•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...
•Police teargas Security operatives today dispersed protesters demonstrating in front of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja. The FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike had on Wednesday secured a court order restricting the protesters to the stadium. However, the security operatives irked by the disobedience of the protesters to enter the stadium ...
•Police teargas Policemen have fired teargas canisters at protesters assembling at the popular Berger roundabout in Abuja. Journalists covering the protest were not spared either, as they were also tear-gassed at a separate location they had gathered. … developing story

