One of the labour unions in Nigeria has concluded plans to hold a one-day protect over the lingering fuel scarcity and poor electricity supply in the country, especially the hike in the tariffs recently. The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, said the situations in the country are biting hard on the citizens and said the demonstration…
On Monday, March 14, 2016, lawmakers from the Ekiti State House of Assembly were in Abuja to kick against invasion of the Assembly by the Department of State Services, DSS, officials on Friday, March 4, 2016. The legislators took their protest to the embassies of the United States of America and the United Kingdom in…
Daughter of National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Folasade Tinubu-Ojo, on Thursday expressed her frustration over what she called the non-inclusion of market women in the government of President Muhammadu Buhari Folasade, who is the Iyaloja General of Nigeria, led a protest of market women to the National Secretariat of…
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has been told to vacate his position by a group of protesters, who stormed the National Assembly on Tuesday. The group, Open Society Coalition, OSC, called on Saraki to immediately tender his resignation letter and focus on his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, where he is facing charges…
The University of Calabar, UNICAL, Cross River State has been closed down by the school management. Authorities of the higher institution announced the closure of the school after students staged a protest over alleged poor welfare. Management of UNICAL said the school will remain under lock and key for two weeks and urged students to…
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, says it has not stopped fighting for the masses as being speculated in some quarters. Recently, there have been beliefs that the labour union was no longer giving the Nigerian government a tough time, which used to be the case in the past, especially during the military regime and the…
There was a short unrest at the University of Lagos on Monday morning when some students of the institution staged a demonstration. The aggrieved students claimed they have been battling with invasion of mosquitoes and bedbugs at the hostels. This led to the shutting down of the university’s two exit gates. As early as 7am…
Aproko247 has reliably learnt that some members of staff of Daily Independent newspaper have staged a demonstration at their headquarters in Lagos. Our reporter gathered from reliable sources that members of staff of the media organisation are aggrieved with management of the company over non-payment of their salaries and poor salary structures. It was learnt…
Some residents of ancient city of Kano have expressed their anger over the recently apprehended aircraft belonging to Russia, which was allegedly carrying military hardware. The plane was Chad-bound when it was seized by the Nigerian government. At a protest on Monday, the demonstrators, who stormed the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, asked the…
Following the blockage of the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters, Abuja on Wednesday by some members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, the Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, has warned political leaders to ensure they do not cause the disruption of government activities in any part of the country. Abba, in a statement issued on Wednesday…