mercredi, 23 mai 2012
 
 

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Who are the hoodlums in Nigeria ?

In the past few days, the Federal and state governments have tried to find a straw man to bear the responsibility for the turbulence they stirred, in ways and manners to break the collective of citizens rising against the system they represent and its insensitive policies such as “deregulation” & “removal of fuel subsidy”. The straw man’s other name is “vagabond”. Several top functionaries of the Federal Government have cried themselves hoarse that the streets have been seized by hoodlums. (...)

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Nigeria : The state versus the People

The Federal Government declared war on Nigerians on New Year day, with its 120% hike in fuel price. With heads held high, the people gallantly rose across the country in stiff resistance, immediately. The resistance snowballed into a General Strike and series of escalating Mass Protests of historic proportions, with over ten million Nigerians demonstrating in more than 50 cities and towns within the country and no less than a dozen cities across Africa, Europe and the Americas. After nine (...)

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Nigeria : NO TO FUEL PRICE HIKE !

The Federal Government set the country ablaze with its over 100% increase of petrol price on January 1. In a matter of days, massive demonstrations have rocked more than a dozen cities, shaking the country to its foundations ; and this is just the beginning ! NLC & TUC have declared an indefinite general strike & mass protests from January 9, if the increment is not reversed. Unfolding before our eyes is a revolution with which we would change our fate, breaking the bondage of our (...)

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