Nigeria women’s basketball team D’Tigress were defeated by the host nation France in their second group B game of the Paris Olympic Games.
The Nigerian ladies had stunned world number 3 Australia in their opening game earlier this week, but could not stand the determination of France.
France won the game with almost 20-point difference as Nigeria will now wait for their third outing to fight for a spot in the next round.
D’Tigress started off well, fighting back from a huge deficit to finish the first quarter 24-20 in France’s favour.
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After the second quarter, scoreline had gone up to 38-31 against Nigeria, and by the third quarter D’Tigress were trailing by 15 points as the score stood at 54-39.
Despite moments of brilliance by coach Rena Wakama’s girls, the French team were overpowering as they held on to their lead to win 75-54 the after the final quarter.
More to follow…
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Paris Olympics: D’Tigress defeated by host nation France
Wike, other politicians have never given me anything
As Nigeria grapples with widespread demonstrations under the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria movement, internationally acclaimed musician Burna Boy has vehemently denied being affiliated with any politicians.
The artist’s statement comes on Thursday amid the ongoing protests that have seen incidents of violence and looting across the country.
Taking to social media platform X on Thursday, Burna Boy said, “No politician has ever given anything. Go ask Wike where the land him give me or which money him give me. You think I’m your faves.”
This denial is in response to circulating rumours and accusations from X users about his alleged connections with political figures, particularly the Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike.
Meanwhile, the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protests have taken a violent turn in some areas.
In Kano State, hoodlums looted and set ablaze the newly built Nigeria Communication Commission Industrial Park in Kano, which was just days away from its official launch.
Eyewitness accounts and photos circulating online showed youths fleeing the scene with stolen items, including “computers, furniture, and electronics.”
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Two killed, many injured as protesters set APC Secretariat ablaze in Jigawa
Two persons were reportedly killed while many others sustained injuries after police fired live ammunition and teargas to disperse protestants in Jigawa State.
Findings by our correspondent shows that the protest took place in over 10 LGAs across the Jigawa State, with reports of destruction and looting of government property.
Reports in Dutse, the state capital, shows that one of the victims was shot in front of Government House, while the other was killed at Shiwarin town when the protesters attempted to close the Maiduguri-Kano Road.
The protesters also set ablaze the All Progressives Congress, APC, headquarters and burnt party vehicles in Dutse, the state capital.
In Hadejia town, a resident told TVN that four people were admitted in hospital as a result of injuries and suffocation they suffered from teargas released by the Police.
He added that Agricultural Supply stores were looted in the area.
In Gumel, the store of the state Agricultural Supply Company (JASCO), the house of the member of the House of Representatives representing Gumel, Gagarawa and Maigarati, as well as the residence of the APC Zonal Vice Chairman, were vandalized and looted by the protesters who overpowered the security agents deployed in the area.
Also, in Birninkudu, two people were injured and fertilizer and grains stores were vandalized and looted by the protesters.
Similarly, in Ringim, Jahun and Kazaure towns, the protesters took to the streets, calling for an end to bad governance.
Two killed, many injured as protesters set APC Secretariat ablaze in Jigawa
Yobe imposes curfew in Potiskum, Gashua, Nguru LGs
The Yobe State Government on Thursday imposed a curfew in Potiskum, Gashua, and Nguru towns.
Our correspondent gathered the curfew was due to the ongoing #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest in the state that some hoodlums have taken advantage of to vandalise and loot government and private property in the Potiskum, Gashua, and Nguru.
This was contained in a press statement signed by Special Adviser to Governor Mai Buni, on security matters, Brigadier General Dahiru Abdussallam (retd.), made available to According Online on Thursday.
The statement partly read, “the state government has imposed a 24-hour curfew in Potiskum, Gashua and Nguru.
”The public is hereby advised to abide by the curfew order and stay at home for peace to reign in these areas and the state at large.”
Abdulsallam added, “Security agencies have been directed to ensure enforcement and full compliance of the curfew order.
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Police arrest 11 hoodlums as protest turns violent in Niger
The Niger State Police Command has arrested 11 hoodlums linked to the violence that erupted at Tafa area of Kagarko LGA of Kaduna State and Hayin-Diko Gurara LGA of Niger State during the ongoing nationwide hunger protest.
