The police command in Kano has cautioned against the planned protest by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the New Nigeria People’s party (NNPP). Mr Hussaini Gumel, the state Commissioner of Police, said this when he spoke in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
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The Police Command in Kano State, on Wednesday arrested seven people protesting the Appeal Court judgment which removed Abba-Kabir Yusuf as governor of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a large group of people took to the streets of Kano on Wednesday calling...
The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria ( JUSUN ), Osun Chapter, on Wednesday, declared an indefinite strike following tear gas fired at protesting workers by the police . JUSUN chairman, Mr Oluwagbemiga Eludire, who announced the strike, said it was necessary in order to put a stop...
The Labour Party (LP) in Imo, on Monday, embarked on a protest march against the alleged delay by INEC to release the Certified True Copies (CTCs) of documents of the November 11 Governorship poll. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state party Chairman, Mr Callistus...
Members of Osun chapter of Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) embarked on a peaceful protest on Monday in Osogbo, picketing the office of the Chief Judge of the State, Justice Adepele Ojo. They demanded reasons for the delay in the payment of their wardrobe allowances since 2021,...
The Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) have threatened to exit its umbrella body, the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), if its President Williams Akporeha and General-Secretary, Afoloabi Olawale, did not resign. Mr Gbenga Olawale, an Ex-Officio of the PTD from Ibadan depot, said in a...
A day after the governorship election held in Bayelsa, serving commissioners and members of the state House of Assembly have laid siege to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Yenagoa, the state capital. At the INEC office on Sunday, the aggrieved lawmakers and commissioners insisted...
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo has warned the Nigeria Labour Congress ( NLC) against disrupting flight operations at the airports. Keyamo gave the warning at the Ministerial retreat for Minister, Permanent Secretary, Directors and Head of Agencies of the Ministry of Aviation and...
Many passengers at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja are currently stranded and unable to continue their journeys due to a protest organised by labour unions on Thursday morning, according to the Punch reports. The protesters, who blocked the entrance of the airport, are members of...
Following the protest by some youths over the recent judgments of the Court of Appeal that sacked some National Assembly members from Plateau, Governor Caleb Mutfwang of the state has called on the residents to remain calm and peaceful at all times. The governor made the call in...
The organised labour has called for immediate withdrawal of services by its members in lmo state from midnight Nov. 7. The directive is to protest the recent brutalisation of the President, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Joe Ajaero. Mr Festus Osifo, President, Trade Union Congress (TUC) said this...
The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), has condemned the recent attack on the President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr Joe Ajaero. The union’s reaction to the incident was contained in a statement signed by Mr Peters Adeyemi, its General Secretary, a copy of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations in Nigeria (COCSON) and the Bloggers and Vloggers, Content Creators Association (BAVCCA) have kicked against the planned protest by 1000 lawyers and various ethnic and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) groups concerning the recent fuel hike and...
Students of Obafemi Awolowo University, (OAU), Ile-Ife, on Wednesday, stormed the Ibadan Zonal Command of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan to protest the arrest of their colleagues by operatives of the anti-graft agency. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the students, who came...
Members of Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN), Edo chapter, on Monday, shutdown the House of Assembly complex over agitation for financial autonomy for state legislature The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that members of the association barricaded the gates to the assembly complex, thus denying lawmakers...
Students of Kaduna State University (KASU), Kafanchan campus, have staged a peaceful protest against five months of power blackout in their school and have threatened to boycott the second semester examinations if electricity is not restored. The Kafanchan campus has been enveloped in darkness for over five months...
Nollywood actress, Iyabo Ojo and other stars have staged a peaceful protest to the Lagos State House of Assembly, seeking justice over the death of 27-year-old musician, Ireoluwa Aloba, also known as Mohbad. Ojo, the Convener of the protest, told lawmakers at the assembly complex on Wednesday...
Some youths on Wednesday converged in Ibadan to stage a peaceful protest over the death of a 27-year-old singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad. The protesters, who demanded justice for Mohbad, began their rally from Mokola to Sango, Bodija, Iwo Road, Gate; Dugbe, Ring Road; Apata, Iyaganku,...
The leadership of the Students’ Union of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has appealed to the university management to reverse the recent increase in tuition fees. Mr Abass Ojo, the president of the Union, made the appeal at a news conference at the university premises in Ile-Ife...
Management of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has announced a reduction in fees, after a meeting with the executives of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Recall that the hike in obligatory fees by the institution had attracted a lot of uproar by students of the institution,...