Properties worth millions of naira have been damaged in parts of Minna, the Niger State capital, as youths protested the deaths of 37 suspected illegal artisanal miners while in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). The protest, which began last night, escalated today morning and spread to several parts of [&hell...
•Demonstrators block a road with flaming tires while protesting hikes to fuel prices in al-Bab, northeast of Aleppo in northern Syria, yesterday Syrians yesterday held demonstrations in various parts of the country for the second consecutive day over the government’s decision to increase fuel prices due to the Middle East war. They mark the f...
•The protesters carrying placards The #TakeItBack Movement today staged protests in Lagos, Abuja and other parts of the country over worsening economic hardship, insecurity, inflation and what the organisers described as political repression under the Bola Tinubu administration. The protests, held under the banner of the “Festival of the Oppre...
•Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky (R) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday sacked his Soviet-trained army chief Oleksandr Syrsky following a political crisis triggered by the removal of a popular, young and tech-savvy defence minister. The Ukrainian l...
•Xenophobia (File photo) There are anti-immigrants protests currently going on in various cities in South Africa. The Frontier reports that the xenophobic protests tagged March to March are carried out by South Africans against foreigners including Nigerians who reside in the former apartheid country. WATCH THE VIDEOS BELOW: &nbs...
•Female doctors An acid attack against a woman doctor has sent shockwaves through Pakistan’s medical sector, sparking strikes and a protest today demanding safety and justice for the victim. A man threw acid at Mahnoor Nasir at her hospital in the southern city of Quetta on Saturday, causing burns to seven percent of her body, […]
•Gunmen Residents of Eda-Oniyo Community in Ilejemeje Local Government Area of Ekiti State have staged a peaceful protest, calling for urgent intervention from the state and federal governments, as well as security agencies, over the continued captivity of 16 kidnapped residents despite the payment of a ₦10.5 million ransom. The protesters, co...
•President of Kenya, William Ruto Kenya’s president today defended the opening of an Ebola quarantine centre for US nationals after a court halted the plan and security forces teargassed protesters fearing the deadly virus could spread in the country. The US-built facility at Kenya’s Laikipia Air Base was due to open last week according to [&h...
•Take-It-Back Movement protesting Oyo abductions Members of the Take-It-Back Movement are today staging a protest at Mokola Roundabout in Ibadan, Oyo State, over the worsening security situation in the state and the continued captivity of abducted pupils and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area. The protesters, who converged on the busy ju...
•Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) protesting in Bauchi State yesterday over the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a coordinated US-Israeli strike Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), popularly known as Shi’ites, led by Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, yesterday protested in Gombe, Niger, Kano, Bauchi,...

