Human rights activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, reportedly fainted during a protest in Abuja after security operatives allegedly fired tear gas canisters at demonstrators. According to reports from the scene, protesters had gathered to express their grievances when security personnel moved to disperse the crowd using t...
•Students march past Some students in Benin were rushed to the Edo Specialist Hospital yesterday after they collapsed at the Children’s Day celebration held at the Dr Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium. Those who collapsed were said to have inhaled tear gas fired by security personnel. The security agent is currently in detention, reports The Nation. No...
•Lagos State Police Commissioner Moshood Jimoh and Makoko community leader, Jude Ojo Controversy surrounding the demolition of structures in Makoko and other communities by the Lagos State Government has continued, with residents staging a protest over the government’s actions yesterday. The protesters said the demonstration was against allege...
•Police teargas protesters Violence broke out at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) headquarters in Abuja, forcing police to fire teargas to disperse supporters amid an ongoing leadership tussle between rival factions of the party. Chaos broke out at Wadata Plaza as Governor Seyi Makinde, Bala Mohammed, and the Turaki-led executive arrived, tr...
•Several hundred Cameroonians took to the streets ahead of the Constitutional Council’s announcement of the official results today Police fired teargas to disperse hundreds of people in Cameroon who yesterday defied protest bans to support opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma Bakary, who claims he won the recent presidential elections and who c...
Tension erupted at the National Assembly today when Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan attempted to resume duty after the expiration of a six-month suspension imposed by the Senate leadership. The Kogi Central lawmaker, who was escorted by thousands of supporters and constituents, met resistance at the gates of the National Assembly complex, wher...
•Police fire teargas at peaceful protesters Officers of the Rivers State Police Command this morning fired teargas at protesters gathered at the Isaac Boro Park in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The protesters who are members of the ‘Take It Back Movement’ were greeted by heavy police presence when they gathered at the protest [&hell...
•Protesters run for safety after Nigerian policemen fire teargas at them today Police officers today fired teargas at protesters during the “Fearless In October” protest over bad governance in Abuja, Nigeria. The protesters had gathered at the Utako area in Abuja, the country’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT), peacefully waving the Nigerian Gr...
•A teargas canister explodes during renewed demonstrations in Nairobi yesterday Kenyan police fired volleys of teargas yesterday in the heart of the capital Nairobi as small groups of protesters gathered on what was billed as a fresh day of action against embattled President William Ruto. Riot police patrolled the streets of the central busine...
•Police teargas After three days of relative calm, fresh protests have erupted in Katsina, with young persons marching on the streets, waving Russian flag. Conveners of the #EndBadGovernance protests have declared that the exercise would run from August 1 to August 10, reports Daily Trust. But in his nationwide broadcast on Sunday, President B...
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