The Police in Abia Command have alleged that an attack on their men by some members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) resulted in the death of five members of the terrorist group. The claim is contained in a statement by the Command’s PRO, Geoffrey Ogbonna on behalf...
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Mr Oyakhilome Bello, APC United States National Youth Leader, says the call by some individuals to protest the emergence of Sen.Bola Tinubu as President-elect on April 3 in the U.S has no merit. Bello who is also the Deputy Director North America Youth Wing Campaign Council said this in...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The police in Nasarawa State have banned all forms of protests in order to forestall the breakdown of law and order in the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Ramhan Nansel, disclosed this in a statement issued in Lafia on Sunday. According...
The draw for the Under-20 FIFA World Cup, scheduled to take place in Indonesia next week, will be postponed after Bali’s governor refused to host the Israeli team. The Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) said the draw that was to be held on Friday had been cancelled.FIFA were still conducting...
Mr Issa Aremu, the Director-General, Michael Imoudu National Institute of Labour Studies (MINILS), Ilorin, has advised the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to engage the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in social dialogue to avert picketing over cash scarcity caused by naira redesign. Aremu made the call on Thursday in...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Kaduna State government has raised an alarm over alleged plot by some politicians to incite public upheaval in the state. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, warned people planning to cause public...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has directed all workers to protest at all the offices of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) nationwide starting next week over the current cash crunch in the country. NLC President, Joe Ajaero, who briefed journalists in Abuja, said the mobilisation for the exercise...
Some supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP) in Enugu State on Monday stormed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) protesting against some issues on the governorship election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the supporters trooped out in their numbers not...
Members of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), on Monday staged a protest against an alleged intimidation by the traditional ruler of Imota area of Ikorodu, Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the mammoth crowd of protesters carried placards with different inscriptions like “Election is not war”, “Stop cursing...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Labour Party (LP) has threatened that it will call on its members to occupy offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) nationwide for allegedly frustrating its petition against the outcome of the 2023 presidential election. The spokesman for the Presidential Campaign Council...
The world over, politicians try to win elections by fair and foul means. That tendency is the reason institutions and laws exist and are operated by men of honour and integrity, who are sticklers to rules and unyielding to pressures from partisan interests. The February 2023 Presidential election in...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has advised Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate to get his lawyers to plead his case in court rather than leading a street protest. Mr Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media and Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), gave the advice in a...
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday led officials of the party on a protest to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja over the Feb. 25 election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some of the officials included PDP National...
Members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) are currently staging a protest in Abuja over the outcome of the February 25, 2023 presidential election. The protesting PDP members are being led by the party’s presidential candidate in the last election, Atiku Abubakar, the party’s chairman Iyiocha Ayu, Sokoto state...
Umunugwu community in Enugu-South local government area of Enugu state, has apologised to Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and the Enugu South Local Government Area Chairman, Mr Chimezie Nkwuo, over its protest on Jan. 17. They appealed to Ugwuanyi and Nkwuo to forgive them and continue the road work in the...
The protest on scarcity of fuel and new naira notes rocking some parts of Ibadan, Oyo State, on Saturday stalled the appearance of Mr Peter Obi, Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate at a forum. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Obi was billed to attend a presidential...
Some aggrieved residents of Ibadan, Oyo State capital, on Friday trooped to major roads protesting over the hardship imposed on them by the new naira-notes and persistent fuel scarcity. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the protesters, in their hundreds, blocked the Iwo Road Interchange, frontage of...
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has threatened to shut down the entire health sector of Abia over unpaid salary arrears. Dr Isaiah Abali, the Chairman of NMA, in Abia, made this known during a protest organised by the association at the Government House on Thursday in Umuahia. The News...
The Management of The Polytechnic, Ibadan has suspended the Students’ Union Executives and its activities indefinitely, over alleged protest by students in the early hours of Monday. The institution in a statement by its Registrar, Mrs Modupe Fawale, on Monday in Ibadan, also postponed the first semester examination intended...
Hundreds of women have taken to the streets of Ogoja in Cross River to protest against “political arrest” of their children by the Gov. Ben Ayade-led All Progressives Congress (APC) government. The women who were carrying placards of various inscriptions, alleged that the APC government was witch-hunting its perceived...