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Group Protest Amnesty International’s Interference in Nigeria

A group has asked the Amnesty International to vacate Nigeria because of its alleged interference in Nigeria’s maters. The group, Progressive Citizens Congress, marched to the Embassy of the United States on Friday September 2, 2016, to lay their complains. The Progressives Citizens Congress alleged that “There is apparently a concerted effort to make Nigeria…

Edo Council Workers Shut Down Benin City

Some employees of local governments in Edo State on Wednesday brought business activities in the state to a halt following a protest embarked on by them. The demonstrating workers claimed they have not been paid their salaries for months now, saying hunger has almost rendered them powerless. The workers marched in their hundreds from Five…

APC Members Protest In Rivers

Some members of the opposition party in Rivers State, the All Progressives Congress, APC, stormed the capital of the state, Port Harcourt, demanding the swearing-in of its candidate in the state House of Assembly election. The party faithful, numbering over 2000, on Tuesday morning, besieged the premises of the Rivers State House of Assembly complex on…

PHOTOS: Oyo Workers Protest Ajimobi’s Policies

Several workers in Oyo State on Wednesday, June 15, 2016, trooped out en masse to kick against some policies of the Abiola Ajimobi-led administration, which they termed anti-workers. The aggrieved employees in the civil service of the state protested under the umbrella of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC. They stormed several streets in the capital…

Wike Planning Protest Against Buhari In Ogoni—APC

Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused Governor of the state, Nyesom Wike, of planning to sponsor protests to disrupt the much-publicised flag off of the UNEP clean-up of Ogoni land on Thursday, June 2, 2016, by President Muhammadu Buhari. The party made this known in a statement signed by its…

Angry Arik Air Passengers Protest At Benin Airport

There was demonstration at the Benin airport on Sunday after passengers of Arik Air reportedly learnt that they were lied to by management of the airline. It was gathered that the aggrieved passengers were told there was no fuel to take them to their destination, only to discover that the same plane is to ferry…