Tag: protest
Petrol Goes For N250 Per Litre In Owerri
Activities were slowed down in Owerri on Monday as filling station owners closed shop in protest against a new tax…
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Confed Cup: FIFA Has Not Discussed Cancellation
FIFA has not discussed the possibility of cancelling the Confederations Cup, which has been overshadowed by protests sweeping Brazil, soccer’s…
Commuter Bus Drivers Protest In Ikoyi
Scores of commuters including school children going to Ikoyi, Eti-Osa, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, were on Tuesday morning stranded at…
Mass Protest In Benin Over Motorcycle Ban
Thousands of operators of commercial motorcycles, popularly called Okada, took to the streets of Benin City, capital of Edo State…
Rights Group Protests Ban On Tricycles
The ban on tricycles on some major roads in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, is causing great hardship and residents will protest…
Corps Members Protests Unpaid Allowance
Members of 2012 Batch B National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) serving in Nasarawa on Wednesday protested the non-payment of their…
We Did Not Receive N100m Bribe —Rivers Labour Leaders
After the two-day warning strike called by the Rivers State branch of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade…
Kwara Poly Students Burn Gov’s Escort Van, School Shut
Students of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, northcentral Nigeria, went on the rampage again Tuesday following the shooting of one of…
Hundreds Protest Planned Shutdown Of Lagos Market
Hundreds of businessmen at the Pelewura Market, Adeniji-Adele area of Lagos Island, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, Monday stormed the Lagos State…
Muslim Students Protest Over Ban Of Hijab
Hundreds of Muslim students Monday took to the streets to protest the decision by the Lagos State Government to ban…
Bash Ali Takes Protest To PDP In Abuja
Ageless pugilist, Bash Ali resumed as a gateman at the headquarters of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, at Wadata Plaza…
Policeman shoots tanker driver over ‘too little bribe’
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/ Kano Two policemen may be dismissed from the Force for allegedly shooting a tanker driver for refusing to…
Niger Citizens Shelve Protest In Lagos
Citizens of Niger Republic have postponed a planned protest and press conference in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, a spokesperson said on…
Olympics: More Countries Plead For Return Of Wrestling
Nigeria’s quest to have Wrestling reinstated at the Olympics have been backed by many other countries that are equally contesting…
Falana Warns Lagos Lawmakers On 6yr Tenure
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has threatened to ensure that the planned tenure extension for chairmen of local government councils…
Boko Haram Scare: 400 Niger Citizens Plan Protest
At least 400 citizens of Niger Republic would stage a protest on Monday in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, to distance themselves…
Aero Rotary Wing Shut
The rotary wing of Aero Contractors, Nigeria’s second largest airline, and preferred brand for oil companies, has been shut in…
Aero Workers Block Gates
Striking workers of Aero Contractors, Nigeria’s second largest airline, stormed the headquarters of the troubled airline on Tuesday, blocking its…
Aero Crisis: Management, Labour In Crucial Talks
Protests continued on Tuesday morning at the headquarters of Aero Contractors, Nigeria’s second largest airline, now grounded for six days,…
Nigerian Policemen Chase Okada Rider To Death
A commercial motorcyclists, popularly called okada rider, identified as Rahman, has allegedly been chased to death by men of the…
Ogba Residents Protest Over Blocked Streets
Residents of Olufemi Ogunsola Street under the aegis of New Life Community Development Association at Agege, Ifako Ijaiye Local Government…
Hijab: Muslim Students Protest Discrimination
Muslim students in Lagos State public secondary schools today protested at the State House, Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, over alleged…
Alaba Suru Traders Protest Threat of Market Closure
Traders of Suru-Alaba Market, located along Lagos-Badagry Express way, recently stormed Alausa, Lagos State’s seat of power to protest against…
Soyinka, Women Protest N4b Mansion
Hundreds of women Thursday took to the streets of Lagos to protest against the allocation of N4 billion for the…
3 Shot Dead In Lagos Mayhem
By Cyriacus Izuekwe Three persons reportedly lost their lives on Tuesday during a clash between the police and some residents…
Lagos Traders Protest Continued Closure Of Shops
Traders on Breadfruit and Davis streets in Balogun Market, Lagos Island, where some warehouses were gutted by fire in October…
BRT Management Warns Protesting Workers
Protesting workers of the city’s Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) have been warned not to allowed themselves to be used to…
Traffic Law: Group condemns Okada riders protest
A pressure group, Joint Action Movement, JAM, has described as illegal, the recent protest of some commercial motorcyclists popularly called…
Okada Riders In Fresh Protest
Thousands of commercial motorcyclists, popularly called okada riders, this morning embarked on a peaceful procession in Lagos to protest the…
Accident: Students Protest Death Of Collegues
Socio-economic were paralysed this morning at Itori in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State southwest Nigeria, as students of…