Tag: Protesters
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Sunday Igboho: Supporters take protest to Ibadan over DSS raid
Devotees of wanted Yoruba activist Sunday Adeyemo also known as Sunday Igboho have taken to the streets of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, to protest against last Thursday’s midnight raid by the Department of State Services on the residence of the Yoruba nation activist. The demonstrators gathered in front of Igboho’s house in the Sooka…
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JUST IN: Police arrest, teargas Yoruba Nation protesters in Lagos
The Ojota venue of the Yoruba Nation rally has turned rowdy as police teargassed and also shot in the air to disperse protesters. Police also sprayed water cannon on the protesters to forestall the breakdown of order. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG earlier reported that more security operatives including men of the Nigeria Police Force, Nigerian Army, and…
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Apologise for arresting, shooting teargas at harmless #June12 protesters, Falana tells police
Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi Falana has asked the Nigeria Police Force to apologise to protesters who were arrested during the June 12 nationwide protest on Saturday. Falana who is the interim chair of the alliance on surviving COVID-19 and beyond accused the police of violating the fundamental right of expression of the protesters.…
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PDP condemns clampdown on peaceful #June12 protesters
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the clampdown on peaceful protesters on Democracy Day. The party in a statement signed on Saturday by its spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan said “the brutal clampdown on Nigerian citizens is sacrilegious” “The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) condemns, in the strongest term ever, the violent clampdown by agents of the…
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June 12: Police shoot teargas at protesters in Abuja, Lagos [Photos]
The police on Saturday shot teargas to disperse protesters in the Gudu area of Abuja and Ojota area of Lagos as the country marked Democracy Day on June 12. The protesters had earlier blocked the Gudu Junction to protest the state of the nation. Similar protests were held across the country on Saturday. The Unity…
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LG Primaries: Protesters storm Lagos APC secretariat over alleged plans to substitute flag bearer for incumbent chairman
Some aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from Amuwo-Odofin Local Government in Lagos on Saturday protested against alleged substitution of Mr Dipo Olorunrinu as APC candidate for the forthcoming council poll. The protesters, who chanted various solidarity songs at the APC State Secretariat, hoisted placards with inscriptions such as “Amuwo voted for Dipo…
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#EndSARS: New twist as witness plays video that claims Army shot protesters at Lekki Toll Gate
The Lagos State judicial panel on restitution for victims of SARS related abuses resumed sitting on Saturday with the continuation of the testimony of an EndSARs co-ordinator, Serah Ibrahim. Serah came along with several videos, some of which she said she shot personally with her iPhone. One after the other, she played the videos which…
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Five killed in Myanmar as troops open fire on protesters
Myanmar troops fired at anti-coup protesters on Wednesday killing at least five people and wounding several as activists defied a bloody crackdown and internet blockade by the ruling junta, media said. More than 580 people have been killedin the turmoil in Myanmar since a Feb. 1, coup that ended a brief period of civilian-led democracy,…
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Lekki protests: LASG denies ordering arrest, maltreatment of protesters; says CP will give account of what happened
The Lagos State Government on Sunday said the Commissioner of Police will be questioned on the events at the Lekki Toll Gate – the venue for the planned #OccupyLekkiTollGate protests on February 13. The State Commissioner for Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo, said during an interview on a monitored Channel Television programme. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that during…
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Rihanna backs Lekki protesters again
Barbadian-American singer Rihanna has expressed support for the protesters at the Lagos Lekki Toll Gate on Saturday, declaring:”peaceful protest is a human right’. Rihanna made her view known in a tweet, in which he retweeted Amnesty International report on the arrests and brutalisation of protesters by the police. Peaceful protest is a human right!! #EndSARS…