Tag: Protests
Protests in Kano over choice of Sanusi as Emir
Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano Hundreds of Kano residents took to the streets Sunday evening to protest the appointment of immediate past governor…
10 days to World Cup, a rush to finish stadiums
With 10 days until the World Cup begins, Brazil was rushing Monday to finish installing seats in stadiums and to…
#BringBackOurGirls protests banned in Abuja
Protests by supporters of more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram have been banned in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, police…
Pro-Jonathan thugs attack marchers for ‘free Nigeria schoolgirls’
Scores of young men armed with bottles and stones on Wednesday attacked women protesters staging a demonstration over the plight…
Corruption: Nigeria protests Mugabe’s attack
Nigeria’s Federal Government on Thursday summoned the Zimbabwean Head of Chancery over remarks credited to President Robert Mugabe, which depicted…
Protests in Lagos over APC ward congress
Some aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from some wards in different Local Government Areas of the state…
2 Policemen Jailed For Raping Woman
Two Tunisian policemen have been sentenced to seven years in prison for raping a young woman in a case that…
Angry relatives of victims of crashed MH370 flight protest
Angry relatives of Chinese passengers on crashed Flight MH370 scuffled with security personnel outside Malaysia’s embassy on Tuesday, demanding answers…
Nasarawa council polls: Voters protest in Doma
Some voters in Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State on Saturday staged a peaceful protest against the non-availability of…
Customs agents oppose tariff for used cars, paralyse Tin Can port
Business activities at the Tin-Can Island Port in Lagos were on Thursday paralysed as clearing agents staged a protest over…
Parents protest killings of students in Yobe
Kazeem Ugbodaga Parents of students in Federal Government colleges,also known as Unity Schools, have protested in Lagos the killing of…
2,000 Mexicans protest for drug lord’s release
Some 2,000 people demonstrated in support of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in his northwestern home state Wednesday,…
FIFA World Cup: Hundreds arrested in Brazil fresh protests
Brazilian police fired tear gas and arrested hundreds on Saturday as they dispersed a crowd in Sao Paulo that violently…
People power triumphs in Ukraine as leader flees
Ukraine’s emboldened opposition pushed Saturday for Viktor Yanukovych to resign immediately amid reports that the embattled president had fled Kiev…
UNN staff want VC to go
Academic and administrative activities were paralysed at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) following resumed protests by the workers calling…
PDP protests imposition of chairman
Some members of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Michika Local Government Area, Adamawa state on Saturday protested what they described…
UNN staff protest appointment of new pro-chancellor
Administrative and academic activities were paralysed at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) on Friday as the workers protested the…
Oduah’s kinsmen protest at Akanu Ibiam Airport
Hundreds of Igbo youths, under the aegis of Igbo Progressive Union (IPU), have embarked on a peaceful protest against the…
Tunisia’s protests turn bloody
Tunisia’s National Guard clashed with militants in the central Sidi Bouzid region on Wednesday, with fatalities on both sides, police…
Protesters in Tunis want government to quit
Thouands of opposition activists protested in central Tunis on Wednesday demanding the resignation of Tunisia’s Islamist-led government, ahead of a…
Indonesian muslim hardliners protest Miss World hosting
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AFP) – Hundreds of Islamic hardliners in Indonesia held a mass prayer session Saturday to express their…
Protests in Sudan over fuel price hikes
Sudanese demonstrators angry over oil price hikes set fire to the ruling party’s headquarters in the capital’s twin city of…
Respite For Uniabuja
By Tayo Demola The University of Abuja, established on January 1st, 1988 and enviably located in the Federal Capital Territory…
Egypt Coup: Morsi supporters in street protests
CAIRO (AFP) – Supporters of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi took to the streets in their tens of thousands Friday,…
Egypt’s turmoil continues as Morsi warns army
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi insisted on his “constitutional legitimacy” on Tuesday and called on the army to withdraw its threat…
Romario Slams Brazil Over Spending On World Cup
Former Brazil forward Romario has described FIFA as “the real president of Brazil” and said the money spent on stadiums…
NGF: Jonathan’s Men Kick Against Amaechi’s Victory
Ayo Oluokun/Abuja Governors loyal to President Goodluck Jonathan, led by Godswill Akpabio, the Governor of Akwa Ibom State are kicking…
Protests in Africa’s last colony
Hundreds of pro-independence Sahrawi activists marched in Laayoune at the weekend, the Western Sahara’s largest city, in the biggest protest…
Kuwaiti opposition leader jailed for ‘insulting’ Emir
Thousands of Kuwaitis demonstrated Monday night after the lower court sentenced key opposition leader Mussallam al-Barrak to five years in…
Togo: Thousands protest opposition arrests
Thousands of Togolese opposition supporters held a protest on Thursday to demand the release of members of their coalition arrested…