The Organised Labour gave an indication on Tuesday that it may reconsider its planned nationwide protest scheduled to commence on Wednesday. Secretary of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) Emma Ugbaja gave the indication at the end of the Presidential Steering Committee on Palliatives meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He …
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The Imo State government has alerted Nigerians to what it called a sinister plan by the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to use the excuse of insecurity in the state to organise a “planned phantom protest in Abuja, scheduled for this week”. The state government alleged that …
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Students have taken over the University of Ibadan, Oyo State gate to express their anger over the ongoing petrol scarcity and inability to withdraw the new naira notes. According to Punch, members of the community blocked the institution’s gate, thereby preventing vehicular movement and other activities. A student, who does …
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The management of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) has shut the institution, indefinitely as the University students protest over the death of a final year student of the Foreign Language Department, Aishat Adesina. Information reveals that the student gave up the ghost at a private hospital in …
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A Hong Kong student who sustained head injuries when he fell during clashes with police died on Friday, triggering a fresh wave of outrage from the pro-democracy movement and fears of more violent unrest. Although the precise chain of events leading to 22-year-old Alex Chow’s fall are unclear and disputed, …
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The #BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) movement today in Abuja undertook a peaceful protest to demand the release of the remaining 113 Chibok school girls, and to condemn last week’s gruesome killings and abduction by Boko Haram terrorists of oil exploration workers and lecturers of the University of Maiduguri. The demonstration began at the …
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Hundreds of young Nigerians marched on the country’s parliament on Tuesday, calling for lawmakers to remove age barriers on political posts, including the presidency. Nigeria’s 1999 constitution stipulates that the president has to be at least 40, while senators and state governors have to be aged 35 or above. But …
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Hundreds of Students of Osun State University, Osogbo has gone on rampage and shut down major roads of Osogbo, the state capital Osogbo protesting the death of their 400 level collegeau, Oluwafemi Timilehin Shonibare, who was grusomely murdered after his dis-appearance for about ten days. His mutilated body was found near a …
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No fewer than five persons were shot at the Kogi State polytechnic gate, Lokoja where senator Dino Melaye was holding a protest against the state government. The protest which stated around 11am turned bloody when gunmen yet to be identified invaded the venue of protset. The gunmen who stormed the …
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Protesting truck drivers have blocked the Abuja-Lokoja-Okene highways since the early hours of Monday. The drivers were protesting the N10,000 daily tax imposed by the Kogi State revenue Service. The state government, police and the Federal Road Safety Corps were, however, taking measure to ensure free flow of traffic. No …
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