Tag: Abuja

BREAKING: Police fire teargas at June 12 protesters in Lagos, Abuja + PHOTO

ADEOLA YUSUF

  Nigerian Police officers on Saturday morning fired tear gas at protesters that gathered at the Gani Fawehinmi Park in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, and Abuja, administrative capital of the country. The two parks are points of convergence for the June 12 Democracy Day protest in the country. Platforms Africa reports that the protesters had converged to demand for an end to bad governance and others while some of them were agitating for an end to the government of President Muhammadu Buhari before tear gas was fired at them by…

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Why fresh lockdown is likely in Lagos, Abuja, Plateau – Nigerian Govt

Aliyu Aliyu

  Here are the reasons Nigeria, which according to data, lost N3bn to five weeks’ lock down of Abuja Lagos and Ogun in March 2020, is planning to, again, put its commercial capital, and two others, under lock and key. The Nigerian government has given reasons for considering targeted lockdown in Lagos, country’s commercial capital, the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja; as well as Plateau State. The Presidential Task Force (PTF) National Incident Manager, Mukhtar Muhammed, who stated this on Friday, maintained that the rising cases of Covid infections recorded in…

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