Tag: protest
Doctors, CLO protest in Port Harcourt over kidnappings
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in conjunction with the Civil Liberties Organization…
VIDEO/PICTURES: NUPENG protest N224m owed by LASG
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday said it would not succumb to the attempt by the Nigeria Union of Petroleum…
Biafra protest in Aba gets really bloody
A 20-year-old apprentice, Chidozie Okafor, was shot dead on St. Micheal’s Road, Aba, Abia, on Monday as military men moved…
Finally, Buhari meets parents of abducted Chibok girls
Six hundred (600) days after their children went missing, parents of over 200 Chibok schoolgirls abducted in Borno, northeast of…
Parents of Chibok girls lead peaceful march to Aso Villa
Hundreds of parents of kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls have embarked on a peaceful march through Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. There are high…
PHCN casual staff embark on protest over unpaid salaries
Femi Adi/Kaduna Disengaged casual staff of Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company, KAEDCO on Tuesday blocked the entrance gate of the company…
Iranians protest killing of Shi’ites, demand release of Zakzaky
Thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets of Tehran to condemn the killings of hundreds of Shiite Muslims in…
FG cautions against violent protests in Nigeria
The Federal Government has cautioned individuals or groups planning to embark on any demonstrations or processions to ensure that they…
#BayelsaDecides: We will use minimum force to stop protests – AIG Argungu
Jethro Ibileke/Yenagoa The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of security in the ongoing gubernatorial election in Bayelsa state,…
PICTURES: Protest at INEC collation centre in Yenagoa, Bayelsa
Photos By Idowu Ogunleye Despite police ban on processions and demonstrations in Bayelsa state, hundreds of PDP supporters, men, women…
#BayelsaDecides: PDP supporters protest in Yenagoa
Despite police ban on processions and demonstrations in Bayelsa state, hundreds of PDP supporters , men, women and youths, took…
Ex-militants protest over unpaid 5 months stipends
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Some aggrieved ex-militants in the Niger Delta who claimed that they were in the creeks working for…
RSUST VC slams non-Rivers students protesting discriminatory tuition fees
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Following protests by non-Rivers State students in Rivers State University of Science and Technology, RSUST, Prof. Blessing…
LASU students union protests increment in acceptance fee
The Lagos State University Students Union (LASUSU) on Tuesday urged the institution’s Authorities to revert the increment of the newly-admitted…
Pro-Biafra protest grounds Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Thousands of members of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, stormed the streets of Port Harcourt Tuesday on…
Protest as Lagos Speaker names committee chairmen
Eromosele Ebhomele There were protests on Monday afternoon at the Lagos State House of Assembly as a ranking member of…
Protest as soldier kills bus driver
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Spontaneous protest by commercial bus Drivers and touts was triggered in Rumuokoro axis of the Port Harcourt,…
Edo police warns students against alleged planned violent protest
Jethro Ibileke/Benin To forestall a possible breakdown of law and order and possible breach of public peace, the Edo State…
Six Months Arrears: Edo pensioners protest in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Hundreds of local government pensioners in Edo state on Tuesday took to the streets of Benin City, to…
S. African students to fight for free education
South African students on Sunday vowed to continue their struggle for education transformation characterised by free education. Although widespread protests…
91-year old woman on wheelchair leads protest to Lagos Assembly
Eromosele Ebhomele With a wheel-chair, a 91-year old woman, Mrs. Roseline Ololo, on Thursday led some of her family members…
Biafrans protest in Port Harcourt
Biafran-flag waving protesters stormed the streets of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, southern Nigeria, over the continuous detention of Mazi Nnamdi…
Stipends: Leprosy inmates in Delta barricade Govt House
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Inmates of the Leprosy Rehabilitation Camp in Eku, Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State Monday stormed…
NANS protest paralyses activities at Osun secretariat
National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Osun Chapter, on Monday protested over the nine months old strike by their lecturers…
Civil society groups protest, challenge Buhari to jail looters
Kazeem Ugbodaga Hundreds of members of civil society groups staged a peaceful protest in solidarity with President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption…
UNILAG students protest over electrocution of 300 level student
Kazeem Ugbodaga Thousands of students of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, protested Wednesday and shut the school gate in solidarity…
Lagos midwives protest 20 months salary arrears
Kazeem Ugbodaga Scores of midwives in Lagos State on Monday stormed the Lagos State Governor’s office and the Lagos State…
UNIPORT students close down UPTH, protest death of final year female student
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Angry students of the University of Port Harcourt, UNIPORT, in Rivers State,southern Nigeria, in the early hours…
$1bn: MOSOP condemns protest against implementation of UNEP report
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People, MOSOP, has reacted to the demonstration by a handful of…
NFF committee yet to receive Rangers protest against Lobi FC
The Organising and Disciplinary Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), said it was yet to receive the protest letter…