•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,...
•Iranian security forces using tear gas to disperse protesters Protesters denounced the Iranian authorities and staged strike actions today in a new wave of demonstrations that have spread across the Islamic Republic, as rights groups accused security forces of shooting at people in several locations. Twelve days of protests have shaken the c...
•Guerra, son of deposed Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro Nicolas Maduro’s congressman son, Guerra, yesterday called for Venezuelans to take to the streets following his father’s ouster by US forces and transfer to a New York jail. “You will see us in the streets, you will see us by people’s sides, you will see us fly […]
•President Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania Tanzania’s general election has been overshadowed by widespread unrest, internet shutdowns, and a heavy security crackdown, raising serious concerns about the credibility and transparency of the electoral process. With over 37 million registered voters expected to cast their ballots yesterday, the atm...
•Burning barricades by supporters of the political opposition yesterday ahead of the release of the results Former government minister and presidential hopeful Issa Tchiroma Bakary called on Cameroonians today to protest if the Constitutional Council announces “falsified and distorted results” in the hotly contested poll. Incumbent Paul Biya, ...
•President Andry Rajoelina of Madagascar Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina today dissolved the national assembly, pre-empting an opposition-led vote to force him out of office over the island nation’s spiralling political crisis. Rajoelina has faced over two weeks of deadly street clashes, led largely by young demonstrators furious with t...
•IGP Egbetokun and protesting retired police officers Retired police officers under the Contributory Pension Scheme have vowed to resume their protests on October 14 at the National Assembly, despite recent interventions by the Inspector General of Police and President Bola Tinubu. The retirees have for years demanded their removal from the CP...

