The Gidan-Kwano main campus of the Federal University of Technology, Minna has been thrown into confusion as students protested the death of one of their colleagues who was crushed by a truck on Sunday. It was gathered the incident occurred when a sand-filled truck hit the student who was being transported to the other side of the road by an …

Northern group under the auspices of Arewa Think Tank (ATTAK) has tackled a coalition of oil-producing states/ex-agitators in Niger Delta over planned mass protest against the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Engr. Gbenga Komolafe over allegations of shady deals at the Commission. The group said the planned protest was ill-timed and did not intend …

Students of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Ondo State have protested against the sudden death of their 500-level colleague, Ayomide Akeredolu, at the university’s health care facility. The aggrieved students expressed misgivings about services at the University Health Centre. Motorists were left stranded for hours on the Akure-Ilesa highway as the students expressed displeasure over the death of …

Scores of demonstrators on Thursday clashed with security operatives outside the premises of the national headquarters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) a few hours before the inauguration of the new zonal officers of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC). The protesters engaged the stern-looking policemen in a shouting match after they were stopped from gaining access to the secretariat. …

Strong indications emerged, Tuesday, that striking members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) are set to call off their two-week-old strike. According to the doctors, with the intervention of Senate President Godswill Akpabio, and the assurance he gave them, they have resolved that the planned national protest would be cancelled while the decision on the ongoing strike would …

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doct(NARD) on Saturday said it would embark on peaceful protests from Wednesday, August 9, 2023, if the Federal Government does not meet its demands. NARD also said it will be picketing the Federal Ministry of Health, the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, and the federal and state tertiary health institutions …

Civil servants in Oyo State have vowed to continue with their protest until Governor Seyi Makinde addresses them. Addressing journalists on Wednesday, the state chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Kayode Martins said that, although the governor had set up a committee on subsidy removal palliatives eight weeks ago, the committee had not met on the assignment. Martins, …

The leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), and that of Trade Union Congress (TUC) has resolved to stop further protest, which started on Wednesday to press demand for economic difficulties resulting from the removal of petrol subsidy. This followed Wednesday evening’s meeting between Labour and the Federal Government, which was presided over by President Bola Tinubu. Labour was led …

Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has directed all ports workers across the country to fully participate in the planned nationwide mass protest by organised Labour to protest the increases in the pump price of petrol, following the removal of subsidy on petrol, among other alleged anti-poor policies of the Federal Government. In a statement, MWUN Deputy Secretary, Erazua Oniha, …

Some residents of Enugu State on Monday protested against continuous sit-at-home enforcement by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra(IPoB)  in the state on Mondays. Armed with placards bearing various inscriptions, the residents were seen protesting against the illegal sit-at-home order, which they claimed has paralysed economic activities. One of the inscriptions read: “We no longer meet up with our hire …