Tag: Protests
Mock coffin of research institute boss buried in protest
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Staff of the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training, (IAR&T), Apata, Ibadan, a campus of the Obafemi Awolowo…
Nakedness as means of protests: In pictures
People now use all manners of tactics to gain attention for sundry causes. In South Africa, people take part in…
Students awaiting results barricade college
Stephen Oni/Ilorin It was an uneasy calm today 14 February at the premises of the College of Education, Ilorin as…
Tunisia in turmoil as opposition leader assassinated
Outspoken government critic and leading Tunisia leftist opposition leader Chokri Belaid was shot dead on Wednesday, sparking angry protests by…
Groups want PDP chairman suspended
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The struggle for the control of the Adamawa state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,…
347 NIPOST retirees died In 3 years
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta The retired workers at the Nigerian Postal Services, NIPOST today in Sagamu paralysed activities at the town’s…
Protest against Governor Okorocha
The Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Imo State chapter, has protested Gov. Rochas Okorocha’s refusal to reinstate local…
Ghana’s election: Opposition alleges fraud, protests
Ghana’s main opposition party on Sunday alleged a “pattern of fraud” in the country’s tight presidential election, saying it had…
Egyptians storm the palace: Can this happen in Nigeria?
The Arab Spring is far from over, with the undying spirit of protest in Egypt, ignited by President Mohamed Morsi’s…
CPC supporters protest Kaduna council polls
BY FEMI ADI/KADUNA No fewer than five thousand youthful supporters of the opposition Congress for Progressive Change, CPC took to…
Thousands of Nigerians protest anti-Islam movie
Thousands of Muslims marched in Zaria today and burnt US and Israeli flags on Thursday to protest a US-made anti-Islam…
Israeli Muslims also join protest against anti-Islam movie
Hundreds of Israeli Arabs protested on Saturday across the north of the country against a provocative anti-Islam film that sparked…
Protests spread to Sydney over anti-Islam movie
Hundreds of protesters clashed with police in Sydney on Saturday, as a wave of unrest against a film that mocks…
Anti-America protests spread over anti-Islam film
Furious protesters targeted symbols of US influence in cities across the Muslim world on Friday, attacking embassies, schools and restaurants…
Iran wants America punish makers of anti-Islam movie
Tehran, AFP: Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Thursday demanded the United States punish those behind an anti-Islam film…
Anger spreads against America over ‘anti-Islam’ film
SANAA (AFP) Demonstrators briefly stormed the US embassy compound in Yemen on Thursday while protesters pelted the Egypt mission with…
NBA demands apology from Nigeria’s army
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Gombe has issued a seven-day ultimatum to military authorities in the state to apologise…
4000 workers to be sacked by Federal agency
Dr. Chris Onyemenam, the Director-General, National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has defended plans by the commission to lay off more…
Spain: Huge protests erupt over austerity measures
Huge protests against crisis pay cuts and tax hikes filled the streets of Spanish cities late Thursday, as angry workers…
Libyans vote for congress amidst protests
Polls opened on Saturday for Libya’s first national elections in over four decades amid acts of sabotage in the east…
Sudan adamant on fuel subsidy removal
There will be no turning back on Sudan’s policy of phasing out fuel subsidies, the finance minister said on Monday,…
Protests in Egypt, confusion overhangs polls
Several thousand Egyptians took to Tahrir Square in Cairo Tuesday to protest against the ruling military’s bid to grab new…
Togo detains Kodjo, Ex-Prime Minister
Togo briefly detained former prime minister and opposition figure Agbeyome Kodjo Tuesday over protests held last week, the latest in…
Israelis protest high cost of living
Thousands of Israelis marched on Saturday in three major cities against social inequities and the high cost of living, in…
Govt insists on new name for UNILAG
Federal Government said on Wednesday that protests by students and staff of University of Lagos over the change of the…
UNILAG Shut: Students Block 3rd Mainland Bridge, Alumni Reject Name Change
The University of Lagos, Akoka, southwest Nigeria, was this morning shut for two weeks by the authorities of the institution…
Mauritania teargas protesters urging leader quit
Mauritanian police on Wednesday broke up a fresh anti-regime protest as hundreds of youths gathered to demand President Mohamed Ould…
41 injured in Guinea protests
At least 41 people were injured Thursday in clashes between Guinea police and opposition protesters demanding long-delayed legislative polls. A…
Protesters taunt Nigerian troops over bloody market attack
Crowds of protesters took to the streets of the Nigerian city of Potiskum Monday over a deadly market attack last…
Oshiomhole’s campaign body set to protest aide’s murder
The Oshiomhole Campaign organisation (OCO) on Friday said it would on Saturday commence campaign for the re-election of Gov. Adams…