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Police teargas protesters, journalists in Abuja
Policemen on Friday morning, fired teargas canisters at protesters of #EndBadGovernment assembling at Berger roundabout in Abuja. Journalists covering the protest were also tear-gassed at a separate location where they had gathered. Recall that an Abuja high court had earlier granted an injunction seeking to confine protesters to MKO Abiola National Stadium. Also, FCT Minister, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, on Thursday…
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Security agencies clash with hunger protesters in Gwagwalada
Security agencies have clashed with hunger protesters in the Gwagwalada area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The protesters had barricaded the main Lokoja – Abuja Expressway preventing vehicular movement in the area. Some motorists had their cars smashed, with the main road blocked around Dagiri, Wazobia Park, and SDP Junction all along the main Expressway. The situation forced…
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ECOWAS, Red Cross deliver $906,205 Aid to vulnerable Nigerians across six states
KUNLE SANNI The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has revealed that it has supported the Nigerian government with a $906,205 US dollars aid for the vulnerable people affected by the flood disaster of 2022 across six states. This was contained in a statement jointly signed by ECOWAS and the Red Cross on Wednesday. In his remarks, the representative…
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FCSC Chairman, Olaopa charges CIPM on new orientations, innovations
The Chairman of Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC), Prof. Tunji Olaopa, has called on the Charted Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM) to rethink Human Resources functions from multiple perspectives. Olaopa acknowledged the changing demographics of employees and workers, adding that contemporary workplace demand new orientations and innovation that take into consideration the new normal and emergency of the Gen Z…
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Despite gunshots, teargas, protesters march on major road in Asokoro
A large number of protesters rallied on a major road in Kugbo, Asokoro in Abuja Municipal Council Area (AMAC). The protesters who were in hundreds have refused to retreat despite gunshots and teargas fired by security operatives. A Federal High Court in Abuja had restricted protesters to Moshood Abiola Stadium. But while some of them proceeded to the stadium, others…
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CSO slams police for tear-gassing protesters, says 3 fainted in Abuja
Organised Civil Society on Thursday knocked the Nigeria Police Force for tear-gassing “defenceless protesters” in Lagos, Abuja, Kaduna, Bauchi, and other states in the country. In a statement, the United Action Front of Civil Society said three peaceful protesters tear-gassed by the police fainted in Abuja with many others injured. The CSO leader Olawale Okunniyi alleged that pro-government protesters forced…
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Protests rock Osun as citizens demand change over economic hardship
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo On Thursday, the Coalition of Concerned Nigerian Citizens in Osun State took to the streets to protest against the harsh economic conditions, widespread poverty, and detrimental policies affecting the country. The peaceful protest saw a large gathering of youths and citizens demanding change. They assembled at Nelson Mandela Freedom Park in Osogbo, holding placards with various…
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Police fire teargas at protesters in Kano, Lagos, Abuja
Nigerian police fired tear gas on Thursday to break up several hundred protesters in the northern city of Kano and in the capital Abuja where demonstrators had joined in nationwide rallies against the high cost of living. Africa’s most populous country is struggling with soaring inflation and a sharply devalued naira after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ended a costly fuel subsidy…
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We’ll continue unless Tinubu meets our demands- Abuja hunger protesters
Protesters have said the protests would continue unless President Bola Tinubu meets their demands. They called on the president to do the needful and the protests would be immediately called off. Addressing journalists in Abuja, the Director of Mobilisation, Take It Back Movement, Damilare Adenola, lamented that the oppression under the president’s leadership had lasted too long. He said, “The…
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Police fire teargas at protesters In Abuja
Men of the Nigeria police on Thursday morning shot teargas at protesters in Abuja. Accordiing to report gathered by western post, the police officers in an attempt to disperse protesters, shot teargas at protesters around the federal secretariat in Abuja. The protest against #BadGovernance started in the FCT despite the warnings of Minister Nyesom Wike that he won’t allow protest…
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