Tag: Protest

Subsidy Removal: Organized Labour to Proceed with Planned Protest

1Aug

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Cost of Living, Labour, News, Nigeria, Petroleum

Subsidy Removal: Organized Labour to Proceed with Planned Protest

The organized labour has reiterated its decision to go ahead with a planned protest against the removal of petroleum subsidy, expressing doubts about President Bola Tinubu's ability to control inflation and gasoline prices due to the unification of the exchange rate. The announcement came after another round of discussions between the Steering Committee on palliatives and the presidential villa in Abuja. Joe Ajaero, the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), told reporters that despite fears of the peaceful protest being hijacked by hoodlums, the workers are determined to proceed with their planned protest, which is scheduled to begin on Wednesday. Ajaero dismissed concerns about security, stating that in the history of workers' protests, such occurrences have never happened, ...

Owo Attack: Ondo Women Perform Ritual To Help Arrest Assailants

8Jun

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Security

Owo Attack: Ondo Women Perform Ritual To Help Arrest Assailants

Women in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo state, who were mostly traders at the popular Oja Oba Market in Owo, Ondo State, staged a protest Tuesday to mourn victims of the shooting at Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owo. The women marched to the church where the incident had occurred. Armed with knives and leaves, the protesters performed traditional rites at the market, invoking the god of Iron (Ogùn) to go after the assailants. They also rained curses on the gunmen. The gunmen had stormed the church on Sunday, as worshippers were marking the Feast of Pentecost and opened fire on the congregation. They also detonated explosives as the worshippers scampered for safety. At least 70 people were killed and injured, according to Oluwole Ogunmolasuyi, the lawmaker represe...

Nigeria Police Force Warns Against Protests in Lagos

6Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Breaking News, Crime, Law Enforcement, Nigeria, Violence, Youths

Nigeria Police Force Warns Against Protests in Lagos

The police in Lagos said on Thursday said it would not entertain any demonstration or protest anywhere in the state. The warning came as some groups are hatching plans to begin “the mother of all protest” across the country to drive home their demands against police brutality, bad governance and insecurity. Lagos police spokesman Olumuyiwa Adejobi said the command received intelligence on another planned protest. He said: “Unpatriotic elements or group of people have concluded plans to orchestrate another set of violence in the state in furtherance to the recent #ENDSARS violence, which has been analysed as dangerous and counterproductive. “Premised on this, the command, therefore, wishes to warn individuals, group of students or any group who might want to stage any form...

#EndSARS: Hold Enugu Govt. if We are Hurt – Singer Flavour

18Oct

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Human Rights, Justice, Law Enforcement, News, Nigeria, Safety, Security, Youths

#EndSARS: Hold Enugu Govt. if We are Hurt – Singer Flavour

Nigerian musician, Flavour, has expressed concerns over threats to his life. The singer who led the #ENDSARS protest in Enugu with fellow entertainers KCee, Phyno, Masterkraft and Zoro took to his verified Twitter account to state that if anything happens to him or other #ENDSARS protesters, the Enugu State Government should be held accountable. Flavour tweeted : “Today, our peaceful protest in Enugu from Ogbete Market to the Enugu State Government House was going well until we reached the government house. Along the way, we noticed a group of thugs joined the protests. Flavour continued, “The governor came out but refused to speak up and address the protestors, instead he addressed the thugs. The thugs tried to fight us but we maintained peace because we recognized thei...

Photos: Public Complaints Commission Staff Embark on Warning Strike, Stage Protest at Headquarters

18Sep

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Finance, Interview, News, Nigeria, Photos

Photos: Public Complaints Commission Staff Embark on Warning Strike, Stage Protest at Headquarters

Staff of the Public Complaints Commission (PCC) have embarked on a 7 days warning strike to drive home their demand for payment of minimum wage. Staff members staged a protest at the entrance of the commission’s headquarters at Aguiyi Ironsi Street, Maitama Abuja. Comrade Ogah Folorunsho, unit Chairman, Civil Service Union in PCC in an exclusive interview with African News Today, said, “We are protesting the non-implementation of minimum wage and payment of accrued arrears for over seventeen months.” He said though President Muhammadu Buhari assented to the minimum wage Act on 19 April, 2019, the commission is yet to benefit from the payment of the new minimum wage. Speaking on efforts to resolve the discrepancy, Folorunsho said, “We did not just come out in the street. We have...