About 50 people were killed and nearly 300 injured in violence that broke out in Chad on Thursday as hundreds took to the streets to demand a quicker transition to democratic rule. Prime Minister Saleh Kebzabo, who gave the death toll at a news conference, said the government was...
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At least 100 people were killed in Chad on Thursday as thousands of people defied a protest ban and took to the streets of the capital to denounce the transitional military government’s failure to turn power over to civilian rule. Police used tear gas to break up the demonstration...
Some Nigerian youths on Thursday held the second memorial of the #EndSARS protest in the Lekki area of Lagos State. Popular comedian Debo Adebayo, also known as Mr Macaroni; and musician Folarin Falana, better known as Falz are some of the leaders of the procession to commemorate the second-year...
The managers of Sheraton Hotel Abuja, Marriott International, have expressed displeasure over closure of operations of the hotel by its owners, Capital Hotels Plc. Mr Richard Collins, Area Vice President, Sub-Saharan Africa for Marriott International, said this in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja. While...
The youth under the aegis of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Youth and Stakeholders have called on the PDP, the South-South, National Vice -Chairman, Chief Dan Orbih, to resign. The group Chairman, Palson Arusuayine, who led the protest on Monday at the PDP state secretariat in Asaba, Delta, said Orbih’s...
The Lagos State Police Command has said no rally will be tolerated at the Lekki Toll Gate on Oct. 1. This is contained in a statement signed by the command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, on Friday. He said, “It has become imperative to reemphasise that no form of rally...
Military veterans have continued their protest on Tuesday over delay in the payment of N134 billion Security Debarment Allowance approved by President Muhammadu Buhari in April. The veterans began the protest on Monday in front of the Ministry of Defence in Abuja. It would be recalled that the Minister...
Hundreds of Tunisians protested against poverty, high prices and the shortage of some foodstuff, escalating pressure on the government, as the country suffers an economic and political crisis. Tunisia is struggling to revive its public finances as discontent grows over inflation running at nearly nine per cent and a...
Some police officers under the Osun State Command on Wednesday said they were yet to be paid their duty allowance for the coverage of the Osun July 16, governorship election, 38 days after the election. The officers who spoke, anonymously, to newsmen in Osogbo, stated that about 140 officers...
Manchester United defeated Liverpool 2-1 on Monday to record their first English Premier League (EPL) win of the season. United had started the weekend bottom of the Premier League, but moved above Liverpool on a massive night for their new Dutch manager. Liverpool’s expected title challenge is fading fast...
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – Kwara State Police Command has dissociated itself from a video on social media, regarding a protest by some policemen over non-payment of one year salary. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Ajayi Okasanmi debunked the report in a statement issued on Saturday in Ilorin,...
Some factional members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, known as ‘The Osun Progressive’ (TOP), on Tuesday, held a protest in Osogbo, calling for restructuring of the party. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the placard-carrying party members called for the restructuring of APC in...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Tuesday said none of its university lecturers has been paid since the union embarked on industrial action in February. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, ASUU President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, accused the Federal Government of using hunger as...
The House of Representatives has resolved to intervene in the on-going dispute between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government. Rep. Muhammad Wudil, Chairman, House Committee on Labour, said this when he and other house members received the protesting Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and its...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have called for a bill to regulate how children of public officers enroll in schools outside the shores of Nigeria. Prof. Kingdom Tombra, ASUU Chairman of Niger Delta University, made this known at the solidarity protest organised by the Nigeria Labour Congress...
Mr Emmanuel Ugboaja, the General-Secretary, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), says the congress will hold an ”Abuja Mega” solidarity protest in support of trade unions on the strike by public universities. Ugboaja made this known in a statement signed by Bello Ismail, on his behalf and made available to newsmen...
At least 471 people were killed, injured or missing as a result of fierce clashes this month between rival gangs in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, the United Nations said Monday. “Serious incidents of sexual violence against women and girls as well as boys being recruited by gangs have also been...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says salaries of university lecturers in the country have not been reviewed in the last 11 years. Dr Lazarus Maigoro, Chairman of the University of Jos chapter of the union made this known at the peaceful protest organised by the Nigeria Labour...
Relatives of the victims of the Abuja-Kaduna train attack have picketed the headquarters of the Ministry of Transportation in Abuja, following the release of a new video by the bandits. The protesters who occupied the main entrance to the ministry on Monday asked the Federal Government to take steps...
Members of the Sri Lanka parliament will meet on Wednesday to elect a new president for the country. Sri Lanka’s acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe, parliamentarian of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Dullas Alahapperuma, and National People’s Power (NPP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake were nominated for the post of...