Tag: Riot
Court proceedings end as NURTW members clash
Proceedings at the Federal High Court, Adeoyo, Ibadan, Oyo state, western Nigeria ended abruptly on Monday when two factions of…
Riot At Yabatech
Reports reaching us from Nigeria’s premier tertiary institution, Yaba College of Technology, YCT, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos, have it that there…
Motorcyclist on the rampage in Ikorodu again
Damilare Okunola Motorcyclists, popularly called ‘okada riders’ ensured that motorists and residents of Sabo area of Ikorodu, Lagos, South western…
Wukari calm after sectarian riot over soccer pitch
Normalcy has returned to the central Nigerian town of Wukari after sectarian riots that led to the death of one…
Egypt: 16 killed after football death verdict
Twenty-one Egyptian football fans and club members were sentenced to death Saturday after a deadly post-match riot in Port Said…
Riot in Dakar over arrest of muslim cleric
Scores of devout Muslim youths sowed panic in Dakar on Monday as they smashed up dozens of cars in protest…
Soccer fans riot in Dortmund
DORTMUND, Germany (AFP) – Around 200 people were arrested and eight police officers injured as fans of bitter German rivals…
Riot in Senegal after boy dies in custody
Police fired teargas at stone-throwing demonstrators in south-eastern Senegal Monday, injuring one person as protests erupted over the death of…
Okada operators run riot in Kwara
Scores of commercial motorcyclists have staged a protest in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, against the decision of the government…
Riot in Jos over Okada ban
Fear-stricken residents ran for safety in most parts of Jos Jos-North on Wednesday morning as youths made bonfires to protest…
Fresh Riot breaks out in another Northern Nigerian town
Despite the facade of calm in riot-wrecked Kaduna metropolis, youths in the Christian dominated Kafanchan, south of the capital, have…
Ambrose Alli University Shut Down
Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma has been shut down indefinitely after a riot by the students of the institution. The…
Riot In Iju
Riot broke out at Iju-Ishaga, a suburb of Lagos, South-West Nigeria this morning after a member of the National Union…