Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, and his son, popular Nigerian musician Folarin Falana, known as Falz, were among those who joined a protest against bad governance in Lagos State on Friday. The demonstration took place at the Ikeja Underbridge area, where protesters gathered in large numbers to express frustration over worsening economic hardship and rising …
Ibadan witnessed a wave of public anger on Monday as protesters took to the streets over worsening insecurity in Oyo State and the continued captivity of abducted pupils and teachers from Oriire Local Government Area. Members of the Take-It-Back Movement converged at major junctions in the state capital, demanding urgent action from government and security …
Protesters rallied outside Israel’s embassy in Lisbon on Thursday, waving Palestinian flags and chanting against the blockade of Gaza. Smaller demonstrations were also held in Spain, including outside the foreign ministry in Madrid and in the Basque city of Bilbao. The protests were sparked by the interception of a flotilla of 51 boats carrying activists …
Pensioners under the Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP), Federal Civil Service chapter, have threatened to stage a protest on October 1 over the non-implementation of their ₦32,000 pension increase. The group said while the new ₦70,000 minimum wage has been implemented for workers, pensioners remain excluded from the adjustment. READ ALSO: Retired Military Pensioners Picket …
By Esther Ososanya The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has agreed to personally meet with retired police officers who took to the streets of Abuja on Monday in protest over years of unpaid entitlements and poor retirement benefits. The assurance was conveyed through the Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command, who addressed the …
By Esther Ososanya The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, says he withheld the May and June internally generated revenue (IGR) from area councils to help end the prolonged shutdown of FCT primary schools. Wike disclosed this during a media chat with journalists in Abuja on Thursday, noting that the teachers’ strike, which …
By Esther Ososanya Staff of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Monday staged a protest at the FCTA Secretariat in Area 11, Abuja, over what they described as persistent neglect of staff welfare and rights. The aggrieved workers, under the aegis of the Joint Union Action Committee (JUAC), carried placards with bold inscriptions such …
By Esther Ososanya Tension boiled over in Lafiagi, Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State, on Monday as furious youths launched a violent protest against rising insecurity, repeated kidnappings, and what they condemned as the government’s deafening silence in the face of terror. The demonstrators, mostly youths, marched through the streets with placards and chanted …
