•Police teargas The Organised Civil Society has condemned the Nigeria Police for tear-gassing peaceful protesters today in the nationwide demonstration against hardship in the country. In a statement signed by the Head, Coordinating Secretariat of the United Action Front of Civil Society, Comrade Olawale Okunniyi (Veteran Che), and made availa...
•Protesters in Abuja Officers of the Nigeria Police stationed at the Eagles Square in Abuja have dispersed protesters with canisters and pepper spray. At 10:30 am, police shot canisters after first firing warning non-lethal shots at the ground, reports The PUNCH. Following the warning shots, an angry protester confronted the police officers, h...
Hundreds of protesters who converged on the popular Eagle Square in Abuja, the nation’s capital, have been dispersed with teargas cannisters by the operatives of the Nigeria Police Force. The operatives, who were led by the Commissioner of Police in the FCT, Benneth Igweh, stated that they were enforcing the court order, which restricted prote...
One middle-aged woman was shot while many others sustained varied degrees of injury in Ughelli yesterday as operatives of the Delta State Police Command resorted to forceful dispersal of a group of protesting women. The women from Oteri-Ughelli in the Ughelli North Local Government Area were protesting against alleged incessant harassment and ...
•Lagos CP Fayoade visits school girl shot with teargas canister The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Adegoke Fayoade, has ordered a detailed investigation into the incident of a 12-year-old Aminat Alege allegedly hit by a teargas canister fired by officers of Dopemu Division. The officers allegedly fired the teargas while responding to p...
•Police teargas Armed policemen, today, teargassed the 16 Peoples Democratic Party members of the Plateau State House of Assembly who were sacked by the Court of Appeal. The lawmakers had arrived at the Rayfield Old Government House in Jos this morning alongside their supporters preparatory to their resumption of plenary when the incident happ...
Uneasy calm has greeted Nasarawa following the Supreme Court judgment today that upheld the election of Governor Abdullahi Sule of the All Progressive Congress APC. Protest characterised the outcome of the judgement as some residents not satisfied with the judgement took to the streets protesting against what they claimed to be rob of democrac...

