Tag: Protesters
Indian protesters demand arrests in child rape case
Thousands of demonstrators marched Saturday to demand arrests in the case of a six-year-old girl allegedly raped in a school…
Police fire teargas to disperse protesters at Lagos Airport
By Simon Ateba Police fired teargas on Wednesday to disperse protesters at the cargo area of the Murtala Muhammed International…
France steps up security as protesters try to storm synagogues
France stepped up security on Monday after protestors demonstrating against Israel’s bombardment of Gaza tried to storm two Paris synagogues.…
Police arrest 21 in Hong Kong new town protest
Police used pepper spray to scatter protesters at Hong Kong’s government headquarters in an angry rally against plans for a…
Police disperse protesters over closure of Polytechnics, colleges
Nigerian police fired teargas at teachers and students and shot live rounds into the air as they tried to disperse…
Angolan police kills opposition activist, detains 292 protesters
(Reuters) – Angolan security forces shot and killed an opposition activist on Saturday, hours ahead of protests across the country…
French president booed in Paris
A solemn event presided over by French President Francois Hollande to remember those who died in World War I turned…
Sudan marchers want Al Bashir overthrown
About 1,000 people marched in the Sudanese capital calling for the overthrow of the government of President Omar Al Bashir,…
No Power For Houses Under High Tension Wire —PHCN
Management of Power Holding Company (PHCN) in Niger State has warned residents and property owners under high tension wires in…
Cairo’s Al Jazeera office bombed
An office of Arab satellite broadcaster Al-Jazeera in the Egyptian capital was firebombed on Wednesday, a security official said, as…
N5000 Note: Protesters Storm CBN
Honourable Dino Melaye, a former member of Federal House of Representatives led scores of protesters to the headquarters of Central…
Church, Classrooms Burnt In Yobe Protest
Crowds of protesters took to the streets of Potiskum, Yobe State Monday over a deadly market attack last week, with…
Protesters Block Ikuforiji’s Convoy Over Lagos Doctors’ Strike
Thousands of Lagosians this morning barricaded the main road leading into the Lagos State House of Assembly blocking the Speaker…
Shell workers ‘blocked’ by protesters
Hundreds of Nigerian protesters blocked waterways in the Niger Delta to prevent Shell workers from reaching oil rigs. One protester…
Northern Riots: 100 Bodies Recovered, Jonathan Orders Probe
At least 100 corpses have been recovered from several cities in northern Nigeria where post election riots erupted on Monday,…