•Nigeria Labour Congress Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have begun gathering at the NLC Secretariat in Abuja for a nationwide protest against the rising insecurity across the country. Some of those already at the Secretariat include the President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, and civil society allies, reports Channels TV. Notable among...
•Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Nigerian workers, under the aegis of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), have reaffirmed that its planned nationwide protest against insecurity, scheduled for December 17, will go ahead as announced. The NLC President, Joe Ajaero, stated this in Gombe after a courtesy visit to the Chairman of the Northern States G...
•Protesters Fresh protests erupted in Numan LGA, Adamawa State, yesterday over allegations that Nigerian Army personnel killed women during operations to restore order in nearby Lamurde LGA. The unrest followed communal clashes between the Bachama and Chobo communities on Monday, reports Daily Trust. It was earlier reported that seven women di...
•Electricity blackout Residents of four Katsina communities have protested what they described as six months of complete darkness, saying the outage has crippled daily life. Hundreds gathered in Barhim yesterday, demanding urgent action to restore power to Abuja Quarters, Barhim Layout, Sha’iskawa and Tigirmis Quarters in Katsina State, report...
•Pensioners The Coalition of Federal Pensioners of Nigeria is planning a nationwide naked protest to press home its demand for payment of its members’ outstanding pension increment arrears and palliative allowances. The coalition’s National Chairman, Mr Mukaila Ogunbote, made this known in a statement today in Lagos. Ogunbote is also the Chair...
•Bandits Nigerians in diaspora under the aegis of Save Nigeria Group USA, have rallied against the alleged killing of Christians in the country, calling on the US President, Donald Trump, to take immediate action against perpetrators of the religious freedom violations. The protesters, who thronged the US Capitol, yesterday, in solidarity to m...
Contractors have laid a coffin at the entrance of the Finance Ministry headquarters in Abuja. The contractors under the aegis of All Indigenous Contractors Association of Nigeria (AICAN) started a non-stop protest at the ministry yesterday over debts being owed by the federal government, reports Daily Trust. They accused the federal government...
The Kebbi State Police Command has raised concern over intelligence reports suggesting that some groups and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are planning to stage a protest in response to the recent abduction from Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School, Maga. In a statement issued today by the Command’s spokesman, Nafiu Abubakar,...
•Protest Tension has engulfed Danjanku, Dantashi and Dayi communities in Malumfashi Local Government Area of Katsina State, following a fresh attack by bandits that left one person dead and 17 others abducted, despite an existing peace deal between the criminals and the government. According to residents, the latest attack, which occurred on M...
•Leader of the protesters, Ahmed I. Suleiman, addressing journalists in front of the National Assembly gates today Fresh controversy over the stalled confirmation of President Bola Tinubu’s nominee for Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, Abdullahi Ramat, escalated today as scores of protesters stormed the National Asse...

