A 28-year-old man, Nurudeen Lliyasu, has climbed a telecommunication mast in Abuja, to protest the poor economy in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the man was seen on top of the mast at about noon on Wednesday at AYA, Abuja. NAN also reports that posters with different inscriptions were seen […]
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The MTN office in the Maitama District of Abuja, on Tuesday was under lock and key following the nationwide picketing of the company by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who visited the office, reports that it was locked with only policemen and other security personnel outside the gate. […]
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Senate President Bukola Saraki says he knows those in government -the ministers, governors- who sponsored the protest against the national assembly. Saraki said this on the floor of the senate on Tuesday after Barnabas Gamade, senator representing Benue north-east, drew the attention of the lawmakers to a protest. Protesters had stormed the national assembly, demanding […]
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Mobile policemen on Monday in Maiduguri staged a protest over non-payment of their allowances. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the protesting policemen barricaded the command headquarters located on Maiduguri-Kano expressway. The protest disrupted traffic on the road. One of protesting policemen who pleaded anonymity, said they were angry over non-payment of their […]
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Hundreds of protesters in Nicaragua have resumed their protest, blocking roads in many parts of the country, with at least eight more people killed in the last 24-hours. Unrest resumed since week-long church-mediated talks between the government and opposition to quell a month of violence broke down late on Wednesday. Hundreds of demonstrators in the […]
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A shameful video of the protesters who stormed the office of Amnesty International in Abuja on Wednesday, has emerged online. In the video, the protesters were seen struggling for N500 (five hundred naira) hours after the exercise. Earlier, the protesters were on a massive protest at the Abuja office of Amnesty International, where they accused […]
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Men of the Nigerian Police Force on Monday clashed with some members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), an encounter that reportedly led to the death of one person at the Unity Fountain in Abuja. “He was shot dead while trying to gain access to the Unity Fountain alongside members of the sect,” the […]
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Scores of security men including officials of the Department of State Security (DSS) and officers from the Lagos state police command invaded the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) office, Ikeja branch on Thursday. The siege followed a threat by the NBA to call out members on a protest tomorrow to coincide with President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit […]
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Five Congolese refugees were killed and more than 20 injured when Rwandan police broke up a crowd demonstrating against a cut in food rations, police said on Friday. The Thursday incident followed days of sit-in protests against the reduction in food aid at Kiziba refugee camp in western Rwanda. “Violent demonstrators armed with stones, sticks […]
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There was massive protest at the University of Benin (UNIBEN), as the management of the institution decided to rusticated the president of the students’ union government and four others for allegedly leading a protest against increment of different fees in the institution. Two of the students were rusticated for two academic sessions while three others […]
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