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Protesters have blocked Kaduna Road, a highway in Niger State linking Kaduna to Abuja.

This comes three days before the planned 10-day nationwide protest by some groups to demand an improvement in Nigeria’s economic situation.
The protesters carried placards with several inscriptions such as ‘We Are Not Slaves’, ‘Enough is Enough’; ‘Stop Anti-Masses Policies’, ‘Hardship Is Unbearable’ and ‘Fuel Subsidy Must Be Back.’
Monday’s protesters appeared unwilling to wait till Thursday as they chanted anti-government slogans.
The organisers of the nationwide protests want an improvement in the cost of living and a reversal of some government policies, particularly the removal of petrol subsidies.

The protest against economic hardship, which is gaining traction on social media, has been scheduled to be held across all states in August.

As the planned ‘EndBadGovernance’ protest slated for August draws close, President Bola Tinubu on Thursday entered an emergency closed-door meeting with top traditional rulers, security top brass in his government and governors of his party, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The high-delegation meeting was held at the State House in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

The APC governors were led to the meeting by the Chairman of the Progressives Governors’ Forum and Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma.

Some first-class traditional rulers were spotted at the meeting with the President. They include the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi; the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammadu Saad Abubakar III; and other traditional leaders across the country.

The meeting was also attended by the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu; Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun; as well as ministers and other members of the President’s cabinet.

A delegation of Islamic scholars (Ulamas) later joined the high-powered meeting with the President.

Last-Minute Efforts
Tinubu, former Lagos governor, who was sworn in as President in May 2023, has appealed to displeased youths to shelve the planned ‘EndBadGovernance’ protest slated for next month.

As part of moves to placate aggrieved citizens, the President sent a bill to raise the minimum wage from N30,000 to N70,000 to the National Assembly this week. Both chambers of the legislature speedily passed the bill on Tuesday, awaiting the President’s assent.

On Thursday, the military authorities warned that unscrupulous elements plan to hijack the protest and use it to stage anarchy like what was recently witnessed in East African country Kenya.
The police had also warned against bloody demonstrations come next month just as Uzodimma surmised that the protest could be hijacked and turn violent like the EndSARS nationwide protest against police brutality back in October 2020.

The protest against economic hardship, which is gaining traction on social media, has been scheduled to be held across all states of the Federation as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, in August. The organisers of the protest have been faceless.

Prices of food and basic commodities have gone through the roof in the last months, as Nigerians battle one of the country’s worst inflation rates and economic crises sparked by the government’s twin policies of petrol subsidy removal and unification of forex windows.

Here is the summary of the interview:

1. Dangote cannot source crude oil for the refinery. Nobody wants to sell to him, or are demanding a premium. He has even gone to Brazil, and they refused to sell to him. In other words, the project is closer to failing, than working. Nigeria’s image is so terrible that nobody wants to deal with him.

2. He was advised to stop investing in Nigeria due to APC’s bad governance. He shunned their advice and continued investing. Now his rich friends are laughing at him for investing in Nigeria. All of them have moved their investments abroad.

3. Alhaji is 67 and is tired of playing all these games. He wants out, and is willing to sell the refinery to anybody willing to buy. It’s probably his greatest ever mistake in business. He also doesn’t mind if Rehoboam takes everything away from him. He doesn’t need billions to survive(his own words).

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🇳🇬I LIVE IN MY STATE OF ORIGIN...

Percentage of the population living in their State of origin:

1 🔴Kebbi: 99.80%
2 ⚫Yobe: 99.60%
3 🟤Akwa Ibom: 99.20%
4 🔴Jigawa: 98.60%
5 🔴Katsina: 98.40%
6 ⚫Taraba: 98.20%
7 ⚫Borno: 97.50%
8 🔴Kano: 97.00%
9 🟠Benue: 96.80%
10 🟠Kogi: 96.60%
11 🟢Imo: 96.20%
12 🟢Ebonyi: 96.00%
13 ⚫Gombe: 96.00%
14 🔴Sokoto: 96.00%
15 🔴Zamfara: 96.00%
16 🟢Abia: 94.80%
17 ⚫Adamawa: 94.10%
18 🟢Enugu: 93.60%
19 🟤Bayelsa: 93.40%
20 🟠Nasarawa: 92.60%
21 🟠Plateau: 92.00%
22 🟤Delta: 89.60%
23 🟠Kwara: 89.60%
24 🔴Kaduna: 88.40%
25 🟣Ekiti: 88.20%
26 ⚫Bauchi: 87.60%
27 🟣Osun: 86.90%
28 🟤Rivers: 84.20%
29 🟤Cross river: 83.80%
30 🟣Oyo: 83.60%
31 🟤Edo: 82.60%
32 🟠Niger: 73.40%
33 🟣Ondo: 64.50%
34 🟢Anambra: 61.50%
35 🟣Ogun: 60.00%
36 🟠FCT: 41.20%
37 🟣Lagos: 20.90%

Anthony Joshua has won his fourth straight fight by securing a second-round knockout win over Cameroonian boxer, Francis Ngannou, in the main event of the “Knockout Chaos” card in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

After securing consecutive victories in 2023 with wins over Jermaine Franklin in April and Robert Helenius with a seventh-round knockout in August, Joshua, in December, cruised to a fifth-round technical knockout win over Otto Wallin, who had been expected to be a formidable opponent, especially with his southpaw stance.

Joshua has now secured knockout wins over two fighters who took Tyson Fury the distance in Wallin and Ngannou.

Ngannou shocked fans when he knocked Fury down in their bout last year and because of that performance, fans believed he could pull a shocker against Joshua too.
Joshua, however, silenced the doubters, outboxing Ngannou throughout the two rounds and he made a statement like he promised with a knockout win inside just five minutes of their fight.

The Cameroonian-born boxer needed a doctor after he was knocked out and received oxygen at the corner of the ring before he stood back up.

In the post-match conference, Joshua expressed readiness to face the winner of Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk for a chance back at the world heavyweight titles.

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