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Ritchie Torres Condemns Andrew Makadsi for Allegedly Glorifying Anti-Israel Protest Andrew Makadsi, the creative director of Beyoncé's Parkwood Entertainment, is facing backlash from U.S. Congressman Ritchie Torres, who…
The Nigerian Senate has promised to resolve the demands of protesting members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) within seven days. In a show of solidarity and determination, members of the Nigeria Labour Congress…
The Nigerian House of Representatives has called on the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) to suspend its scheduled nationwide mass protests, which were set to begin today, Wednesday. The protests were announced by the NLC…
In a show of collective frustration, Oyo State workers and pensioners took to the streets on Monday, shutting down the state secretariat located at Agodi in Ibadan. The massive protest was organized to draw attention to…
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu believes there is no need for violence as the Supreme Court is looking into this controversial matter and will make its position known on February 22. The Lagos State Government has noted…
Residents of Ibadan, Oyo State have taken to the streets to protest the lingering fuel and currency scarcity in the country. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) late last year introduced newly-designed N200, N500, and…
Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro have stormed the country's congress and supreme court. On Sunday, supporters of Bolsonaro who refused to accept his election defeat stormed Congress, the Supreme…
Women on Thursday gathered outside Kabul University to stage the first major public demonstration in the capital since the Taliban’s decision to close universities to female students. The protesters demanded that the…
Protesting truck drivers on Friday blocked the River Niger Bridgehead in Onitsha, Anambra State. The drivers said they were protesting against the state government tax imposition on trailers, lorries, trucks,s and other…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, is set to embark on a one-day nationwide protest rally. The protest is to express its concern over the non-payment of the complete salaries of lecturers. Moyosore Ajao,…
The Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, Omoyele Sowore on Monday, joined the Nigerian students to protest the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at the Murtala…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, said it backs the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, on the ongoing protest over the lingering strike. ASUU National President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke,…
Students under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) have stormed the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos to press down their demands for the government to resolve the Academic…
The Minister of works and housing, Babatunde Fashola, said the obstruction of vehicular movement on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway by university students is a violation of the law. Fashola said this on Wednesday while…
The aviation workers have embarked on a peaceful protest in all airports across the country. The protest is over “obnoxious” legislation seeking to prevent trade unions in the sector from demonstrations. The protest,…
The Cross Rivers State civil servants took to the street to protest the non-payment of five years' salaries. No fewer than 1700 civil servants protested on Tuesday. The Cross River State Government, however, said no…
A northern group, Arewa Youth Assembly, has called for the removal of the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, over the lingering insecurity in many parts of the country. The group attributed the rising…
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and its affiliate unions on Wednesday in Abuja continued their solidarity protest in support of the five-month strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The NLC…
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC has begun the two-day rally it had planned to hold in protest of the ongoing ASUU strike and other problems plaguing the nation. In solidarity with the Academic Staff Union of…
The Education Rights Campaign (ERC), a civil society, has called on the management of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State to put a halt to all activities that the institution deplored to intimidate…