Also there were unconfirmed reports that three youths were killed in Suleja LGA of Niger State when the protest turned violent in the area.
It was gathered the deceased were stoned to death just as over 15 others are said to be receiving medical attention at various health care facilities in Suleja and Gwagwalada in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The Niger State Police Command, in a statement signed by the spokesman, Wasiu Abiodun, said the miscreants mobilized and stormed Tafa LGA Secretariat, located along the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway, Sabon-Wuse, in the morning.
He explained that the hoodlums set ablaze the Tafa LGA Secretariat, burnt two cars and vandalized two others.
“They further looted valuables there-in, while the Police and other security agencies responded to the scene, and arrested eleven violent miscreants with different dangerous weapons, including firearms as others were dispersed from the scene and some of the looted items were recovered.”
He disclosed that immediately, the Police and other security agencies responded to the blockage of the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway and Old Toll-gate and dispersed the hoodlums.
Abiodun also revealed that the expressway has been reopened for motorists and there is free flow of traffic.
He added that that investigation into the violent incident has commenced with a view to arrest other fleeing miscreants.
“Members of the public, parents and residents are warned again to caution their wards as the Police Command reemphasized that violent demonstrations, destruction of public assets and looting will not be tolerated and any act of lawlessness will be strictly dealt with in accordance with the law,” he added.
Police arrest 11 hoodlums as protest turns violent in Niger
Fire guts Lagos plank market
Property worth millions of naira was, on Thursday, razed in an early morning fire that gutted three shops at the Ladipo Baale Roundabout Plank Market, Orile-Iganmu, Lagos.
The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyitolu, said no death was recorded in the incident.
The fire, which occurred at midnight, affected a section of the plank market.
According to Oke-Osanyitolu, further investigations revealed that the inferno started from a pile of planks due to power surge before spreading quickly to three other shops within the market.
He said, “No casualties, nor injuries were recorded in the incident. A significant quantity of planks and properties equally worth millions of naira, were salvaged by responders during the operation.
“Collaborative efforts of the responders were able to quickly bring the fire under control before it could spread to more shops.
“The agency’s Response Team and members of the Plank Market Association conducted Public Advocacy on preventive measures, to avoid such incidents in the future.
“LASEMA Response Team, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service and the Nigerian Police Force responded to the emergency.”
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According photojournalist arrested in Abuja
A photojournalist with The According newspaper, Kayode Jaiyeola, is currently held at the FCT police command.
Jaiyeola in a distress call to one of his colleagues said he was arrested at the Eagles Square by an officer attached to the Office of the National Security Adviser.
Jaiyeola said the officer then handed him over to men of the FCT police command while he was currently being held.
He added that his phone and camera had been seized by the police.
“An officer attached to the NSA picked me up at the Eagles Square and handed me over to the police command. I am currently at the police command. They have taken my phone and camera away from me,” he said in a distress call to our correspondent.
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EndBadGovernance protest: Nigerians already winning – Oby Ezekwesili declares
Former Education Minister, Oby Ezekwesili has given an update on the ongoing nationwide protest.
Ezekwesili said despite attempts by the Nigerian Government to muzzle the protest, Nigerians are already winning.
She reminded the political class that no force on earth has ever successfully oppressed a set of people permanently.
Posting on X, Ezekwesili wrote: “With The People of Nigeria.
“Is it not now evident that the Citizens of our country have already won this?
“How else can one explain this massive counter-operation of @NigeriaGov to muzzle Citizens and quell a protest that is themed #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria ?
“Wisdom should have the Nigerian Political Class know that historically, no force on earth has ever successfully oppressed a People permanently.
“Bad Governance has factually oppressed and destroyed the lives and future of Citizens.
“When the People then muster the courage to ask that you stop it, listen! All these attempts to throw the kitchen sink at the people is unwise. Tragically unwise.
“Two Wise Game-changing Moves that the @NGRPresident @nassnigeria
@NGRSenate @HouseNGR, Governors and State Assemblies can make out of the #EndBadGovernaceInNigeriaProtests
“Use it as the *Golden Moment of Opportunity* for a *Reset of Nigeria* being offered by our Citizens! Launch a
* A Credible National Conversation on the most Effective Structure and Direction for Good Governance in Nigeria at all Levels* for productivity, competitiveness, prosperity, justice, equity, equality, order, peace, harmony, stability and resilience.
