Some youths and women of the All Progressives Congress (APC) today thronged the party’s secretariat in Benin City, the Edo State capital in protest against the outcome of Saturday’s governorship primary election which produced three winners. The group who removed furniture and other items from the secretariat and promised to camp outside the f...
•Protest Protest broke out in Oyo State, South-West Nigeria, today, over high cost of living, food inflation and the current economic hardship in the country. Staged in the Mokola area of Ibadan, the state capital, placard-carrying youths in their droves chanted songs to drive home their points, reports Channels TV. Some of the placards have [...
•Police Ahead of the planned protest in parts of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital today, over the current economic hardship faced by Nigerians, the Oyo State Police Command has warned that no breach of peace would be allowed. The convergent point for the protest is Mokola while demonstration will also take place in other parts […]
•NLC President Ajaero The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) will hold a two-day nationwide protest over the hardship being experienced by Nigerians as well as the deteriorating security situation in the country. NLC President, Joe Ajaero, disclosed this during a press briefing in Abuja today after an emergency meeting of the National Executive Co...
A protest has rocked Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, by the Association of Tricycle Drivers (NAPEP) over what they called extortion by the Yobe State Road Transport Agency (YOROTA). According to them, the agency is extorting payment of daily fees from their members, ordering fresh registration by every rider, reports Channels TV. The protest...
•Nigerian nurses Nurses under the aegis of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives, Abuja chapter, today, protested against the new verification certification guidelines released by the Nigeria and Midwifery Council of Nigeria. The nurses expressed displeasure over what they described as an attempt to hinder their freedom to pu...
•Osun youths protest A group of youths today staged a peaceful protest in Osogbo, Osun State, decrying the rising cost of living, with a call on the government to immediately intervene. The protesters, who wielded placards with inscriptions such as ‘change the unfavourable policies’, ‘Nigerians are suffering, we can’t cope again’, and ‘We are ...
Students of Plateau State University, Bokkos have embarked on a protest to express dissatisfaction with the continuous industrial action by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) which has been going on for three months. The aggrieved students went through the major streets in Jos, the state capital and terminated the prote...
•FUTA students Students of the Federal University of Technology Akure, Ondo State, today, protested what they described as incessant robbery attacks against them off the campus of the institution. The protesters, who were singing various solidarity songs, barricaded the busy Akure -Ilesa Road, causing gridlock on the expressway, reports The PU...
•Protest Residents of the ancient city of Kano trooped out in large numbers to stage a peaceful protest over the high cost of food, lamenting that the economic situation has worsened daily. Speaking on behalf of the protesters, Malam Usman Saidu Bello, of Rijiyan Lemo, Kano, said that the harsh economic situation has caused untold […]

