Nigeria: Atiku Rallies Support for Corps Member Who Criticised Tinubu

Nigeria: Atiku Rallies Support for Corps Member Who Criticised Tinubu

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described a Lagos-based National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Ushie Uguamaye, who criticised President Bola Tinubu's administration, as a symbol of a new generation of politically engaged women committed to advocacy and democratic participation.

Do not victimise corps member for criticising Tinubu govt - Ex-NUJ President tells NYSC

A former President of Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, and African Union of Journalists, AUJ, Comrade Lanre Ogundipe has warned the National Youths Service Corps, NYSC, against taking any punitive action against Rita Ushie Uguamaye, a corps member serving in Lagos State. Ogundipe made this declaration via a statement made available to DAILY POST Monday morning. It was learnt that Uguamaye in a video released online criticised President Bola Ti…

Amnesty International condemns threats against corps member who criticised Tinubu

Amnesty International Nigeria has spoken out after a serving National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member alleged she received threats for criticising President Bola Tinubu’s administration in a viral video. The corps member, who posted the video on TikTok via @talktoraye, expressed frustration over rising inflation and economic hardship. She directly called out President Tinubu, saying: “I don’t know if there is any other president that is as ter…

Amnesty International to NYSC: Stop threatening corps member who criticised Tinubu  - Daily Trust

Amnesty International has condemned officials of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for allegedly sending threatening messages to a corps member who criticised the President Bola Tinubu-led administration over rising inflation and economic hardship. Daily Trust had reported how the corps member in a widely circulated video shared on Tiktok expressed frustration over the deteriorating economic conditions in Nigeria. She openly tackled Presid…

We Are All Ushie Uguamaye - By Anthony Ubani

In recent days, Nigeria has been gripped by the unfolding story of Ushie Rita Uguamaye, a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member serving in Lagos, who courageously voiced her concerns over the nation’s escalating economic hardships. In a video shared widely on social media, Ms. Uguamaye criticized government policies she believes have exacerbated the rising […] The post We Are All Ushie Uguamaye – By Anthony Ubani appeared first on 247 Urepo…

Ten Times the Nigerian Government Has Harassed, Arrested Its Citizens Over Criticism

If there’s one thing the Nigerian government and its officials would do, it’s to behave like freedom of speech is an alien concept. On Saturday, March 15, Ushie Uguamaye, aka Raye, a member of the  National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) posted a video on social media criticising President Ahmed Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration as well as the air quality and poor living conditions in Lagos State. Since then, she has been hounded more than people gu…