The meeting between representatives of the Federal Government and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has ended in stalemate. In last-minute efforts to prevent the protest, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, had invited Labour leaders to his office. Aside from the SGF, Ministers of Agriculture; budget and national planning; Labour…
Members of Ifite village, Enugwu-Agidi in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State are seeking the intervention of relevant authorities over what they described as incessant land-related cases and land-grabbing activities allegedly being carried out by some individuals in the community. As a result, the villagers, numbering over 1,000, including the elderly, on Saturday, staged…
A total of ten buildings and thirty vehicles have so far been burnt at Iyiowa Odekpe Community in Ogbaru local government area of Anambra state by hoodlums. Consequent upon this incident, residents in the area stormed the Government House Awka On Wednesday protesting the arson perpetrated by hoodlums alleging that the leadership of the town…
Hundreds of women on Sunday marched to the Kano State Police Command to protest the recent Court of Appeal judgment that nullified the election of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf. The women, who carried placards with Various inscriptions and chanted solidarity songs in support of the governor said they were protesting the alleged injustice done to…
Protest Hits Enugu-Agidi Community in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State, against the owner of Blue Shield security company, Ozo Jeff Nweke. The protesters pointed series allegations against him, including saying that he has been taking their land, harassing indigenes through his security operatives, including raping young women and taking authority into his hand….
Serving commissioners and members of the state House of Assembly on Sunday morning stormed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Yenagoa, the state capital. The aggrieved lawmakers and commissioners insisted that the election did not hold in Nembe Local Government Area of the riverine state. However, there was tight presence of security operatives…
The ruling All Progressives Congress United Kingdom (UK) chapter has reacted to a planned protest against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in London describing it as a misadventure. The Chairman of the UK chapter of the party, Tunde Doherty said this in a press statement issued on Friday in Lagos. Doherty, who also serves as the…
Students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, on Wednesday, stormed the Ibadan Zonal Command of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan, to protest the arrest of their colleagues by operatives of the anti-graft agency. According to reports the students, who came in three Coaster buses and three Hummer buses and led by the leadership of the…
Association of commercial Bus and lorry Drivers, have lashed out at the Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo over increasing activities of touts in Anambra State. The drivers, on the platform of United Mini Truck Drivers Association, Anambra State chapter said under Soludo’s reign the activities of touts seemed to be legalized contrary to what…
Protesters on Tuesday stormed Abuja’s Streets, condemning the appointment of Mr. Ola Olukoyede as Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC). The group, under the umbrella of the Centre For Democracy and Human Rights, held several placards, calling on President Bola Tinubu and the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio to immediately discount the…