“Come out to the Protest Grounds all over the Country and ENGAGE your Citizens. Hear them express their Demands to you directly. Do not lock yourselves away behind the High Gates of your publicly-funded State and Government houses enjoying indulgent lives while your Citizens are crying out in pain from the severity of economic hardship. Come out.
“Whether you do right or continue to do wrong by your people is entirely your Choice, Nigerian Governments led by
@officialABAT.
“As for the Nigerian People, the die is now cast and the rubicon is also now crossed on the matter of their knowledge of the supremacy of their collective Power over that of the Politicians, their Governments and the Bad Governance they give daily.
“It is easy to understand this. Between the People and their Politicians, who is fretting with Fear over the Protests?
“Whatever be your answer to that Question is in totally your hands.”
EndBadGovernance protest: Nigerians already winning – Oby Ezekwesili declares
Ex-minister, cleric lead #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest in Plateau
Hundreds of residents in Jos and several groups and associations on Thursday joined the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protest in the country.
This is in spite of several warnings and pleas by the government and some Civil Society Organisations in Plateau State to citizens to shun the nationwide protest against bad governance.
The protesters who came out as early as 7 am marched through various streets calling for an end to bad governance and prevailing economic hardship in the country.
They were led by a former Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung, and a cleric, Prophet Isa Elbuba, who is the convener of the Initiative for a Better and Brighter Nigeria.
Security agents were, however, on the ground to forestall any form of violence during the protest which lasted for several hours
Addressing the protesters, Dalung, who was Minister of Youth and Sports Development under former president Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, asked security operatives not to intimidate protesters, because the amended Nigerian constitution gives rights to citizens to stage such peaceful protests.
He noted that the suffering currently being faced by Nigerians is becoming unbearable.
Meanwhile, Elbuba who is also the General Overseer of Evangelical Bible Outreach Ministries International called on President Bola Tinubu to resign for failing to address the situation.
Elbuba said, “President Bola Tinubu must resign, we can not wait for 2027 to change him, hunger will not allow us to endure that long.”
He added that he would mobilise more persons to join the protest in the coming days.
He said the economic challenges being visited on ordinary Nigerians were deliberate. According to him, Nigeria as a country has all it takes to cater for all citizens adequately.
Elbuba lamented that the government had enslaved its citizens in their land, and insisted that such must stop.
“We are going to be here for the next ten days, if you don’t stand up for your rights, no one will do it for you,” Elbuba said.
He further said government officials were afraid of the ongoing protest because they knew that the policies and programmes being implemented were anti-people.
The clergymen insisted that they would not retreat until the demands of the masses for a better living were achieved.
Also, a civil society organisation, Citizens Coalition against Corruption and Injustice led by Chris Iyama called on Tinubu to declare a state of emergency on food security with immediate effect.
Iyama also said the current administration under Tinubu was executing anti-people policies and demanded that the president set machinery in motion to take a review of his cabinet members and sack underperforming ministers as a way of restoring good governance.
“Tinubu policies have not addressed hunger, economic hardship, and insecurity been experiencing in Nigeria is a consequence of poor governance,” he said.
The convener further argued that there is no country in the world without a subsidy, but Tinubu removed the oil subsidy without effective management.
He said, “We demand a reversal of electricity tariff, transportation, and price control on commodities. We also want the government to cut down bogus spending on VIPs and other unwarranted demands.”
The executive director of CLEEN Foundation, Gad Peter, said Nigerian youths were only out for good governance and nothing else.
“The era of rhetoric is over… We want to see a practical solution by the government, ensure the protection of lives and properties, an economy that works for all,” Peter said.
UK’s Starmer warns social media firms to uphold law over misinformation
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned social media companies Thursday they must uphold laws around spreading incendiary misinformation, following unrest blamed on the sharing of unverified details about the Southport knife attack.
“It’s also a crime and it’s happening on your premises,” Starmer said of the proliferation of misinformation “whipped up online”, which helped spark two nights of violence in English towns and cities after Monday’s stabbings.
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