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Hardship: Another Protest Erupts In Niger After Arrest Of 25 People by chokekachy: 6:04pm On Feb 07
Protesters are seen protesting against the high cost of living in Niger State on February 7, 2024.

Residents of Suleja in Niger State have taken to the street to register their displeasure over the high cost of living in the country.

Wednesday’s protest is coming after a similar protest in Minna, the state capital just two days ago.

Suleja, the commercial nerve centre of Niger State, is only a few kilometres away from the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

An eyewitness, Mr. Yazid Abubakar, who spoke to Channels Television by telephone, said the protesters stormed the popular Moroko Road where the biggest market is located in the town.

The protesters carried placards with various inscriptions such as “Leadership is all about improving the life of the masses,” and “Nigerians are suffering, stop the hardship now,” among others.

Some women and youths in their numbers took to the street and blocked the Kpagungu axis of Minna-Bida Road in the Niger State capital city on Monday, protesting against hunger and the high cost of living.

The women, carrying a placard with the inscription “No food, we are dying of hunger”, demanded a better condition of living and a reduction in the cost of living for the citizenry.

They accused political officeholders of insensitivity to their plight as they lamented their inability to feed even once a day.

The protest had caused traffic gridlock on the ever-busy Minna-Bida Road, which is a link road to the South-West part of the country from the North-Central.

Responding, Niger State Police Command clamped down on 25 protesters.

On Wednesday, Police Public Relations Officer, Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed the arrest of one Aisha Jibrin, the initiator of the protest, and 24 other suspects.

The earlier protest forced President Bola Tinubu to order a food intervention to check the shortage of food in the country.

https://www.channelstv.com/2024/02/07/hardship-fresh-protest-erupts-in-niger-after-arrest-of-25-people/?fbclid=IwAR3c6-JR1Xwz6yoknfx2VyTdC-ZiPHDYRHWt0tv4NUDlEEsIX6xzXVzvTb0

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Re: Hardship: Another Protest Erupts In Niger After Arrest Of 25 People by slivertongue: 6:11pm On Feb 07
back to back warning yet Tinubu is playing politics with hunger in the Land.


Prof Yusuf Dankofa wrote this on 5th Feb 2024, 17hrs

Read on :

"But they said they are the whiz kids from lagos

That the magic of lagos was going to be reignited at the federal level

Eight months after,it is ebin kpawa

What really happened

Where are the heroes of lagos

What is on the ground shows that the policy makers from eko do not understand governance

The policy flip flop has created a condition of acute poverty

Just like one commentator said,only those in the corridors of power are smiling

The rest are facing armageddon,a state of calamity and brutality

The politics of the land is toxic as only lagosians are in power, while the other "O" states are lamenting

Cronyism and inner caucus have betrayed the movement

Emilokan movement is so ordinary and bereft of ideas that grand old Buhari that spent eight years junketing is even perceived to be better.

So, Emilokan is about the fulfilment of personal ambition

Even the Imams that were shouting Muslim/Muslim tickets are busy gnashing their teeth

They have now become wiser its a hoax

Now they can't go for pilgrimage because they don't have N5M

Where will they see the dollar

Who dash monkey banana

No politician is even visiting their mosque anymore

Even Mr. Vice President has become a motivational speaker

He is busy admonishing Nigerians to be of good behaviour since leaders who are to turn things around have lost ideas

The ideas that were robustly generated during electioneering campaigns have vaporised into thin air

Now, the singsong by the talakawas is hunger

Our currency is as worthless as a river that ships cannot navigate

You need a bagco cement sack of naira to seek $300

The economic gurus of lagos have been turned into ordinary finance speculators

All those spotless suits and Oxford shoes are just abracadabra

What happened to years of study at Harvard and Yale School of Economics

Social media have been laughing at them

Even Zimbabweans and South Africans are having a good laugh

South Sudan,a country as poor as anything, is poking Nigeria

Pls where is the Save Nigeria Group

Where are Professor Wole Soyinka and Pastor Tunde Bakare that gave Jonathan nightmares

