In what appears to be Nigeria’s most dramatic “return on investment” complaint yet, a man on Thursday stormed the All Progressives Congress (APC) national secretariat in Abuja with a message as blunt as it was unsettling: reward me or kill me. The protest, captured in a now-viral video, shows the visibly distressed man holding a placard and demanding recognition for what he described as his personal sacrifices during the party’s 2023 campaign. According to him, loyalty was not just emotional, it was financial, physical, and, ultimately, total. In a country where political support often comes with expectations, some spoken, many implied the man’s outcry reads like a tragic audit of misplaced trust. His claim that he sold his house to fund campaign efforts has not been independently verified, but the symbolism is hard to ignore: a citizen liquidating stability in exchange for promised political dividends. Observers at the scene watched as the protester oscillated between anger and ...
The Israeli-backed group distributing food in Gaza closed its four sites yesterday, a day after Palestinians trying to get supplies came under Israeli fire.
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The group, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, said that it expected to reopen the aid centers later today and that the pause would enable them to better receive large numbers of Palestinians.
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Dozens of Palestinians have been killed near an aid site in Rafah in two episodes this week, according to local health workers.
The circumstances of the shootings remain contested and have further ensnarled the beleaguered Israeli-backed aid effort. Britain has however pressed for an independent investigation.
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