Iranians in several European cities including London and Brussels in the UK and Belgium respectively, held protest rallies yesterday in support for the 33-year-old Iranian rapper sentenced to death. Recall that Toomaj Salehi was handed a death sentence for publicly backing nationwide protests triggered after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amin...
•APC Chairman Ganduje and Governor Yusuf The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, has said the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) led government in Kano State is behind the various protests against him in Abuja. But the state government has denied having a hand in the crisis, reports Daily [&hell...
•Vitus Okechi South East Development Peace Initiative (SPDI) has advised Ndigbo nationwide against joining the much talked about mass protest against the administration of President Bola Tinubu. There has been a nationwide outrage against the current administration with flashes of protests in different parts of the country due to rising inflat...
•Kaduna protesters Civil servants in Kwara and Kaduna States have stormed the streets of Ilorin and along Independent Way in Kaduna respectively to voice their concerns about the prevailing economic challenges in the country. The workers in their masses were seen carrying placards and banners with different inscriptions while chanting protest ...
•Policemen The Commissioner of Police, Akwa Ibom State, Waheed Ayilara, has deployed 3,200 police officers across the State after a meeting with the State Chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress ( NLC ), affiliate bodies and other stakeholders given the planned protest by the labour Union. Police Public Relations Officer for the State SP Odiki ...
•NLC Protest at Ikeja Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have kicked off the two days nationwide protest after gathering this morning across the country. Reports showed a heavy presence of security personnel in various states of the federation, as protesters expressed their frustrations at the current nationwide hardship. Our corresp...
•The protesters Members of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have poured into the streets in Edo and Osun states over the economic hardship in the country. Inflation has reached 29 percent in Nigeria and with the subsidy on fuel removed, the cost of living has spiked in recent months. This has triggered debates and protests in […]
•Protest in northern Nigeria Desperate Nigerians have been protesting against soaring food prices as an economic crisis forces people to skip meals and eat poor-grade rice used as fish food. To feed their children, women in northern Nigeria have even resorted to digging up anthills in search of grain stored by the insects, according to [&helli...
Members of the Food, Beverage and Tobacco Senior Staff Association of Nigeria has given the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) 14 days to reverse its ban on sachet alcohol. The association, an affiliate of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), issued the threat during a protest at the NAFDAC headquarters in [&helli...
The federal government said yesterday it was considering importation of food as a critical option on the table to halt the high cost of items in the country in order to ameliorate the sufferings of Nigerians. In the interim, the government has ordered the immediate release of 102,000 metric tonnes of rice and maize from […]