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Retired soldiers protest in FCT over unpaid entitlements

August 5, 2025August 5, 2025 Aminu Imam

Scores of retired military personnel, yesterday, staged a peaceful protest in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) over the non-payment of their entitlements. The retired soldiers reportedly stormed the main gate of the Federal Ministry of Finance located in the Central Business District area of Abuja unannounced and occupied the place after barricading the main entrance gate. It was gathered that the retired soldiers were demanding the immediate payment of outstanding shortfalls in their Gratuity, Security Debarment Allowance (SDA), and Parking Allowance. According to reports, the prompt arrival of a…

Zamfara communities protest alleged killing of 100 persons daily by bandits

July 24, 2025July 24, 2025 Aminu Imam

Hundreds of angry residents from various communities in Gusau local government area of Zamfara State staged a mass protest yesterday over rising insecurity, alleging that bandits kill as many as 100 people daily across affected villages. The protesters – on foot, motorcycles, and in vehicles – brought movement in Gusau, the state capital, to a standstill for over two hours as they blocked major access roads before converging at the Zamfara Government House. They carried placards and chanted protest songs, demanding urgent government intervention to halt the killings and kidnappings…

Retired Police Officers, Activists protest at Force HQ

July 22, 2025July 22, 2025 Aminu Imam

…Demand better salary, pension Nigerian Union of Retired Police Officers Under Contributory Pension Scheme and human rights activists yesterday staged a protest, tagged: #PoliceProtest’, at the Force Headquarters Abuja, to demand for a better salary and retirement benefits for both serving and retired Police officers in the country. Some of the activists include: Omoyele Sowore, Deji Adeyanju and Ɗan Bello Galadanchi and Civil Society Organizations, (CSOs). The retired officers are demanding the exit of the Nigeria Police Force from the Contributory Pension Scheme, which they claim has subjected them to…

#TakeItBack Movement to protest insecurity, economic hardship June 12

June 3, 2025June 3, 2025 Aminu Imam

The #TakeItBack Movement has announced plans to hold a nationwide protest on June 12, in order to draw attention to the country’s worsening insecurity, shrinking civic space, and growing economic hardship. In an issued statement yestetday by its National Coordinator, Juwon Sanyaolu, the movement condemned the rising wave of insecurity in the Middle Belt and northern parts of the country, pointing to continued attacks in Benue, Plateau, Southern Kaduna, and other states. According to Sanyaolu, communities have been wiped out while thousands remain displaced, with the government either turning a…

October 1: “We don�t want protest to degenerate into riot” � FG

September 29, 2024September 29, 2024 Aminu Imam

As protesters prepare for October 1 2024 protest, tagged: ‘#FearlessInOctober’, the Federal government says it is working to ensure that it does not degenerate into riots. Recall that October 1 has been slated for the #FearlessInOctober protest, which is an offshoot of an earlier protest in August. The protest is aimed to demonstrate against the growing hunger and poverty in the nation, fuelled by the rising cost of living. However, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Omanuga, was quoted as saying that security agencies are already…

Protest: Attack on Senator Bomai�s Potiskum house condemnable

August 6, 2024August 6, 2024 Aminu Imam

It is most condemnable the singling out of Senator Bomai�s house for attack in Potiskum during the recent nationwide protests on the 1st of August 2024. The protesters did not earmark or conceived as part of their plan to attack the residence of Senator Bomai as the routes followed by them were far away from his residence. But some persons, whom we have now identified who are not happy with the electoral successes of the Senator, which comprise supporters of a former Senator, some elements in the APC who had…

Islamic clerics, after meeting Tinubu, appeal to youths to shelve planned protests

July 27, 2024July 27, 2024 Aminu Imam

A group of Islamic clerics have appealed to young Nigerians to shelve the planned protest schedule for August 1, saying it won�t yield any positive result. The clerics made their appeal following their meeting with President Bola Tinubu on Thursday. The President had held separate meetings with APC governors, traditional rulers from around the country, and Islamic clerics. The meetings were part of efforts to prevent the breakdown of law and order as young Nigerians prepare for a nationwide protest. After the meeting with the President, the JIBWIS president, Sheikh…

Economic Hardship: SDP endorses nationwide protest

July 18, 2024July 18, 2024 Aminu Imam

�Urges citizens, security agencies to be civil The leadership of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has endorsed the proposed nationwide protest against hardship in the country, describing it as timely in the interest of the Nigerian masses. Speaking with newsmen in Abuja yesterday, National Chairman of the Party, Shehu Musa Gabam, called on the citizens to do so peacefully so as to avoid being highjacked. Gabam, while expressing total support for the protest urged security agencies to be civil in responding to the yearnings of Nigerians, saying the struggle for…

Northern Youths Students Coalition urges members to shun planned protests

July 18, 2024July 18, 2024 Aminu Imam

�Says motives unknown The Coalition of Concerned Northern Youths and Students has backed-out of the planned nationwide protests against the prevailing economic hardships in the country. The National Coordinator of the Coalition, Jibril Bello-Gama, made the disclosure while addressing a news conference shortly after the two-day meeting of the association in Kano yesterday. The Coalition, which said it made the decision during its two-day meeting in Kano, directed its members not to participate in the mass actions scheduled to begin from the end of this month. Addressing newsmen at the…

Police ban unlawful gatherings in Kaduna

July 16, 2024July 16, 2024 Aminu Imam

…Warn against illegal protest The Police Command in Kaduna State said it has banned all forms of unlawful gathering by the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria, (IMN), including its planned Ashura procession. The Command�s spokesperson, ASP Mansir Hassan, announced the ban in a statement issued at the weekend in Kaduna. Hassan said, �The Command has banned every manner of illegal protest in the State. This is coming on the heels of intelligence received indicating that the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria, also known as Shi�ites, is planning a procession to…