•The protesters Women of Agan community, in the North Bank area of Makurdi Local Government Area (LGA), of Benue State today took to the Makurdi – Lafia, federal highway in protest to the unabated killing of their loved ones. The women who blocked the highway were also protesting what it described as the arbitrary arrest […]
•Protesters in Nairobi on August 8, 2024 Marches in Kenya to mark a year since massive anti-government demos turned violent today as protesters engaged in running battles with police, who flooded the streets with tear gas and sealed off government buildings with barbed wire. At least 60 people were killed last year by security forces […...
•Tinubu A group, the Democracy Watch Initiative (DWI), has condemned the planned protests by what it described as “faceless groups,” calling them unfounded, unreasonable, and counterproductive to the progress Nigeria is experiencing under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. They urged Nigerians to remain vigilant against efforts to ...
•Kenya President William Ruto Roadside vendor and mother-of-five Christine Naswa bemoaned the state of the Kenyan economy as she hawked vegetables by one of Nairobi’s busiest thoroughfares. “The economy is very poor right now. There is no money in Kenya,” Naswa, 40, told our correspondent as the smell of sliced ginger she was hawking powered [...
•The protesting workers today Members of the Trade Union of Congress and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, today, staged a protest at the Federal Ministry of Finance to demand payment of pension, allowance arrears, and other emoluments for workers. This is as the ministry has promised to address the protesters’...
•The protesting workers Members of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) are picketing the Federal Ministry of Finance. The workers dressed in red T-shirts have locked the gate of the Ministry, depriving vehicles from going in and out of the premises. Although none of the protesters have spoken to the media, the placards displayed [&hellip...
•Policemen Operatives of the Lagos Police Command have mounted roadblocks on the road leading to the All Progressive Congress (APC) state secretariat on Acme Road in an attempt to restore peace. Since yesterday, protesters have been coming in their number to express their grievances over the results of the local government primaries election, ...
•Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State A coalition of Tiv community leaders in Nasarawa State has protested what it alleged as a “systematic land grab and ethnic cleansing campaign” disguised as agricultural development initiative in Nasarawa State. Addressing a press conference in Abuja, Jerry Aondo (SAN), claimed that the state governmen...
Crisis is brewing within the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress ahead of the July 12 local government elections, as many chairmanship aspirants and party leaders have kicked against what they described as a plot to impose candidates. The aggrieved members and leaders, drawn from various local government areas and local counci...
•Protesting students The Ogun State Police Command has restored order to the Carpark C section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway after protesting members of the National Association of Nigerian Students, Ogun State chapter, barricaded the highway today. The demonstration, which caused a temporary disruption to vehicular movement, was staged in re...