Where are all the lagos musicians

Where are the Kuti brothers

Have they forgotten their fathers lyrics

44 sitting and 99 standing

This is when the talakawa need them most

Have they forgotten their Uncle Dr Beko Ransome Kuti

Where are the offspring of Late Dr Bala Usman in this respect

And where are the Professor Pantamis of this world

That cried and prayed that the Jonathan administration should be changed

And what has changed today

And why are there no prayers to the Almighty that the poor should be rescued

The Lagos politicians have failed the people

They boasted that it is about brains and not brawl

This is the regime of the most educated people in Africa

What a paradox"

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Re: Hardship: Another Protest Erupts In Niger After Arrest Of 25 People by SincereBigot: 6:23pm On Feb 07
These people couldn’t protest during Buhari period, but now they get mind to protest.. why not gun down the first 25 people like end sars?

The Muslim-muslim ticket couldn’t solve the hardship 😂

Obi will never be president amen.. after tinubu 8 years, shettima will take over, then yahaya bello

Any protest in any part of the country must be met with our “superior military” power.. shoot any protester please

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Re: Hardship: Another Protest Erupts In Niger After Arrest Of 25 People by YoungLionken(m): 6:23pm On Feb 07
But Buhari was president for good eight years, no protests..

Some northern elites are obviously sponsoring these people, same thing they did against GEJ..

In as much as I don't like BAT (my previous posts are there as evidence), I think the northerners should cut him some slack...

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Re: Hardship: Another Protest Erupts In Niger After Arrest Of 25 People by gbaskiboy: 6:23pm On Feb 07
See what Emilokan has subjected people to, insensitive government with no iota truth.

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Re: Hardship: Another Protest Erupts In Niger After Arrest Of 25 People by ATEAMS: 6:24pm On Feb 07
Omoh

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Re: Hardship: Another Protest Erupts In Niger After Arrest Of 25 People by vanbonattel: 6:24pm On Feb 07
Why are these northerners bent on giving our able president a bad name? grin

Food basket of Nigeria by mouth.

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Re: Hardship: Another Protest Erupts In Niger After Arrest Of 25 People by prince4pro2: 6:24pm On Feb 07
Why are they protesting ni? When we never reach 1year ni? I thought they said tinubu till 4040

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Re: Hardship: Another Protest Erupts In Niger After Arrest Of 25 People by femi4: 6:24pm On Feb 07
Thank God it started from the north before they link it to end sars crew

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Re: Hardship: Another Protest Erupts In Niger After Arrest Of 25 People by BlocksNG(m): 6:24pm On Feb 07
it's brewing.....

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Re: Hardship: Another Protest Erupts In Niger After Arrest Of 25 People by Maks27: 6:25pm On Feb 07
Tinubu has failed Nigeria
APC has failed Nigeria

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Re: Hardship: Another Protest Erupts In Niger After Arrest Of 25 People by ismhab(m): 6:25pm On Feb 07
The Tinubulation is too much.

Pls. Jagaban take us back to 29th May, 2023. 8:45AM

The inflation, high cost of living, insecurity, corruption, Naira devaluation etc is too much and Nigerian masses are suffering and dying.

#JagabaMustGo.

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Re: Hardship: Another Protest Erupts In Niger After Arrest Of 25 People by HateBigots: 6:26pm On Feb 07
grin They are still teaching Obi and Ibos a "lesson". South-East/South should not join their protest. Obidients are enjoying the lessons 🤣🤣🤣

"Elections have consequences" - Barack Obama

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Re: Hardship: Another Protest Erupts In Niger After Arrest Of 25 People by Richietech(m): 6:26pm On Feb 07
When the whole masses are ready and key into this protest,let’s see how many u can arrest or kill

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Re: Hardship: Another Protest Erupts In Niger After Arrest Of 25 People by badoh(m): 6:26pm On Feb 07
When your brother was there and implementing policies against the southern part, did you protest? You people are on a long thing. Tinubu should as a matter of fact restructure this country so that you people can learn lesson.

