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Nigerians on Monday, June 22, staged a protest at the Nigerian High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa, over delays in the repatriation of citizens who had registered to return home. On June 18, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu assured Nigerians living in South Africa that no citizen willing to…
A coalition of civil society organisations, youth groups and community leaders on Tuesday staged a peaceful rally in Abuja, calling for urgent action to tackle Nigeria’s worsening insecurity and urging citizens to unite against terrorism, banditry and kidnapping. The demonstrators, who marched under the banner “Nigerians Unite Against Insecurity”, said…
Retired police personnel and their families under the umbrella of the Police Retired Officers Forum of Nigeria has blocked one of the gates of the Presidential Villa in Abuja, protesting against the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) and demanding the removal of the Nigeria Police Force from the system. The…
Workers of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) staged a protest at the National Industrial Court in Abuja, intensifying their total and indefinite strike over unresolved labour disputes. The action comes amid backing from the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), which declared its full support for the strike, calling it “justified”…
The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr. Bayo Onanuga, has called for legal sanctions against Mr. Aloy Ejimakor, one of the lawyers representing the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Onanuga criticized Ejimakor’s participation in Monday’s #FreeNnamdiKanu protest in Abuja, describing…
The Nigeria Police Force has issued a stern warning to all protest groups in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, urging full compliance with a Federal High Court order that restricts demonstrations in designated high-security areas of the capital. The warning follows a court ruling delivered on October 17, 2025,…
A group of retired militaryi personnel staged a protest early Monday at the headquarters of the Federal Ministry of Finance in Abuja, demanding immediate disbursement of their unpaid entitlements. The protest, which began around 7:00 a.m., disrupted operations at the ministry, with the ex-servicemen — both male and female —…
[21/07, 11:53 am] rosewendy: Dozens of retired police officers took to the streets of Abuja and other parts of Nigeria on Monday in a peaceful protest, demanding better welfare, full gratuity payments, and an exit from the Police Contributory Pension Scheme. The demonstration in the Federal Capital Territory was led…
The Kebbi State Government, has constituted a panel of enquiry of nine members on the recent protest by the students of College of Health Sciences and Technology Jega. The panel to be headed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Higher Education, Hussaini Abdullahi Zuru, is to identify the courses of…
The Zamfara State Government has ordered the immediate closure of all schools across the state ahead of the protest against economic hardship billed to start on Thursday. In a circular to principals, head teachers, private schools, and the general public, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education in Zamfara,…
