By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Chairman of Andoni Local Government Council in Rivers State, Erastus Awortu, has alerted security agencies to an alleged planned politically-sponsored protest in the area. Mr. Awortu stated this in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday. He called...
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The Bayelsa government has said it will not allow a protest planned for Dec. 26 to disrupt oil production at Oil Mining Lease (OML) 29, operated by Aiteo Eastern Exploration. The Bayelsa government in a statement on Sunday by the Commissioner for Information, Orientation and Strategy, Chief Ayiba...
The Democratic Republic of Congo is holding presidential and legislative elections on Wednesday after a chaotic campaign marred by opposition allegations of fraud, electoral violence, and logistical setbacks that could prevent many from voting. At stake is not just the legitimacy of the next administration. Congolese election disputes...
Protesters on Thursday blocked the entrance to NNPC depot in Lagos State, preventing the factional Chairman of Lagos Zone of Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) Branch of NUPENG, Saheed Gbolahan Adigun and his entourage from gaining access to the facility. The protesters, who were said to be loyal to...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A Bauchi based Civil Society Organization, Young Leaders Network, has condemned the description of the management of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) of its students, who came out to protest the killing of their schoolmate as “miscreants.” Recall that a final...
By ARMSTRONG ALAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, has condemned the killing of a 500 level student of the institution by assailants while trying to steal his phone. Recall that the final year Geology student, Joseph Agabaidu, who...
The Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi has been shut down following students’ protest. The Director, Directorate of Information and Public Relations, , Mr Zailani Bappa, who announced this on Monday at a news conference in Bauchi, said the school would be closed for one week. According to...
Academic activities were on Monday grounded at the University of Calabar (UNICAL), following the students’ protest against the 100 per cent hike in the institution’s tuition fees. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the university had released a new schedule of fees that would take...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – It was a sad day on Saturday for Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, as one of its students, Joseph Obiaje Agabaidu, a 500-level Geology student was stabbed to death by robbers, who tried to steal his phone. The final year student hails...
A group of Russian women harshly criticised Russian President Vladimir Putin for concealing information about the front line of the war in Ukraine in order to secure his re-election next year and called on him to bring their husbands home. A letter posted on the Telegram channel run...
Supporters of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) have continued to protest the Appeal Court’s judgment that sacked Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State. But this time, it was the women supporters of the party who took their agitation to the police headquarters in Kano to...
The police command in Kano has cautioned against the planned protest by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the New Nigeria People’s party (NNPP). Mr Hussaini Gumel, the state Commissioner of Police, said this when he spoke in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
The Police Command in Kano State, on Wednesday arrested seven people protesting the Appeal Court judgment which removed Abba-Kabir Yusuf as governor of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a large group of people took to the streets of Kano on Wednesday calling...
The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria ( JUSUN ), Osun Chapter, on Wednesday, declared an indefinite strike following tear gas fired at protesting workers by the police . JUSUN chairman, Mr Oluwagbemiga Eludire, who announced the strike, said it was necessary in order to put a stop...
The Labour Party (LP) in Imo, on Monday, embarked on a protest march against the alleged delay by INEC to release the Certified True Copies (CTCs) of documents of the November 11 Governorship poll. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state party Chairman, Mr Callistus...
Members of Osun chapter of Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) embarked on a peaceful protest on Monday in Osogbo, picketing the office of the Chief Judge of the State, Justice Adepele Ojo. They demanded reasons for the delay in the payment of their wardrobe allowances since 2021,...
The Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) have threatened to exit its umbrella body, the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), if its President Williams Akporeha and General-Secretary, Afoloabi Olawale, did not resign. Mr Gbenga Olawale, an Ex-Officio of the PTD from Ibadan depot, said in a...
A day after the governorship election held in Bayelsa, serving commissioners and members of the state House of Assembly have laid siege to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Yenagoa, the state capital. At the INEC office on Sunday, the aggrieved lawmakers and commissioners insisted...
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo has warned the Nigeria Labour Congress ( NLC) against disrupting flight operations at the airports. Keyamo gave the warning at the Ministerial retreat for Minister, Permanent Secretary, Directors and Head of Agencies of the Ministry of Aviation and...
Many passengers at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja are currently stranded and unable to continue their journeys due to a protest organised by labour unions on Thursday morning, according to the Punch reports. The protesters, who blocked the entrance of the airport, are members of...