Tag: protest
NITEL Workers Protest Non-Payment Of Salaries
Workers of the Nigerian Telecommunication Commission (NITEL) staged a rally on Tuesday in Abuja in protest against the management’s failure…
Ijebu Robbery Attacks: Bank Workers Begin Strike
Bank workers in the Ogun-East Senatorial District of Ogun State commenced an indefinite strike as from today, an official said…
Unijos Students Protest Over Stabbed Colleague
A large number of University of Jos students today blocked Jos-Bauchi Road in protest over two of their colleagues who…
Fuel Subsidy Victim For Burial
Ademola Abe, the young man who was allegedly shot and killed by Segun Fabunmi, the then DPO attached to the…
Civil Demonstration And The Moral Question —Akido Agenro
The demonstrations held around the country in protest against the Federal Government’s deregulation policy has been hailed by public commentators…
Fuel Scarcity Hits Ilorin As Marketers Begin Strike
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Ilorin Unit, on Monday ordered members to shut their filling stations in…
We Are No Beggars —Ademola’s Family
The family of the late Ademola Abe who was killed during the recent fuel subsidy protest by the DPO attached…
Workers Barricade PHCN HQ. In Abuja
Members of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), on Monday locked all the major gates leading to the PHCN…
Nigeria Police Teargas Protesters
.Idika Kalu, Braithwaite, Nwabueze Affected Prominent Nigerians who led protest against the deployment of soldiers to Lagos State were dispersed…
Port Operators May Protest Over Demurrage
Mr. Jonathan Nicol, General Secretary of Shippers Association of Lagos State, on Tuesday said that port operators would protest demurrage…
Lagos ACN Cautions Protesters Against Looting
The Action Congress of Nigeria Lagos State chapter has cautioned protesters against oil subsidy removal not to allow hoodlums and…
24-Hour Curfew Imposed In Kaduna
To prevent hoodlums from hijacking the fuel subsidy protest and breakdown of law and order, the Kaduna State government has…
Occupy Nigeria Rally: Day 2, Gets Violent In Ibadan
The nationwide protest against the Federal Government’s removal of oil subsidy which was peaceful in most parts of the country…
Strike: Abuja Residents Stay Indoors
Residents of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Monday stayed at home to protest the increase in pump price of…
Fuel Subsidy Removal: Nigerians Take Over Abuja Streets
Abuja residents trooped out enmase this morning to join forces with the NLC and TUC in their protests against the…
Mass Protest Continues In Ilorin
Protest over the removal of fuel subsidy continued Wednesday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, as hoodlums hijacked it, setting…
BUK Students Join Protest
Students of Bayero University, BUK, Kano today gathered at the Silver Jubilee roundabout to protest the removal of subsidy on…
Breaking Goodluck’s Gridlock —Kehinde Bamigbetan
It is no longer in doubt that President Jonathan Goodluck has by action and inaction brought Nigeria to an avoidable…
Doctors Protest Kidnap, Death Of Colleague
Medical practitioners in Owerri on Monday took to the streets to protest the kidnap and killing of their colleague, Dr.…
Compass Sacks 45 Workers
Forty-five workers in the Compass newspaper, owned by former Governor of Ogun State, Gbenga Daniel, have been sacked by the…
Lawyers Boycott Ikorodu High Court
Lawyers have began a one-week warning boycott of the Ikorodu High Court in Lagos to protest the “manner†proceedings were…
UI Students Protest Over Water, Electricity
Students of the University of Ibadan, UI, today protested on campus over lack of water and electricity, saying that they…
NYSC, Lagos Govt Abort Corps Members’
A peaceful march by corps members to mourn the killing of their colleagues during the post election violence in the…
Ex-Militants Protest To Government House
Ex-militants who are graduates of the Rivers State Social Rehabilitation Institute, Okehi, Etche Local Government area on Friday stormed Government…
Elections 2011, Headlines, News, Politics
Melaye Leads Protest To INEC Office
There was stampede this morning as a members of the All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP), embarked on a protest at…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Kwara Erupts In Protest As ACN Rejects NASS Poll Results
Kwara State on Monday erupted in spontaneous protest as thousands of ACN supporters stormed the streets of Ilorin to voice…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Police Disperse ACN Supporters
Men of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF this afternoon dispersed supporters of Chief Chris Ngige, who had besieged the INEC…
Veevee Workers Protest Over Minimum Wage
Workers of Veevee Industry, producers of packaging cartons, have embarked on strike to protest the company’s management’s failure to implement…
Crowd Boos Governor During Debate
The political debate organised by the Justice, Development and Peace Commission (JDPC) for governorship candidates in Abia on Thursday was…
Boat Operators Threaten Strike
Boat Operators in Rivers State may embark on strike ahead of the April Polls to protest the neglect of water…