Protesters under the aegis of Free Nigeria Movement on Tuesday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to annul the February 25 presidential election and set up an interim government pending the conduct of a fresh election. The group also called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of Prof Mahmood Yakubu, chairman …
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Protesters on Tuesday shut the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway at the Sango-Ota axis over their inability to withdraw money from Automated Teller Machines (ATMs). They made bonfires of disused tyres on both sides of the highway causing serious traffic gridlock. Some of the protesters told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that …
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A coalition of civil society groups, under the umbrella name of Center for Civil Society and Justice (CCSJ), has staged a rally in Abuja in support of President Muhammadu Buhari who has been on medical vacation in London for close to 100 days. The protesters today converged at Unity Fountain, the same …
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Police in one location of the western Kenyan city of Kisumu fired live rounds on Wednesday to disperse stone-throwing supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga, who claims this week’s elections were rigged, a Reuters witness said. Separately, a supporter of Odinga protesting in the Nairobi slum of Mathare was shot …
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The ‘resume or resign’ protesters on Wednesday accused President Muhammadu Buhari of holding the nation to ransom by his absence. The contended that acting President Yemi Osinbajo has been unable to take concrete decisions that could move the nation forward. The group said Osinbajo could not allocate portfolios to …
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There was pandemonium at the eid-il-Kabir praying ground in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital today as aggrieved faithfuls went on the rampage hauling missiles in the direction of the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, and other dignitaries. Saraki Witnesses said the protesters were angered by the inability of the …
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