•Nigerian lawyers in Bayelsa under the aegis of The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Yenagoa Branch, have sent a protest letter to the Commissioner of Police (CP), Bayelsa State Command, Mr. Francis Idu, over the alleged harassment, molestation and intimidation of a lawyer, Mr. Bodiswowei Oyomowie, by officers of the Puff Adder Unit of the Comm...
Students of the University of Ibadan (UI) staged a peaceful protest today over an unresolved power outage at the University College Hospital (UCH), the medical arm of the institution. The UCH has been experiencing a power outage for the past 82 days, reports Nigerian Tribune. The situation, as reliably gathered, is traceable to a substantial [...
Authorities of the Ogun State-owned Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Abeokuta, have announced the closure of the Polytechnic effective from today, Monday, January 13, 2025, till further notice. The school authority said this is to ensure the safety of lives and properties owing to the protest by some students on the decision of the managem...
•Youth Corps members Full-time Higher National Diploma graduates who previously completed part-time National Diploma programmes have voiced strong opposition to the proposed exclusion of such graduates from the National Youth Service Corps scheme. This protest comes as the registration for the second stream of Batch C mobilisation began yester...
Following the incessant power outage and vandalisation of electricity cables in Epe town, Lagos State, concerned residents have called on government wade into the situation and restore power supply. The residents have also commenced a 30-day online protest, calling on Ikeja Disco to act fast and restore electricity to the entire Epe Division, ...
•Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa Leaders and youths of All Progressives Congress(APC) in Ajue, Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State have petitioned Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa alleging that some persons have surreptitiously swapped the name of their chosen councillorship candidate with another person who polled one vote in the election process t...
The University of Abuja professors are right now protesting the process of selecting the vice-chancellor of the school. Channels Television’s crew covering the protest was manhandled and the crew bus vandalized by security operatives in the school, after detaining them for over an hour. The university has been embroiled in a deep crisis over t...
The plan by Shell to sell its Nigerian subsidiary, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and other multinational oil companies without cleaning up the pollution in the Niger Delta communities and restoring the ecosystem has sparked protests in Bayelsa State. Women from Bayelsa and other Niger Delta states who decried the plan staged a pro...
•Some of the students during the protest Students at the University of Abuja have rejected the renaming of the institution after Yakubu Gowon and called on the federal government to immediately reverse the decision. The students made the call at the main gate of the permanent site of the university yesterday, carrying placards with inscription...
•Governor Alex Otti No fewer than 13 communities in Nsulu, Isiala Ngwa North Local Government Area of Abia State have protested against the proposed citing of Abia Airport in their villages, saying that the project if not urgently stopped would render millions of the inhabitants with no place to farm to feed their families. The […]

