Tag: Protesters
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Ghana: 3-day protests over economic hardship ends
With placards reading Ghana deserves better, we are tired of being voting machines or people equals power, protestors rallied in Accra.
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JUST IN: Kano residents troop out to protest against ECOWAS plan to invade Niger Republic
Protesters have trooped out into the streets of Kano to reject propoo use of force by ECOWAS to resolve the Niger coup crisis. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) recalls Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) had directed military forces of the member states to be on standby. The protesters on Saturday embarked on the demonstration to show…
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Breaking! Protesters bring down NASS main gate(Video)
Protesters on Wednesday brought down National Assembly main gate and forcefully gained entry in a video clip on social media networks. Recall that the Nigerian Labour Congress on Wednesday embarked on a protest over the fuel subsidy removal and current economic hardship in the country. TheNewGuru.com, (TNG) reports that the newly constructed gate could not…
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Fuel subsidy ‘wahala’: Oyo workers protest, demand palliatives, lock state Secretariat
The Oyo State workers on Monday, locked the state secretariat in Ibadan to demand palliatives, upward review of pension allowances and payment of salary deduction. Participating in the protest are workers and pensioners under the banners of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC), Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), Nigeria Union of Local…
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Football star, Kylian Mbappe calls for end to violent protest in France
France and Paris Saint Germain forward, Kylian Mbappe has appealed to all protesters in the country to end violent protest that erupted over the fatal shooting of a teenager by the French police.
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Iraqi protesters storm Swedish embassy in Baghdad over Quran burning
Protesters in Baghdad stormed Swedish embassy in retaliation for the burning of the Quran outside a mosque in Stockholm, which sparked condemnation from across the Muslim countries. A crowd of supporters of firebrand Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr remained on the premises for about 15 minutes before they left as heavy security was deployed, AFP news…
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Protesters storm National Assembly to request for annulment of presidential election
Some unidentified persons have staged a protest at the national assembly in Abuja over the just concluded general elections in the country. The protesters carried placards with the inscriptions such as ‘Save our Democracy’, “INEC + Corruption, Politicians are killing our Democracy,” and “INEC killing the Nigerian Democracy.”
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Police warn protesters against disturbing public peace on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway
The Police Command in Ogun on Friday, warned protesters against disrupting public peace on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. The Police Spokesman in the state, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, gave the warning while speaking with NAN, in Ota, Ogun. Oyeyemi said the people had the right to protest, but, they should not disrupt public peace.
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Scores injured as Protesters riot in Abeokuta
Abeokuta the Ogun state capital was on Tuesday afternoon thrown into pandemonium as protesters stormed the streets to protest shortage of cash and fuel Scarcity. An eyewitness who simply gave his name as Elijah said he was shot at as police tried to stop the protesters from protesting.
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Protesters storm CBN headquarters, demand Emefiele’s resignation
T he National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has called for the resignation of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, following an alleged case of terrorism financing against him. The Department of State Services (DSS) had recently went to court