•Governor Ahmad Aliyu of Sokoto Sate Tension briefly gripped parts of Sokoto metropolis yesterday as youths protesting the continued remand of an Islamic cleric, Dahiru Mai Barewa, clashed with security personnel. The protesters, who demanded Mai Barewa’s release, reportedly blocked some roads and staged demonstrations in parts of the city bef...
Residents and stakeholders in FESTAC Town, Amuwo-Odofin, Lagos State, under the aegis of Bring Back FESTAC, have threatened to protest at the headquarters of the Federal Housing Authority in Abuja over the alleged demolition of part of a perimeter fence protecting a public reserve housing power infrastructure serving the estate and its environ...
•Armed security personnel Scores of security personnel drawn from the Nigerian military, Nigerian police, Nigeria Immigration Service and Vehicle Inspection Officers (VIO) and others are currently on alert at the headquarters of the Ministry of Defence, Abuja. The heavy deployment, it was learnt, was done ahead of the planned massive protest b...
The controversy over the concession of King’s College, Lagos, to the King’s College Old Boys’ Association, KCOBA, by the federal government may be far from over, as parents and other stakeholders are mobilising for a mass protest against the move. Speaking with our correspondent, the Chairman of the Parent-Teacher Association, PTA, Mr Peter Ol...
•Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State A cross-section of Ondo State indigenes has faulted the reappointment of Taiwo Fasoranti as Secretary to the State Government after he had resigned to pursue a Senatorial seat. Fasoranti, the son of Afenifere National Leader, Chief Reuben Fasoranti, had in April resigned his appointment to contest the O...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has commenced upload of its governorship and House of Assembly candidates onto the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Candidate Nomination Portal (ICNP). The electoral body opened the portal for uploading candidates’ details last Saturday, with the exercise expected to be completed by August 8,...
•APC protesters in Plateau Some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Plateau State staged a peaceful protest at the party’s state secretariat in Jos, alleging the imposition of a candidate in the party’s House of Representatives primary election for the Pankshin, Kanke and Kanam (PKK) Federal Constituency. The protesters, mainly y...
•IMT main gate Residents around the Independence Layout location of the Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Enugu State today raised concerns over an “excessive noise pollution”, emanating through high-powered loudspeakers from an alleged trade fair currently being held in the school. Residents of the Liberty Estate and adjoining Fed...
•The protesting teachers, yesterday Teachers in junior and senior secondary schools across the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), under the aegis of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), yesterday staged a protest over the alleged delay in the release of their promotion letters by the FCT Civil Service Commission, demanding the resignation of the...
•Closed shops inside IBB Market in Suleja Traders at the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) Market in Suleja, a neighbouring town to Abuja, yesterday shut down business in protest over the killing of one of their leaders, Alhaji Mustafa Bazabarme. A visit to the market showed that traders, mostly dealing in English wear popularly known as [&hell...
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