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Re: Hardship: Another Protest Erupts In Niger After Arrest Of 25 People by IrawoKross: 6:26pm On Feb 07
This is what Tinubu and his brothers did to GEJ 2014.....

Karma has coming knocking at 2024, he is arresting the Northern protesters.

Tinubu is a complete E-diot.

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Re: Hardship: Another Protest Erupts In Niger After Arrest Of 25 People by iwaeda: 6:27pm On Feb 07

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Re: Hardship: Another Protest Erupts In Niger After Arrest Of 25 People by TreasureJunky: 6:27pm On Feb 07
They are teaching obidients lesson.
We have learned our lesson

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Re: Hardship: Another Protest Erupts In Niger After Arrest Of 25 People by nairalanda1(m): 6:27pm On Feb 07
2015....We will diversify the economy

2024....Results of failure to diversify the economy coming in....

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Re: Hardship: Another Protest Erupts In Niger After Arrest Of 25 People by Mko123(m): 6:27pm On Feb 07
Gn
Re: Hardship: Another Protest Erupts In Niger After Arrest Of 25 People by Anguldi(m): 6:28pm On Feb 07
E go reach everybody tongue

Meanwhile cry ulcer choke Zoo

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Re: Hardship: Another Protest Erupts In Niger After Arrest Of 25 People by makun01(m): 6:28pm On Feb 07
Meanwhile the governor has banned the sales of good outside the state and if any trailer is caught with food items transporting it outside, it should be confiscated and shared to the poor masses

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Re: Hardship: Another Protest Erupts In Niger After Arrest Of 25 People by Angelfrost(m): 6:28pm On Feb 07
Mtchewwww... Soldiers should do the needful. undecided

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Re: Hardship: Another Protest Erupts In Niger After Arrest Of 25 People by SMARTMOTORS(m): 6:28pm On Feb 07
Please My dear Igbo people over should just be observing! Please don't join 🙏🏽... They will arrest others but na kill dem go kill una if una put mouth!.....by his grace one day we shall have our own beautiful country to be proud of!

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Re: Hardship: Another Protest Erupts In Niger After Arrest Of 25 People by Dnet7: 6:28pm On Feb 07
So no one should talk in this country...mtchewww

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Re: Hardship: Another Protest Erupts In Niger After Arrest Of 25 People by loswhite(m): 6:29pm On Feb 07
chokekachy:


https://www.channelstv.com/2024/02/07/hardship-fresh-protest-erupts-in-niger-after-arrest-of-25-people/?fbclid=IwAR3c6-JR1Xwz6yoknfx2VyTdC-ZiPHDYRHWt0tv4NUDlEEsIX6xzXVzvTb0
They should arrest them and even shoot them...They are mad. If they did not protest the hardship under Buhari then they have no rights to protest now.

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Re: Hardship: Another Protest Erupts In Niger After Arrest Of 25 People by chukwudiology(m): 6:29pm On Feb 07
If north wey get food dey cry like this, wetin south go come do?

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Re: Hardship: Another Protest Erupts In Niger After Arrest Of 25 People by Caramia2020(m): 6:30pm On Feb 07
They should continue, I will remind them about their non involvement in the endsars protest, instead they tagged it a protest against Buhari. Smiling, they clamoured for change n change shege, so I have been adapting for the past 8 years n I have zero my mind of the government, I will continue to observe them.

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Re: Hardship: Another Protest Erupts In Niger After Arrest Of 25 People by stano2(m): 6:30pm On Feb 07
It’s alright
Re: Hardship: Another Protest Erupts In Niger After Arrest Of 25 People by Franking: 6:31pm On Feb 07
People should suffer their suffer in silence then. As usual we were warned but we chose complacency.

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