Live updates/coverage: Powerful protests continue across Nigeria

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FCT, Abuja - The nationwide hardship/hunger protest — slated for Thursday, August 1 to Saturday, August 10, 2024 — is expected to continue today, Saturday, August 3.

Omoyele Sowore, a prominent activist believed to be one of the organisers of the ‘End Bad Governance’ demonstration in Nigeria, on Friday, August 2, thanked protesters “for staying the course” since the commencement of the action.

A cost-of-living crisis hitting Nigeria at the time Bola Tinubu took office in 2023 intensified after the president removed the fuel subsidy and announced other reforms. Photo credit: @InibeheEffiong
Source: Twitter

In a post on his verified X (formerly Twitter) handle, Sowore stated that in addition to the street marches, people at home should engage in pot and pan protests against hunger, poverty, and starvation.

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Obi reacts as '17' killed in Nigeria’s protests

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, on Friday night, August 2, lamented the killing of some 'End Bad Governance' protesters.

The Punch reported that no fewer than 17 persons were feared killed in Abuja, Kano, Niger, Borno, Kaduna and Jigawa during the #Endbadgovernance protest which was held across the country on Thursday, August 1.

Subsequently, millions of residents in northern Nigeria were placed under 24-hour curfews.

In a statement he personally signed, and shared on his verified X (formerly Twitter) account, Obi asked security agents to be professional.