Tag: protest
Wike begs irate youths for calm after policeman kills bus driver
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Sequel to the persistent protests over the killing of a commercial bus driver in Port Harcourt on…
IG orders investigation of bus driver killed by policeman after protest
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Commercial buses drivers in Port Harcourt, Rivers state capital went on protest following the killing of one…
Isolo Residents Thrown Into Darkness For Protesting Over Crazy Bill
Cyriacus Izuekwe Residents of Isolo, a suburb of Lagos, western Nigeria, may be in darkness for long as electricity supply…
As JAMB Loses Relevance
The needless crisis precipitated by the controversial cut-off mark imposed by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on candidates…
Activists protest in bras in Hong Kong
Dozens of activists including men wearing bras staged a protest in Hong Kong on Sunday after a woman was sentenced…
Lagos Rail Project: Workers protest as CCECC sacks 500
Kazeem Ugbodaga Hundreds of staff and casual workers employed by the China Civil Engineering and Construction Corporation, CCECC, for the…
Parents Protest At Unilag Over Cut-Off Mark
Emmanuel Akintubosun Aggrieved parents of candidates seeking admission into the University of Lagos (Unilag), western Nigeria, on Wednesday staged a…
Corrupt persons behind “Rented Protest” – EFCC
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja A rented crowd claiming to be representatives of civil society organizations under the aegis of Coalition of Civil…
UNIBEN Denies Backing Students’ Protest Over Colleagues’ Death
The University of Benin has disassociated itself from the protest by students of the institution along the Benin-Lagos Expressway on…
Edo community protests 5-month blackout
Jethro Ibileke/Benin For allegedly being in total blackout for the past five months, residents of Iwogban community in Ikpoba-Okha local…
LG Boss: Gbayi Women, Youth Protest El-Rufai’s Appointment Of Non Indigene
Femi Adi/Kaduna Angry Gbagyi women and youth from Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, northwest Nigeria, Monday blocked major…
Anambra community protests transfer of Boko Haram inmates
The people of Ekwulobia in Aguata Local Council Area of Anambra on Tuesday protested the transfer of Boko Haram inmates…
Rector goes into hiding as students protest in Ogun
Abiofun Onafuye/Abeokuta Pandemonium broke out last week Thursday at the Ogun State Institute of Technology, Igbesa, Ado-Odo-Ota local government area…
Ondo pensioners protest, demand payment of arrears
The Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), Ondo State chapter, on Tuesday, protested to the State Governor’s Office, demanding the payment…
Protesting drivers block Kaduna-Kano expressway over colleagues’ arrest
Aggrieved drivers have on Wednesday blocked Kaduna-Kano expressway to protest the arrest of their colleagues leaving a large number of…
Edo council workers protest non-payment of 9 month salaries
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Hundreds of local government council workers in Edo State on Tuesady took to the streets of Benin, the…
Workers shut down AIT, Raypower over 17 months unpaid salaries
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Scores of workers of Daar Communications Plc, operator of African Independent Television (AIT) and Raypower FM Radio, on…
Outcry Over Subsidy Removal
Eromosele Ebhomele Except the incoming Muhammadu Buhari administration wades into Nigeria’s oil crisis which has almost grounded the country, a…
UI shut over students’ protest
Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan Following a mild protest Monday by the students of the University of Ibadan, (UI) over scarcity of water…
Protesters vow to force out Macedonia PM
Skopje (AFP) – Macedonia’s opposition vowed to continue street protests after 20,000 people marched through the capital Skopje on Sunday…
NYSC: Angry NOUN students threaten nationwide protests
Harrison Iyoha The crisis rocking National Open University on Nigeria (NOUN) will soon escalate if something urgent is not done…
Aides to Rivers lawmakers protest non-payment of salaries, allowances
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Aides to members of Rivers State House of Assembly, RSHA, in the early hours of this morning…
UI students protest death of colleague, cripple activities
Gbenro Adesina/IBADAN Activities were completely paralyzed at the University of Ibadan (UI) and in Agbowo as students marched in thousands…
Okada Riders Protest: Normalcy returns to Lekki Phase 1 – Police
The Lagos State Police Command said on Wednesday that it had quelled the protest by commercial motorcyclists, otherwise called “Okada…
14 Communities Protest IKEDC’s Crazy Bills In Ikorodu
Damilare Okunola Representatives of about 14 communities in Ikorodu, Tuesday morning, expressed their displeasure over the irregularities of the Ikeja…
The SURE-P, FERMA Job Scam
Hundreds of recruited officers of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Employment Programme, SURE-P and Federal Task Force, FERMA on Monday staged…
Duped SURE-P Employees Protest In Lagos
Jamiu Yisa Recruited officers of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) and Federal Task Force (FERMA) have accused the…
PIRACY: Close Alaba Market, Nollywood Actors Tell Fashola
Funsho Arogundade Nollywood actors and filmmakers have demanded that the popular Alaba market in Lagos notoriously known as the hub of…
Police Teargas Protesting Women In Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt All Progressives Congress, APC, Rivers State governorship candidate, Dr Dakuku Adol Peterside, Senatorial candidates, Senator Magnus Abe,…
Dublin: Thousands protest increase in water charge
Thousands took to the streets of Dublin on Saturday in the latest mass protest against new water charges which have…