…reverse it upon assumption of office, Vanguard reported. He also weighed in on recent protests by retired military officers who demonstrated over unpaid entitlements. Atiku said the failure to settle the veterans, despite Nigeria's substantial national resources, was the result of deliberate diversion and theft of publ…

…from the North-East zone. The assurance came a day after retired military personnel protested at the Ministry of Defence in Abuja despite heavy security deployment over the failure of the authorities to implement consequential pension adjustments arising from salary increases approved for serving personnel. The retiree…

Iran executes foreign national over de@dly January protests Iran on Thursday executed an Afghan national convicted of the k!lling of police officers during anti-government demonstrations, the 30th in a wave of hangings since the start of the Middle East war, a rights group said. Ghaem Hosseini was executed after being…

A number of people have taken to the Benin-Agbor Bypass to protest the deplorable condition of the road and call for urgent repairs. In a video shared by TheBeninBlogger on Thursday, a crowd was seen protesting along the muddy and congested road, as trucks and cars struggled to navigate the route. In one of the videos,…

…Jos, Katsina, and Kano states for allegedly participating in the #EndBadGovernance protests, which lasted from August 1 to 10, 2024. The proceedings had barely commenced when four of the visibly distressed children slumped inside the dock, a development that caused panic in the courtroom. The judge abruptly halted the…

…in Chidimma Adetshina's legal battle over her immigration status in South Africa. The protesters sang and chanted outside the court, with some calling for Adetshina to leave South Africa. As Chidimma arrived at the court venue and was immediately swarmed by reporters and protesters. She had to run into the court to eva…

…in front of the Ministry of Defence in Abuja, where the ex-servicemen had gathered to protest the non-implementation of consequential adjustments to their pensions. Credit: Solomon Odeniyi The protesters had attempted to move towards the front of the ministry as part of their planned demonstration, but more security pe…

…were receiving treatment in hospitals. Women from the community also staged a peaceful protest, marching with leaves in their hands and calling for urgent government action to protect their lives and communities. Meanwhile, Moore also quoted a statement by Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Allison Hooker o…

…through the affected communities. The organisers stressed that the exercise was not a protest against the government but a peaceful appeal for urgent intervention. Speaking on the development, the Onilisa of Lisa Kingdom, Oba Nojeemdeen Oladele Odugbemi, commended the residents for choosing peaceful engagement to draw…

…off with some ballot boxes. This incident reportedly angered voters, prompting some to protest openly and voice their curses towards the alleged perpetrators, describing the act as an attack on democracy. Details regarding the identity of the alleged attackers and the exact number of ballot boxes taken remained unclear…

…Wolves won just three league matches last season in a dismal campaign that fuelled fan protests against Chinese owners Fosun. Following the surprise decision to hire Peixoto from Portuguese club Gil Vicente to replace Rob Edwards, who was sacked during the close-season, Wolves need a fast start to win back their disgru…

…their polling booths to choose their governor. Shunning the election may appear to be a protest against violence. In reality, it could hand power and control of the state to precisely the very same political forces voters wish to reject. An empty polling booth can empower politicians rather than punish them. Osun peopl…

Protest shuts Obollo-Afor market over alleged selective haulage tax

…the reported killings, APC supporters last week took to the streets of Ilesa to protest against what they described as political violence and intimidation ahead of the election. The protest attracted APC leaders from Ijesa land, including Senator Francis Fadahunsi, who addressed the demonstrators and condemned the repo…

…Road Transport Workers (NURTW) to direct their members to shelve the ongoing three-day protest over alleged kidnappings and k!llings by bandits on the Mokwa-New Bussa Road. One of the commercial drivers, who preferred to remain anonymous, told the publication that the first car that left Mokwa to New Bussa after the pr…

…Commissioner for Environment and Sanitation, Hon. Mayowa Adejoorin, triggering strong protests from the Accord Party, which described the action as a “bandit-like abduction” aimed at weakening the opposition ahead of the August 15 governorship election. Adejoorin, a prominent Accord leader from Ikiyinwa in Obokun Local…

…used government truces as cover to grow. Petro is not going quietly. He called for mass protests in major cities on Friday, claiming election fraud without providing evidence. De la Espriella’s victory is yet another notch in the belt for Latin American right-wingers after electoral wins from Chile to Costa Rica on the…

…into millions of naira. One of the aggrieved customers, Anna Tuale, whose one-man protest at the company’s Obakhavbaye office in Benin, the Edo State capital, recently went viral on social media, told PUNCH Metro that she was seeking a refund of N2.35m after months of unsuccessful efforts to take possession of her land…

Protesters clashed with police as thousands of people braved stormy weather to demonstrate against a controversial private property bill outside the Argentine Senate on Thursday. As the protest drew to a close, scuffles broke out on Congress Square with protesters targeting police with stones and other projectiles, and…

…workers of the Federal University of Technology Akure, Ondo State, on Thursday, staged a protest on the campus of the institution against the alleged failure of the management to pay their allowances. The workers, under the auspices of the National Association of Non-Teaching Staff of Nigerian Universities, FUTA branch…

…National Teachers’ Institute (NTI) study centres across Ekiti State, on Monday, staged a protest, disrupting the ongoing NCE and B.Ed. examinations conducted at various centres in the state. At the Federal Government College, Ikole-Ekiti, protesters blocked the main entrance to the school, preventing candidates, staff,…

…of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Modi's video, addressing students during youth-led protests on July 23, was briefly removed from Meta-owned Facebook and Instagram, but was later restored. The panel, led by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, said the deletion of PM Modi's video - who is the representative of 1.4 billion Indians -…

…that Nigerians had every right to express their frustrations through peaceful protests. “Protest is part of democracy. I cannot deny people their right to protest. It is their entitlement,” he said. “But are we doing well? The answer is yes. We have not gotten to where we are supposed to be.” Despite the economic chall…

…incident that sent shockwaves across the country, ignited national outrage and years of protest, and culminated in a landmark court judgment that saw two police officers sentenced to death. Two decades later, the case remains one of the most consequential chapters in Nigeria's struggle for police accountability and jus…

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