Tag: PROTESTS

Shi’ites protest across North over Iran’s leader Khamenei’s killing

Aminu Imam
Shi’ites protest across North

Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), widely known as Shi’ites and led by Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, staged protests across Gombe, Niger, Kano, Bauchi, Yobe and Sokoto states on Sunday, in response to the killing of Iranian leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a joint US-Israeli airstrike. The Nigeria Police Force, in response to rising tensions, ordered Commissioners of Police across all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory to boost surveillance, especially in the North Central, North East, and North West regions. Authorities emphasized intelligence-led policing, collaboration with religious and…

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SMEs, Radio stations workers protest high electricity tariff hike in Kano

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Radio stations workers protest

…LibertyFM Kano may suspend broadcast by month’s end Workers of small-scale enterprises (SMEs) in Nasarawa local government area (LGA) of Kano State have staged a protest against electricity tariff hike, describing it as a threat to their jobs. A sources who spoke to newsmen yesterday, Liberty FM Kano may suspend its broadcast operations due to hike in electricity tarrif, erratic power supply and high price of diesel. According to them, many SMEs, Broadcasters were planning to shut down operations due to the hike in electricity tariff. A’isha Abdullahi, who spoke…

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Planned Protest: “Don’t repeat #EndSARS experience in Lagos; we won’t take it” – Diaspora Lagosians

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Diaspora Lagosians

Lagosians living in the United Kingdom (UK) and Ireland, better known as Lagos State Union UK, has cautioned Nigerians, particularly the youth, against the proposed nationwide protest in August, tagged: “End Bad Government in Nigeria 2024” to be mindful not to repeat the experience associated with the “2020 #EndSARS” protest in Lagos. In an issued statement, signed by the Union President, Toyin Ibrahim Igbo and issued by the Publicity Secretary, Engr. Kayode Ajayi, yesterday, the Union said that the State indigenes will not tolerate any menace in disguise of protest…

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Democracy Day: Nigerians protest over hunger, economic hardship

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June 12 protest

Amid Nigeria’s commemoration of 25 years of uninterrupted democracy, some citizens have taken to the streets to protest against hunger and economic hardship. The protesters early hours of yesterday, June 12, converged at the Ikeja Underbridge in Lagos under heavy security, chanting solidarity songs and brandishing placards. Messages on the placards included: ‘President Tinubu, let the poor breathe’, ‘For another general strike with mass protest now’, ‘Pay living wage to all Nigerian workers now.’ Leading the protest are various civil society organisations, such as the ‘Take It Back Movement’, the…

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Kano: Police warn APC, NNPP against today’s planned protest

Aminu Imam

The Kano State Police Command has warned members of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and the All-Progressives Congress (APC) in the State against today’s planned protest, saying it will deal ruthlessly with anyone that violated the order. The warning was contained in a statement yesterday by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Haruna, on behalf of the State Commissioner of Police, Hussaini Gumel, and made available to newsmen. Both the NNPP and APC were said to have mobilised their supporters to organise protests on Saturday to express their views…

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Protest over economic hardship in Ghana enters 4th day

Aminu Imam

Ghanaians have resolved to remain in the streets in protest of economic hardship as the West African country continues to struggle with a high cost of living. The protest, which began on Thursday – with protesters taking their grievances to Jubilee House, Ghana’s presidential palace in Accra – continued yesterday. Although inflation in Ghana has been on a decline, hitting a 10-month low in August at 40.1 percent from 43.1 percent in July; the protesters are still asking the Ghanaian government to “Fixthecountry” as the slowdown in inflation rate is…

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Civil societies threaten mass protest in 1 week if FG fails to address Nigerians’ suffering

Aminu Imam

Civil Societies Coalition, in Osun State, has threatened to organise a massive protest if the Federal Government fails to better the lives of the citizens within one week. While reacting, following the recent petrol subsidy removal, naira float and other reforms of the President Bola Tinubu-led administration, the group, in an issued statement on Thursday, signed by its Chairman, Waheed Lawal, recommended a pause in interest rate hikes to relieve the pressures on economic agents. The group urged the Government to implement fiscal measures such as reducing/removing the tax on…

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ASUU strike: Protesting students block Sagamu-Benin Expressway

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Students in Ogun on Monday blocked the Sagamu-Benin Expressway in protest against the ongoing strike action by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The joint protest had in attendance students from Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye;  Tai Solarin University of Education, Science and Technology (TASUED) Ijagun and Federal University of Agriculture (FUNAAB), Abeokuta. The students stormed the TASUED axis and blocked the expressway leaving many motorists stranded and travellers trapped. The students carried placards with inscriptions such as “#End ASUU strike now#”, “We say no to educational…

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Kaduna bans religious protests, as Gov. Tambuwal declares 24-hour curfew in Sokoto metropolis

Aminu Imam

The Kaduna State Government has banned any form of religious protest, just as it warned that any violator will be prosecuted. This warning was handed down by the State’s Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, in an issued statement yesterday. According to him, the prohibition becomes imperative in view of moves by some unpatriotic elements to organize a series of for-and-against protests related to a security development in one of the Northern Nigerian States. “The Kaduna State Government, in consultation with security agencies under the umbrella…

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Ondo women protest half-naked over insecurity

Aminu Imam

Hundreds of women across four local government areas in Ondo State, yesterday, staged protests against the spate of insecurity in the area. It was gathered that the peaceful protests were staged in Oka-Akoko, Akungba-Akoko and some other Akoko towns. The protests were said to have been triggered by the recent kidnap of teachers by some bandits in Auga Akoko, the killing of a police officer by unknown gunmen at Oka-Akoko last week, and the attack of 17 travellers on Ifira-Akoko/Isua Akoko road by armed robbers, among others. Some of the…

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