization
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In response to the University of Ibadan’s recent tuition fee hike and the issues that surrounds privatization of public education, students are mobilizing for a large-scale protest set to take place on Friday, September 20, 2024. The planned protest is motivated by a strong belief that access to higher education…
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Activist Blasts Tinubu Regime, Calls for October Resistance as Students Resort to Begging Online For Financial Assistance Over Tuition Fee Hike
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Human rights activist and Ondo State AAC gubernatorial candidate Kunle Ajayi Wizeman has strongly condemned the Tinubu regime, calling for widespread resistance in October as University of Ibadan students resort to online begging for financial assistance to cope with a recent tuition fee hike. This is coming after some students…
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Outraged Parents Protest 200% Hike in Lagos Model College Boarding Fees from N35,000 to N100,000
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In response to a significant increase in boarding fees at Lagos State Model Senior College, parents of students have banded together in protest, calling for a reversal of the hike. The announcement of the significant increase in the fee which is from N35,000 to N100,000 per term made the parents…
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Take It Back Movement Denounces NNPC’s Petrol Price Hike, Demands Nigerian Government Puts Citizens’ Needs First
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We, the Take It Back Movement, express our profound outrage and disappointment at the recent announcement by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Ltd. to increase petrol prices to an astonishing N950.22 per liter. As a Movement committed to advocating for the rights and well-being of Nigerians, we find this…
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#FearlessInOctober Protests Will Proceed with or Without Me – Sowore
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Omoyele Sowore, the convener of the #RevolutionNow Movement, has declared that the #FearlessInOctober protest will commence on October 1, irrespective of his personal involvement. Sowore made this known on Monday morning when he appeared on News Central TV. He also emphasized that the protests will not cease until the government…
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Take It Back Movement Condemns Sowore’s Detention at Lagos Airport, Warns Against Further Intimidation
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PRESS STATEMENT Take It Back Movement Condemns Sowore’s Detention at Lagos Airport, Warns Against Further Intimidation We, at the Take It Back Movement, are utterly disgusted by the recent attempt to intimidate Omoyele Sowore upon his arrival at Murtala Muhammed Airport. This reprehensible act by the Tinubu’s regime represents a…
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Sowore Freed After Brief Detention Amid Airport Protest
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Omoyele Sowore, a prominent Nigerian activist, has been release following a brief detention at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport in Lagos. Sowore, who arrived in Nigeria after monthslong visit to the United States of America, where his family is based, announced his arrest and subsequent release by immigration officers in…
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Amnesty International Slams Nigerian Government’s Planned Arrest of Human Rights Activist Omoyele Sowore Upon Return to Country, Calls for Immediate Halt to Persecution of #EndBadGovernance Protesters
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Global human rights organization Amnesty International has strongly condemned the plans of President Bola Tinubu’s Nigerian government to arrest human rights activist and former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore upon his return to the country. Designated as Amnesty International’s Prisoner of Conscience, Omoyele Sowore is being targeted for his role in…
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Kano Court Dismisses Charges Against 37 #EndBadGovernance Protesters, Grants Bail to 48 Others
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The Senior Magistrate Court in Kano State, presided over by Ibrahim Abubakar Mansur, has made a ruling in favor of 37 #EndBadGovernance protesters. On Friday, the court ruled in favour of discharging the protesters, while also granting bail to 48 other protesters. The proceedings, held at the Goron Dutse Correctional…