As Nigerian express anger over the proposed hike in electricity tariff, Civil Society Organisations under the umbrella of Forum for Good Governance in Nigeria(FGGN) said it has concluded arrangements to embark on a protest tomorrow against the Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu for insisting on electricity tariff hike, despite economic hard...
Indigenes of Gwer West Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue State yesterday took to the Makurdi-Naka Road to protest the gruesome murder of over 28 persons in three communities by suspected armed Fulani herdsmen, calling on Governor Hyacinth Alia to ensure total enforcement of the Benue anti-open grazing law. The governor has, however, express...
•Electricity tariff hike As controversies continue to trail the federal government’s recent removal of electricity subsidy for over 1.8million customers categorised to be on Band A feeders, members of the Organised Private Sector has insisted that the hike must be suspended for review. As such, plans are to meet President Bola Tinubu on the ma...
•The protesters Residents and property owners in the highbrow Guzape District of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have expressed concern over the indiscriminate blast of rocks in the area by a firm, Gilmor Construction Limited. The residents and property owners, who suspected that the firm has the backing of the FCT Administration, are appe...
•The protesting ward attendants Ward attendants at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Lokoja, today, protested over the death of their colleague Salamatu Aliu of the post-natal ward, appealing to the Federal Ministry of Health to beam its searchlight on the hospital. The protesters who were holding leaves, chanted solidarity songs such as: “All li...
•The protesters today Some residents in Rivers State have staged a protest, demanding accountability in the award and execution of federal projects in the 27 political wards of the constituency. Our correspondent on ground during the protest, said the protesters from Ikwerre/Emohua Federal Constituency, asked that the leadership of the Nationa...
•Motorcyclists protest in Delta Major roads and markets in Asaba and Okayama in the Oshimili South and Oshimili North Local Government Areas of Delta State were, today, taken over by aggrieved motorcycle riders protesting the death of their colleagues. Eyewitness said the group of motorcycle riders took the streets in anger, destroying propert...
•Pensioners Pensioners who retired from the Federal Civil Service have threatened a nationwide protest over the federal government’s failure to pay their wage awards. The pensioners, under the aegis of Federal Civil Service Pensioners, an affiliate of the National Union of Pensioners, expressed dismay at the Bola Tinubu-led administration’s fa...
•Anambra protesters Some members of the Umuoji community in the Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, mainly youths, have protested the killing of the President-General of the community, Chief Sylvester Onyima. The National Youth Leader of Umuoji, Chudi Chikelu, who led the protest to the Government House in Awka today, express...
Truck drivers brought traffic on Zaria Road to a standstill yesterday after a confrontation with officials of the Nigeria Customs Service. The incident occurred at Kwanar Dawaki after customs officers reportedly shot at the tyre of a truck, forcing it to a stop, reports Daily Trust. An eyewitness stated that the shooting of the tyre […]