The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has directed all its structures and organs to block all federal roads in protest against the continued shutdown of public universities in the country. Against the backdrop of the extension of the warning strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU),...
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Students from the University of Benin, the Edo State capital on Wednesday defied the early morning rain to embark on a protest against the continued strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The students, who took their protest to the King Square area of the...
Workers in Enugu State Government parastatal agencies were in all black attires on Sunday during the Workers’ Day celebration. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the workers marched with a banners captioned ‘Black May Day for Parastatals in Enugu, Nonpayment of new minimum wage, Long Denials of...
Osun State Police Command on Monday said it is investigating alleged extra-judicial killing of one Afolabi Abiola in Osogbo. Police spokesperson in the state, SP Yemisi Opalola, stated on Monday in Osogbo that Mr Olawale Olokode, Commissioner of Police in Osun directed the investigation to unravel circumstances leading to...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has demanded for a total autonomy for the judiciary, local governments and State Houses of Assemblies. NLC President Ayuba Wabba stated this on Friday during a protest at the venue of a meeting of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF). The NGF meeting with the...
Some aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Oshodi-Isolo Local Government Area (LGA) of Lagos State on Friday stormed the party secretariat to protest against the planned substitution of the executive committee list produced at the last LGA Congress. The aggrieved members, who earlier took their...
Angry youths at Chukuku Community, on Thursday, barricaded the Kuje-Gwagwalada road during a protest over incessant kidnappings by bandits in the community. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the angry youths barricaded the road with inscriptions on placards “Government should provide security to Chukuku Community”. The youths set...
As Ukrainian cities are under renewed Russian attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on people around the world to demonstrate on Thursday to mark one month since the start of Russia’s attack. “Come from your offices, your homes, your schools and universities. “Come in the name of peace, come...
Lagos State Police Command has warned members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) against any planned protest in the state. The Commissioner of Police in Lagos, Abiodun Alabi, gave the warning on Tuesday, saying the police will not condone any form of protest by any group....
Nigerian women in various groups on Wednesday occupied the gate of the National Assembly in protest against the failure of a bill meant to create ‘special seat‘ for women. The women gathered early morning at the three arm zone and marched to the National Assembly gate chanting songs of...
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has threatened to block all federal government roads in Oyo from Tuesday, if the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike continues. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a section of NANS members from Zone B made the threat on...
O fewer than 400 people were arrested on Friday during renewed demonstrations in Russia against the invasion of Ukraine, according to civil rights activists. The civil rights portal OVD-Info registered protests in 17 Russian cities by the evening. Photos and videos mainly from St Petersburg published on the social...
The ongoing truckers’ protest in the Canadian capital is “out of control,” the Ottawa mayor said Sunday, announcing a state of emergency as the city center remained blocked by opponents of anti-Covid measures. The protesters, who first reached the capital on January 29, have parked their big rigs on...
By IBRAHIM OBANSA, Lokoja – The Organised Labour in Kogi State says it has called off the planned mass protest earlier slated for Thursday 27th January, 2022 against fuel subsidy removal by the Federal government. The state NLC Chairman, Comrade Onuh Edoka announced this shortly after a virtual meeting...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has appealed to the federal government to reconsider the plan to remove oil subsidies for the interest of the workers. Mr Ikechukwu Nwafor, NLC chairman in Ebonyi, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abakaliki....
The Organising Committee of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) has dismissed the Tunisian football federation’s protest on the officiating of their team’s match with their Malian counterparts. The committee met late Thursday to deliberate on the Group F match played on Wednesday which had ended 1-0 in...
Members of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) have held a protest at the National Assembly complex over unpaid allowances. The workers occupied the NASS complex on Monday morning chanting songs of solidarity and displaying various placards. Among other demands, the workers want the full implementation of the...
Kazakhstan’s authoritarian leader says he has ordered security forces to “fire without warning”, amid a violent crackdown on anti-government protests. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev also said “20,000 bandits” had attacked the main city of Almaty, the epicentre of protests sparked by a fuel price hike. He has blamed foreign-trained “terrorists”,...
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has waded into the lingering land dispute in Magodo Phase Two Estate. The governor visited the estate on Tuesday and invited all parties involved for a meeting in his office tomorrow, Wednesday. Earlier in the day, Magodo residents had staged a protest over the...
The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has announced that the Nigerian national anthem will no longer be sung in schools across the Southeast. IPOB’s Head of Directorate of State, Chika Edoziem, who disclosed this as part of its action plan for the year 2022, also announced the ban...