The White House has accused the Nobel Prize committee of choosing politics over peace. It said this while protesting the decision to grant the peace prize to Venezuelan activist, MarÃa Machado, reports AFP. Announcing the award in Oslo today, the Norwegian Nobel Committee commended Machado for her “tireless work promoting democratic rights for...
•Police Organisers of June 12 #TakeItBackMovement in Edo State have shelved the protest, citing security reason. Recall that the protest in Edo was scheduled to take place at the National Museum and Monument, Benin City, and Auchi respectively. The organisers had vowed to march out to protest against hunger, social injustice, insecurity, bad e...
•Protest Ahead of the June 12 Democracy Day, the #TakeItBackMovement has insisted on the nationwide protest scheduled for tomorrow, Thursday, June 12, 2025. The organisers yesterday released a list of designated locations where demonstrators are expected to gather, reports Daily Trust. June 12 was adopted in 2018 by the administration of forme...
•Manchester City midfielder Rodri receives the Ballon d’Or award in 2024 The Ballon d’Or award ceremony will take place on September 22 this year and the number of awards for women and men will be equal for the first time, organisers said today. Awards for best women’s goalkeeper, best young women’s player and the top […]
•Protesters Police authorities have called on the organisers of a nationwide protest billed for today, Monday, April 7, 2025, to shelve the plan. The Take-It-Back (TIB) movement had scheduled a nationwide protest for today, citing several national issues, reports Channels TV. However, in a statement yesterday, the spokesman of the Nigeria Poli...
•Lawyer and human rights advocate, Dele Farotimi The Take It Back Movement has vowed to go ahead with its planned protests in Ekiti, Lagos, Abuja, London and Canada following the detention of human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, over defamation charges. The group insisted this despite a directive by the Ekiti State Police Command banning unlawf...
•Hunger protest With less than 24 hours to the October 1 nationwide peaceful protest, one of the organisers and 2023 presidential candidate of African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore, today, declared protest will go on as planned and it is not to attract the attention for dialogue with Aso Rock but for their demands to […]
•Protest The organisers of the scheduled October 1 nationwide protest have written to the Nigerian Police to seek for adequate security for their members. This is contained in a statement jointly signed by the Education Rights Campaign (ERC), Movement for Fundamental Change (MFC), Youth Rights Campaign (YRC), Joint Action Front (JAF), and Pan-...
•Protest National Chairman of the Nigeria Patriotic Front Movement (NPFM), Comrade Abdulmajid Yakubu, has declared October 1, 2024 as “Protest Day for National Survival”, reports Nigerian Tribune. This was contained in a statement signed by NPFM, chairman, Comrade Yakubu, on behalf of the organisers, and a copy made available yesterday t...
•Gunmen The Ozo Title ceremony in Amakor village, Nanka Community of Orumba North Local Government Area in Anambra State turned bloody as gunmen kidnapped eight people and injured twelve. According to Barr Emmanuel Ilo, one of the Ozo title holders who was present at the event, his escape was by divine intervention, reports Daily Trust. [&hell...
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