Nigeria’s Independence Day celebration on Thursday, October 1, 2020, witnessed anti-government protests in different parts of the country. In the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, the protesters were mobilized under the Revolution Now group, which is led by Sahara Reporters publisher, OMOYELE SOWORE. They marched to the United States Embassy where they complained about the security and socio-economic…
The Police, Wednesday, September 16, 2020, disrupted a protest around Yaba area of Lagos over the hike in the cost of electricity and petrol. The protesters were mobilised under the banner of the Joint Action Front but some of them were arrested. Among those who were said to be detained by the police are popular rights activists…
Angry members of the People’s Democratic Party from Niger State have staged a protest at the PDP National Secretariat in Abuja. The protest was held just as members of PDP National Working Committee were meeting to discuss some pressing party issues. The Niger PDP protesters demanded the sacking of the party’s National Financial Secretary, ABDULLAHI MAIBASIRA. They…
The Lagos State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has reversed the stay-at-home order to its members, which began Wednesday evening, May 20, 2020. The no-work protest was because of allegations of police harassment of medical doctors in Lagos State while enforcing the night-time curfew to check the spread of Covid-19. However; in a statement today,…