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Bullets, Batons and Silence: Analyzing the A State Response to the 2024 End Bad Governance Protests in Nigeria

Wednesday, March 11, 2026 from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm

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Join us for the Brownbag Seminar entitled “Bullets, Batons and Silence: Analyzing the State Response to the 2024 End Bad Governance Protests in Nigeria” by Prof. Damilola Taiye Agbalajobi, Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Obafemi Awolowo University.
This presentation examines the Nigerian government’s response to the 2024 #EndBadGovernance protests, a youth-led movement driven by economic hardship, fuel subsidy removal, and systemic governance failures. Using political opportunity theory and interview-based research, the study analyzes how structural inequalities shaped both protest mobilization and state repression. Findings highlight the role of social media in organizing activism while exposing participants to surveillance, the expansion of state repression tactics, and the use of disinformation to delegitimize dissent. Despite crackdowns, the protests revitalized civic consciousness and demonstrated youth resilience, raising important questions about civil liberties in fragile democracies like Nigeria.

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