•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...
•Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (rtd) The River State Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd,), was expected to appear before the House of Representatives Committee overseeing the state’s administration under the emergency rule yesterday but did not attend the meeting. The Committee Chairman, Prof Julius Ihonvbere, conducted a closed...
•The protesters Fresh protests broke out in Jos, the Plateau State capital, today over the persistent killings of indigenous residents by suspected Fulani herdsmen. The demonstrations, which were led by Christian leaders including Plateau chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Polycarp Lubo, began at the Fawvwei Junction ...
•Take-It-Back Movement protesters in Lagos today Young demonstrators under the aegis of the Take-It-Back Movement today defied police warning and staged protests in Lagos, Oyo, Rivers, among other states. Clad in their signature orange berets, the protesters began their rally in Lagos at the Ikeja Under Bridge, marching through major roads in ...
•Kenya’s President William Ruto Kenya’s President William Ruto sparked protests recently after donating some $150,000 to a Nairobi church just months after saying such hand-outs fuelled corruption. Ruto’s pledge of 20 million shillings to the Jesus Winner Ministry Church led to protesters gathering there a week later, demanding the retur...

