•A protester tries to escape from a policeman during a demonstration in Nairobi Hundreds of protesters gathered in Kenya’s capital Nairobi today, with police firing rubber bullets and tear gas as turnout by demonstrators dropped sharply, following deadly clashes earlier this week. A day after President William Ruto caved in to demands by young...
•A protester lobs back a teargas canister at police during nationwide strike The death toll from protests in Kenya has climbed to 13, an official from the main doctors’ association told our correspondent today, after anti-tax hike rallies turned violent and police opened fire at demonstrators who ransacked parliament. The unprecedented scenes ...
•A protest Students of Federal Polytechnic Bauchi residing in Gwallameji, an off-campus community near the school, took to the streets today to protest the alarming surge of armed robberies and rape cases in the area. The students during the protest blocked the federal highway along Bauchi-Dass Road. According to a press release by the Bauchi ...
•The protesting Wike’s loyalists Top political leaders from the different wards of Obio/Akpor are currently showing their solidarity for the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike in a protest march. As of the time of filing this report, the protesters were at the Rumueme Civic Center in Port Harcourt, and the likes of Minority Leader of the [&hellip...
•The protesting women Women from the Ipo community have blocked the entrance to the Port Harcourt airport. As early as 7:30 am today, the women from Ipo which is one of the host communities of the airport, blocked the gate at the airport roundabout, waving placards, singing, wailing, and even cooking at the gate, reports […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Rivers State have suspended their planned protest against the ongoing police blockade at local government area secretariats. This decision comes in light of reports indicating a potential for violence incited by certain individuals posing as labour members. During a joint ...
•Protesting ASUU members Lecturers at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have staged a protest over the failure of the federal government to resolve issues plaguing Nigerian public universities. Members of the union who started the protest from ASUU secretariat at ABU, went round...
•The protesters There was a massive protest against the proposed diversion of the Coastal Road alignment in the Okun Ajah community today at the Federal Ministry of Works headquarters in Lagos State. Hundreds of residents of the Lagos community defied the heavy rainfall to register their displeasure at what they described as an attempt by [&he...
“My brother is 37 years old. Did you know how long he has been struggling? He is my parents’ only son. We can’t sleep. This incident could have been avoided but no, you guys chose to take his life.” Another family member, Sarah Ameachi, who was part of the protest, narrated her own bitter experience. […]
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...

