Tag: Protesters
Wike to security agencies: Arrest Pro-Biafra protesters
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has reiterated that his administration’s ban on public procession of any…
100 protesters freed in Burundi
No fewer than 100 Burundian protesters who opposed President Pierre Nkurunziza during months of violence have been released from prison,…
A word of advice for the critics of pro-Biafra protesters
Onyiorah Paschal Chiduluemije It is a common saying that before you blame the hawk for its wickedness (of preying on the…
Protesters block Lagos Assembly over abnormal electricity tariff
Eromosele Ebhomele Residents of Lagos State, western Nigeria on Monday blocked the two entrances to the State House of Assembly…
Idongesit’s murder: Protesters storm Lagos court to demand justice
Scores of protesters and family members of the mother of four, Idongesit Sunday, who was allegedly felled by a trigger-happy…
Explosion rocks Burundi as defiant protesters continue
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – An explosion shook the centre of the Burundi capital on Friday but no one was injured, a…
Burundi forces begin clearing protester barricades
Bujumbura (Burundi) (AFP) – Burundi’s security forces began clearing barricades in the capital Bujumbura on Sunday after the government ordered…
New York protesters demand $15 minimum wage
Thousands of demonstrators, including many fast-food workers, protested in New York on Wednesday demanding a minimum wage of $15 an…
Cameroon protesters call for death of Boko Haram leader
Several thousand people took to the streets of Cameroon’s capital on Saturday to denounce Boko Haram’s bloody insurgency and call…
Police clash with anti-Charlie Hebdo protesters in Karachi
Police fired water cannon and bullets in the air as they clashed with anti-Charlie Hebdo protesters outside the French consulate…
Burkina protesters set fire to parliament
Angry demonstrators went on the rampage in Burkina Faso on Thursday, setting parliament ablaze in a surge of violence that…
Hong Kong protesters to hold street vote on next steps
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protesters are set to hold a street poll Sunday on the next steps for a mass movement…
Police arrest 19 in New York fast-food protesters
Police arrested 19 people Thursday in New York’s Times Square during a protest by fast-food restaurant workers demanding better pay…
Protests, looting in US city after police shoot unarmed teen
Protesters clashed with police and looted stores in the Midwestern US suburb of St. Louis, a day after an officer…
Paris police fire tear gas as Gaza protesters defy rally ban
Riot police fired tear gas in Paris on Saturday as tensions rose at a 5,000-strong pro-Palestinian rally that went ahead…