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LIVE: #EndHunger: Nigerians begin nationwide protests amid untold hardship blamed on Tinubu

The Gazette reporters provide real-time updates as Nigerians take to the streets to protest amid worsening living conditions caused by President Bola Tinubu’s harsh economic policies.

• August 1, 2024
A composite of President Bola Tinubu and protesting Nigerian youths
President Bola Tinubu and Protesters

Today, Nigerians are pouring on the streets across the nation to protest against President Bola Tinubu’s “disjointed” and harsh economic policies that have food off the table of millions of Nigerians, reduced households’ purchasing power and plunging them further into poverty.

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