• Democracy Day Marked with Protests Across Nigeria

    Democracy Day Marked with Protests Across Nigeria0

    …YiagaAfrica Demands Renegotiation of Social Contract with Citizens There were protests across the country as Nigerians on Democracy Day as Nigerians trooped to the streets to protest against hunger and excruciating hardship, and to demand the reversal of some of the policies implemented by the President Bola Tinubu’s administration. In Lagos, the protests started from

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  • Missed Opportunities in Tinubu’s Democracy Day Broadcast

    Missed Opportunities in Tinubu’s Democracy Day Broadcast0

    Countdown to May 29, 2024, there was a debate about whether President Bola Tinubu was going to address a joint session of the National Assembly and deliver a State of the Union speech or not. Yes, the President did address members of the National Assembly but it was “informal” to say “hi” to the lawmakers

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  • Tinubu Promises to Preserve, Cement Democracy as Nigerians’ Way of Life

    Tinubu Promises to Preserve, Cement Democracy as Nigerians’ Way of Life0

    As Nigerians mark the silver jubilee anniversary of June 12, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday said he is morally bound to preserve and cement the nation’s democracy as Nigerians way of life. The President said this in his 18-minute broadcast to the nation on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of unbroken democracy in

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  • President Tinubu Salutes Past, Living Heroes of Nigeria’s Democracy

    President Tinubu Salutes Past, Living Heroes of Nigeria’s Democracy0

    President Tinubu’s National Broadcast on the 25th Anniversary of Unbroken Democracy in Nigeria, Democracy Day 12th June 2024 1. My fellow Nigerians, let me begin by congratulating all of us for witnessing the celebration of another Democracy Day today, the 12th day of June 2024. This year also marks our nation’s 25 years of uninterrupted

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  • June 12: IPC Frowns at Surveillance of Premises

    June 12: IPC Frowns at Surveillance of Premises0

    On Tuesday, June 11th, 2024, around 1:40 pm two men in mufti, who eventually identified themselves as officers of the Nigeria Police Force approached one of the staff members of the International Press Centre, IPC, right at the entrance to the office’s premises at Dideolu Estate, Ogba, Lagos-Nigeria. The police officers who claimed to have

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  • June 12: Hardship, Hunger Could Kindle National Protests Against Government

    June 12: Hardship, Hunger Could Kindle National Protests Against Government0

    These are trying times for the one-year-old administration of President Bola Tinubu. As a known democrat who had championed protests against underperforming governments in the past, some of his former co-travelers in the pro-democratic movements may wish to return to his government the same token of protests and resistance. New Sheriffs have emerged and are

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