Former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, has dared Nyesom Wike, Minister of the FCT, for saying that Abuja is not available for protest on August 1.

Sowore in a post on his X handle on Friday said the proposed nationwide protests will start from Abuja.

He said: “It is starting from and in Abuja!”

Sowore’s statement comes after Wike said that August 1 had been set aside for the chairmen of the six Area Councils of the FCT to give out certificates of recognition to their traditional rulers.

The Minister gave the warning while briefing journalists on the outcome of the FCT Security Council meeting in Abuja on Thursday.

Reports says that some Nigerians are mobilising for nationwide protest slated for August 1 to August 10, 2024.

Tagged #EndBadGovernace, organisers of the protest have lamented about widespread hunger and inflation in the country.

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Two suspected armed robbers were shot dead while attempting to snatch a Prado Jeep at gunpoint in the Jahi area of Abuja, the nation’s capital.

CP Benneth Igweh, disclosed this to newsmen while parading two arrested members of the robbery gang at the command in Abuja, on Friday.

He said this happened around 10:45 pm on Thursday, when a four-men robbery engaged the operatives who were on crime prevention patrol led by DPO of Mabushi police division in a fierce gun battle.

According to him, the four-men robbery gang on sighting the police operatives opened fire, which resulted in a gun duel where two among the robbers were neutralized.

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The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress Dr Abdullahi Imar Ganduje has congratulated Dr Baffa Babba Danagundi on his appointment as the Director General of the National Productivity Centre by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Ganduje who was excited by the appointment thanked President Tinubu for considering party loyalists like Danagundi.

On his part, the Deputy Senate President Senator Barau I Jibrin described the appointment as timely and well deserved.

“Appointing Danagundi to key political positions will further strengthen the relevance of our great party looking at the fact that he is a grassroots mobilizer of note “. Said Barau Jibrin.

Danagundi was at the residence of the National Chairman to present his letter of appointment and to thank him for the support he has been rendering to the APC.

Ganduje further praised the newly appointed Director General for breaking the record of any political mobilisation in Kano during the presidential campaign in 2023

Abdullahi Abbas who was also present during the presentation of the letter of appointment described the appointment as timely saying that the president has appointed his staunch and key loyalist.

“Tinubu has appointed a team player, a loyal party member and a hard-working man who will no doubt by God’s mercy take this agency to greater heights in the consolidation of the renewed hope agenda of President Tinubu “.

Present at the residence of the party chairman are the Kano Deputy Gubernatorial Candidate of the party in 2023 Murtala Sule Garo and other party chieftains.