Tag: demonstrations
#BayelsaDecides: Police ban procession, rallies, demonstrations
Jethro Ibileke/Yenagoa Apparently to forestall possible breakdown of law and order after the final announcement of the gubernatorial election result…
Turkish police teargas protesting workers on May Day
Turkish police used water canon and tear gas on Thursday to disperse thousands of protesters who tried to defy a…
BMW scandal: Campaigner for aviation minister’s resignation arrested
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigerian activist, Dino Melaye has been arrested by the Nigerian police in Abuja as he led a…
Thousands rally against poverty in Portugal
Thousands of people on Saturday rallied in the streets of Lisbon to protest rising poverty resulting from the government’s belt-tightening…
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Death toll hits 31 in Egypt’s football death verdict
Clashes killed at least 31 people in Egypt’s Port Said as violence raged into the early hours of Sunday in…
Clash Over Property Tax Law In Benin
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin There was commotion at the ever busy Kings Square in Benin, capital of Nigeria’s Edo state Monday afternoon,…
Egyptians storm the palace: Can this happen in Nigeria?
The Arab Spring is far from over, with the undying spirit of protest in Egypt, ignited by President Mohamed Morsi’s…
France bans anti-Islam movie protests
Paris police have banned two demonstrations planned for Saturday, including one in front of the city’s Grand Mosque, to protest…
Women urge sex boycott in support of Togo protests
Women from the Let’s Save Togo coalition called Sunday on all females in the country to refrain from sex for…
Togo police fire teargas at protesters
Togolese authorities fired tear gas Tuesday to disperse a protest by several thousand people in the capital Lome, the latest…
News Analysis: Nigeria’s President Jonathan rides on Tiger’s tail
Bayo Onanuga President Jonathan of Nigeria must have made his portraiture go back to the canvas. Portrayed often as a…