Road blocked as Students of the University of Jos, Plateau State, protested over the increase in school fees and other services rendered by the institution. The students on Tuesday demanded for an urgent reversal of the hike in school fees and other services rendered by the University. Armed with placards with different inscriptions such as “If your children can afford Read More
Nigerians resident in Osogbo, Osun capital are currently protesting on the streets. According to the protesters, they are protesting against economic hardship, among other challenges they are facing in the country. The protest which is led by a coalition of civil society organisations is against the recent petrol subsidy removal, Naira floating and other reforms of the President Bola Tinubu-led Read More
Victims of building demolition have taken to the streets in their hundreds to condemn what they describe as destructive act of the current Kano state government led by Governor Abba Yusuf. The protesters gathered Monday morning at the frontage of the demolished multi-million Naira Daula Hotel along Hadejia road in the metropolis carrying placards with various inscriptions condemning the government Read More
The Nigeria Labour Congress has said it members will embark on a nationwide strike and protest as from Wednesday June 7, 2023. The congress said the strike action would be implemented if the price of pump price of fuel remain the same. This was declared after an emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on Friday, by the national president of Read More
Edo Civil Society Organizations (CSO) took to the streets to express their grievances to the removal of fuel subsidy, which subsequently caused a review of fuel prices across the country. Speaking during the demonstration in Benin, the former coordinator of EDOCSO, Omobude Agho, on Thursday, called on the Federal Government to reverse subsidy removal as Nigerians grappled with multiple financial Read More
Following the downside of the violence emanated from the EndSARs protest across the country in October 2022, the International Republican Institute (IRI) has said protest is an instrument of implementing positive policies in the country. Speaking in a workshop tagged protest to policy in Abuja, the IRI Resident Program Director, Santiago Stocker, said the institute focus on achieving legitimate change Read More
Aviation workers in Lagos have shutdown roads leading to the airport on Monday April 17, 2023. The workers have begun two days warning strike to drive home their demands from the federal government. Their demands include non-payment of minimum wage arrears, and cancellation of planned demolition of workers’ offices in lagos.
Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), also known as Shi’ites, Friday April 14, 2023, stormed the streets of Abuja to allegedly protest the release of the traveling document of their leader, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenah, which they said are in the custody of the federal government of Nigeria. Reacting to the alleged protest in a Read More
Massive crowds filled the streets of the Israeli city of Tel Aviv late Sunday night after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired his defense minister over his opposition to a planned judicial overhaul. Waving Israeli flags and chanting “democratia,” protestors could be seen blocking streets and bridges, including the Ayalon Highway. Protesters lit several fires on the main highway in Tel Read More
Kaduna state governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in 2023, Mohammed Isah Ashiru, has vowed to recover his mandate in court, saying that he has confidence in the judiciary and will not leave any stone unturned in achieving his mandate. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had on Monday declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Read More
The apex Igbo cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has insisted that the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, won the presidential polls and should be declared winner. The group also urged the members of the public to discountenance a message from the a group it called the ‘fifth columnists’ which masquerades as a factional Ohanaeze which Read More
Chairman Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Mahmood Yakubu has described the calls for his resignation by some aggrieved opposition parties as misplaced. His position came at a time a group of protesters stormed the national collation centre in Abuja Tuesday, calling for the electronic transmission of the results of the presidential elections held last Saturday. Clarifying the commission’s position in Read More
A bloody clash between security operatives and residents in Benin City, Edo State capital on Wednesday reportedly claimed the lives of three persons. Dozens of residents had gathered at the entrance gate of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in Benin City to deposit their old naira notes of N200, N500 and N1,000. The residents made of youths and women said Read More
The German football federation is investigating whether it is legal for Fifa to threaten players with sanction for wearing the OneLove armband at the World Cup in Qatar. The captains of seven European nations had planned to wear the armband to promote diversity and inclusion. But the plans were dropped following Fifa’s threat of players being booked. “Fifa has forbidden us from Read More
Arewa Youth Alliance for Progress and Development (AYAPD) has invited vehicle owners affected by the methanol contaminated fuel imported into Nigeria some months ago to converge at Duke Oil office Abuja on Friday for a protest march. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) had, some months ago, imported fuel into the country, which were later found to have been contaminated Read More
Contractors the COVID-19 medical equipment and items has blocked the entrance gate of the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Mohammed Musa Bello, causing gridlock and preventing vehicles from accessing the secretariat. The protesters allegeded that the Minister owed them since 2019.
A traditional ruler in Osun state, the Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba AbdurRosheed Akanbi, on Friday said power must shift to the South of the country in 2023 failure of which he would join other monarchs to rally support for the Yoruba nation. The monarch in a statement through his chief press secretary, Alli Ibraheem, said the Yoruba nation agitators would Read More
Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) are protesting at the Kwara state government house, Ilorin, in solidarity with the strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The protesters carried placards with several inscriptions such as “Honour and implement your agreement with ASUU” among others. The protest also had members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Read More
The leadership and members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), have begun a two-day nationwide protest in solidarity with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as well as other maladmnistration issues in Nigeria. Already, Labour union members have trooped out in Lagos and are now on the streets with placards with different inscriptions. Some of the inscriptions reads: “Nigeria Read More
As academic activities of Nigerian Universities remain suspended due to the strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), student leaders under the aegis of Council of Students Union Presidents have said its members will be storming the Federal Capital Territory for a peaceful protest if the ongoing strike is not called off. The body which comprises Read More
The staff of the Nnamdi Azikwe airport, Lagos were seen in a video protesting the non-payment of their salaries. In the viral video, the staff of the airport allegedly refused to give passengers their luggage.
Supporters of the six area councils’ chairmen-elect on Friday took to the streets of Abuja to protest the suspension of the swearing in ceremony of new area council chairmen earlier scheduled for Friday. The protesters who later stormed the FCTA Secretariat at Area 11 tried to force their way through to the minister’s office as the security personnel stationed there Read More
Angry protesters on Friday set bonfires on Giri-Gwagwalada road to protest against tenure elongation for the outgoing chairmen and councilors of area councils in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Muhammad Bello, had on Thursday suspended the proposed inauguration of the newly elected chairmen and councilors across the FCT councils Details loading…
Youths in the ancient city of Sokoto on Saturday afternoon, staged out protest to express their displeasure over the arrest of suspects allegedly involved in the killing of female student identified as Deborah Samuel Yakubu on May 12, 2022. Protesters are demanding the release of those who were arrested by the police in connection with the murder of Deborah Samuel Read More
Nigerian students living in Lagos state, Monday, took to the street to protest the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU). This is coming after a viral tweet shared by ASUU on their official Twitter account, Sunday, reads; “#BREAKING: @ASUU NGN EndsWarning strike tomorrow. “The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will end its warning strike tomorrow Read More
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