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...
•Demonstrators in Geneva yesterday Thousands of protesters thronged the streets of Geneva yesterday ahead of the G7 summit in Evian in neighbouring France, with police omnipresent amid fears of a repeat of the violence seen at a similar summit in 2003. Waving banners with messages like “No to the G7 and all imperialist alliances!” and [&hellip...
•The protesters The coalition of civil societies in Osun State has commenced a protest against insecurity in the country as part of the celebration of June 12’s 33rd anniversary. The coalition, which includes OCSC, Take It Back movement, Coalition Against Insecurity and Bad Governance, FIWON, converged at Ayetoro area of the state capital and ...
•#EndBadGovernance protest Protesters today took to the streets of Lagos in a renewed #EndBadGovernance protest, using the occasion of Democracy Day to demand urgent government action on worsening economic hardship, insecurity, unemployment, and the rising cost of living. The protest, which drew activists, civil society groups, and concerned c...

