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August 1: Anyone kicking against protest is your enemy – Workers tell Nigerians
The All Workers Convergence (AWC) has strongly affirmed its support for the planned nationwide protest scheduled to begin on August 1st, denouncing anyone who opposes it as an “enemy of the people.” Here are the key points from their statement:
- Support for Protest: AWC considers the protest against bad governance, hunger, and insecurity as a legitimate right of the people. They argue that given the current challenges Nigerians face, such protests are necessary.
- Criticism of Opponents: The group categorically states that anyone who opposes the planned protest is viewed as an enemy of the people. They emphasize that in a situation like Nigeria’s, participating in protests becomes a collective duty, and it is considered antisocial not to participate.
- Reasons for Protest: AWC highlights the pervasive hardship and bad governance in Nigeria as reasons why the protest is necessary. They describe it as a revolt against hunger and a rebellion against hardship, asserting that the people have lost hope in the current system.
- Call for Action: The statement calls for unity among organizers of the protest and asserts that they will proceed with the planned protest without hesitation. They see protest as a fundamental human right and a duty of all citizens to bring about change.
- Specific Criticism: AWC criticizes the governance under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, alleging that it has brought untold hardship to Nigerians and suggesting that governance has collapsed under his leadership.
- Emphasis on Rights: The group stresses that protest is not a crime but a lawful act, and they express solidarity with Nigerians who are mobilizing for the protest.
In essence, the AWC’s statement underscores their firm stance in support of the upcoming protest, portraying it as a crucial step towards addressing the profound challenges facing Nigeria, particularly under the Tinubu administration as they perceive it. They frame the protest as a movement to emancipate Nigeria from corruption, bad governance, and exploitation.
Finnish prosecutors on Friday said they had charged a man with inciting terrorism online who a media report identified as Nigerian separatist leader Simon Ekpa.
According to the prosecution authority, the accused remained in custody and denied the charges.
AFP reports that Finland’s National Prosecution Authority said in a statement that it had charged “a Finnish individual in a case involving suspected public incitement to commit crimes with terrorist intent and participation in the activities of a terrorist group.”
It added that the alleged crimes had been committed in the city of Lahti between 2021 and 2024 and were related to the suspect’s efforts to establish Nigeria’s Biafra region as an independent state.
The prosecution authority did not name the accused but Finnish public broadcaster YLE identified him as separatist leader Simon Ekpa.Ekpa — who claims to lead the Biafra Republic’s government in exile — was detained in November.
According to the prosecution authority, the accused remained in custody and denied the charges.
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Tinubu to attend Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration May 18
The inauguration marks the formal beginning of the Pontificate of Pope Leo XIV, the 267th Bishop of Rome.”
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart Abuja on Saturday for Rome, Italy, to attend the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV as the new head of the Roman Catholic Church.
The President will be accompanied by a delegation that includes the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu; Archbishop Lucius Ugorji, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria; Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Abuja; Archbishop Alfred Martins of Lagos; and Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of the Sokoto Diocese.
Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, confirmed in a statement via X.
‘Tinubu is travelling at the invitation of the Vatican and will lead Nigeria’s delegation to the solemn installation mass scheduled for Sunday, May 18, at St. Peter’s Square.
The inauguration marks the formal beginning of the Pontificate of Pope Leo XIV, the 267th Bishop of Rome.”
A fire broke out on Thursday at the General Hospital in Ifako-Ijaiye, Lagos, engulfing parts of the three-storey building and causing panic among residents and patients.
Videos from the scene showed thick smoke pouring from the hospital building as onlookers gathered in distress. Firefighters later arrived to battle the blaze.
An eyewitness, Modinat Melemuku, who shared footage of the incident on Facebook, called for urgent help.
She said: “Happening now at General Hospital Ifako-Ijaiye, College Road. Please repost.
Help is needed,” she wrote.
An eyewitness also told reporters the fire began in one part of the hospital before spreading to other sections.
“The fire then spread to the prenatal and postnatal rooms, after which it affected the pediatric ward,” the eyewitness said.
There were concerns that nursing mothers and infants might have been trapped inside, although no casualties were confirmed as of the time of filing this report.
Emergency responders were still on the ground trying to bring the situation under control.
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