•Jail break The protest over nationwide hardship hit the Correctional Center in Jos, Plateau State capital, today as inmates staged a protest over plans to reduce their food ration. It was learnt that immediately they got tipped off on downward review of food size, the inmates started to protest, reports Daily Trust. During the protest, [&hell...
Igbo traders and businessmen in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, under the aegis of the Igbo Traders Association, closed their shops today in protest against alleged intimidation and over-taxation of their businesses by the state revenue agency, the Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KWIRS). It was gathered that the development left many tr...
•Kaduna-Abuja highway Residents of Gonin-Gora in the troubled Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, today, barricaded the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway while protesting the abduction of an unspecified number of people in the area. The residents stormed the highway protesting and urging the government to do something over the incessant attack...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), this night, has suspended its two-day protest all over the country. The Labour, in a communique at the end of its National Executive Council meeting, said the objectives of the protest were achieved on the first day of the demonstration. “Consequently, NEC-in-session resolved as follows: to suspend street act...
•NLC President Joe Ajaero The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says the two-day protest by members of the union is about hunger and not just a clamour for a review of the minimum wage. While there was a meeting between the Federal Government and NLC authorities to forestall the protest, the dialogue ended in a deadlock, […]
•Governor Makinde Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, today, joined labour protesters in the state in raising alarm about the deteriorating economic situation in the country. The governor said hardship and poverty have reached alarming levels, with many unable to feed themselves or find work, reports Vanguard. He urged all parties to work togeth...
•Ogun protest The Nigeria Labour Congress, Ogun State Chapter, has joined their counterparts across the country to protest the prevailing hardship occasioned by fuel subsidy removal and attendant skyrocketing prices of goods, particularly food among others. The leadership of the NLC disclosed that the two-day rally slated for today and tomorro...
The Nigeria Police Force has reiterated its commitment to ensuring the rights and freedom of protesters are protected if the proposed protest action by the Nigeria Labour Congress and other unions slated for 27 and 28 February goes ahead nationwide. The Force Headquarters while noting that personnel have been placed on red alert and will [&hel...
•Labour protest and Tinubu Civil society leaders, under the aegis of The Labour – Civil Society Front, has thrown its weight on the Organised Labour as regards the planned nationwide protest against economic hardship in the country slated for tomorrow and next. The coalition of eminent civil society leaders and groups declared its suppor...
•Pa Reuben Fasoranti The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, today, disagreed Pa Reuben Fasoranti over the call on the Yoruba people not to exercise their right to protest in joining the NLC and other protesters concerning the alarming situation in the state of the nation that affects every aspect of governance. Afenifere, in a...
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