PROTEST
What started at Columbia University is fast becoming widespread. Reports reaching us is that the fire has spread across five states and a dozen top American universities where students pitched tents and set up “liberated zones” on campuses. Protests over the war in Gaza have taken hold at a handful of elite American university, as […]
The management of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State has announced the suspension of academic activities for one week. The Registrar of the polytechnic, Mrs Olubunmi Elewodalu disclosed this in a statement sent to newsmen on Monday evening. She said the closing down of the school was due to the prevailing circumstances, apparently referring to […]
The Police Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has said the force will look into the petition made by the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad, against music promoter, Samson Balogun, aka Sam Larry. A petition written by the late Mohbad over an alleged threat to life by Sam Larry and others surfaced online days […]
The National Association of Nigerian Students has issued a 48-hour ultimatum for the management of the University of Lagos to reverse fee hike in the institution. NANS executive members, led by the National Public Relations Officer, Giwa Temitope; National Vice President, External, Akinteye Afeez; and the Deputy Senate President, Ekundina Elvis among others, on Thursday, […]
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, on Tuesday, suspended its planned nationwide daily protest after a closed-door meeting with principal officers of the senate. The President of NARD, Emeka Orji, made this known in a chat with our correspondent. Orji, however, said there will be a review in the next 72 hours. […]
Hundreds of people backing the coup in Niger gathered Thursday for a mass rally in the capital Niamey with some brandishing giant Russian flags, AFP journalists said. The demonstrators converged at Independence Square in the heart of the city, following a call by a coalition of civil society associations on a day marking the country’s […]
Protesters on Monday took to the streets of Kano to express their strong opposition to the ongoing demolition exercise by the state government. Numerous structures have already been brought to the ground, while several others have been marked for demolition. The government’s rationale behind the action is that the land on which the […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has held nationwide protest amid the prolonged strike by university workers. The NLC Chairman, Kogi state chapter, ONUH EDOKA, while speaking at the Government House Lokoja said they are feeling the pains of the federal government’s insensitivity which has caused hardship on parents and their children. In Kaduna State, University […]
Education Rights Campaign (ERC) has commended the decision of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to embark on a two-day national protest on the 26th and 27th of July 2022. You would recall that NLC on Sunday while faulting the Federal Government’s handling of the strike action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities […]
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