Tag: protest
Student killed in protest clash with police
A student taking part in a protest in Senegal’s capital Dakar was killed when demonstrators and police clashed, a government…
Army warns Borno residents against street protests
The 7 Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri on Saturday cautioned residents of Borno against embarking on street protests,…
LASU: Fashola Cancels New Fees
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola (SAN) Thursday ordered that students of Lagos State University, LASU, should revert to paying the…
Paris bans pro-Palestinian protest after recent violence
French police have banned a protest against Israel’s Gaza offensive that was due to take place in Paris on Saturday,…
No, Balarabe Musa, Jonathan Not To Blame For Boko Haram Menace!
By Jonathan Ekene Ifeanyi I read with no surprise The Guardian interview of the former governor of old Kaduna State,…
Peacock Wins Another Award
Simon Ateba Peacock Travels and Tours, a subsidiary of Peacock Group of Companies, has won another award, the company said…
Police arrest 22 over impeachment protest in Nasarawa
Police Command in Nasarawa State on Friday said it arrested 22 people in Lafia following violent protest by some groups…
#BringBackOurGirls: 90 Days Since Chibok Girls Were Kidnapped
It’s 90 days since over 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped by Islamist sect, Boko Haram on 14 April in Chibok village,…
Judiciary Workers’ Strike Cripples Lagos Courts
Henry Ojelu Lawyers and litigants were refused entry into Lagos court premises Monday as Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN,…
Police disperse World Cup protest with tear gas
Police launched tear gas and stun grenades Sunday to disperse some 300 anti-World Cup protesters who tried to march toward…
Knocks For FG Over ASUP Strike
Damilare Okunola & Harrison Iyoha Students of various Nigerian polytechnics have blamed the protracted industrial action by their lecturers on…
Police arrest 500 in Hong Kong protest
Hong Kong police arrested more than 500 protesters at a sit-in early Wednesday following a huge march that organisers said…
Brazil police break up World Cup-related protest
Brazilian police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to break up a protest Tuesday by some 300 people demanding the…
Forgotten Chibok Girls
Seventy-seven days after close to 300 schoolgirls were kidnapped in Chibok by Boko Haram, and many weeks after the Nigerian…
NOUN Students Protest Fees Hike
Harrison Iyoha Students of the National Open University Of Nigeria, NOUN, Benin Study Centre, this week, took to the streets…
ASUU Backs Protesting Lecturers
Damilare Okunola Protesting lecturers at various tertiary institutions have been told that they have the backing of their national union,…
LASU Crisis: Assemblyman Urges Understanding
Eromosele Ebhomele The Chairman of the Committee on Education, Science and Technology of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Wahab…
Washington taxi drivers join global Uber protests
Taxi drivers snarled traffic in downtown Washington on Wednesday in protest against smartphone car-hailing services such as Uber, which they…
Why We Will Not Back Out —OAU Students
Akintola Lukmon Students of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife Osun State, have made a strong declaration of no retreat no…
UNIABUJA Students Blame Lecturers For School’s Closure
Harrison Iyoha Students of the University of Abuja, UNIABUJA, Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital, have blamed the institution’s lecturers for the…
OAU shut indefinitely over school fees
The authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife, has shut the university indefinitely following sustained protest of students over increment…
VC shuts down University of Abuja
The management of the University of Abuja on Monday shut down the institution following students protest over the ongoing indefinite…
OAU in the eye of the storm
Harrison Iyoha These are definitely not the best of times for management staff of Nigerian universities with student of various…
Brazilian president abused at World Cup opener
Thousands of people shouted an obscene message to Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff at the opening match of the World Cup…
Imposition: Lagos APC Disowns Protesting Group
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has disowned a group which protested purported imposition…
Brazil braces for World Cup carnival
Brazil kicks off the World Cup Thursday hoping to unite the football-mad country after a chaotic seven-year build-up plagued by…
TASUED Students On The Rampage
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Students of Tai Solarin University of Education, TASUED, Ijagun in Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State Wednesday…
Brazil gears up for World Cup despite strike threat
Global football leaders descend on Sao Paulo Tuesday amid tensions over subway workers’ new threat to spoil Brazil’s World Cup…
LASU Fees: Committee Submits Report
Kazeem Ugbodaga The committee set up by Governor Babatunde Fashola to look into students’ complaints concerning school fees at the…
Sanusi’ Coronation As Emir: Schools Shut In Kano
Hundreds of protesters have continued to protest the emergence of the immediate past Central Bank Governor, Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi…