Foreign

Senegal Boils as Protests Over Poll Postponement Spread

Web News 10 February 2024 185 0

Violent protests in Senegal against the postponement of presidential elections have spread across the country, with the first fatality reported. A student died in clashes with police on Friday in the northern city of Saint-Louis, an opposition leader and a local hospital source said. In the Continue Reading

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Judicial Reform: Biggest-Ever Protests Rock Israel

Web News 12 March 2023 435 0

Hundreds of thousands of Israelis have taken part in what some are calling the biggest protest in the country’s history. Protests against government plans for a radical overhaul of the judicial system have been running for 10 weeks. Record numbers of demonstrators turned out in cities such as Haifa, while about 200,000 are believed to […]Continue Reading

Economy

Protests in Ogun over naira, fuel scarcity

Web News 7 February 2023 488 0

By Oluremi Olugbenro Commercial activities and private engagements were disrupted in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital on Tuesday, as some youths took to the street to protest scarcity of cash and fuel.  Pockets of violence were witnessed in parts of the city with at least one person reportedly shot at Sapon area of the town […]Continue Reading

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Peru protests: Deaths on Increase as Demonstrators Descend on Lima

Web News 19 January 2023 228 0

At least three more people are reported to have died amid protests against Peru’s President Dina Boluarte. Report says, dozens of lives have been lost during weeks of demonstrations after former leader Pedro Castillo was ousted. According to report, Police used tear gas to disperse crowds in the capital Lima, where thousands of protesters from […]Continue Reading

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Sudan Forces Kill Teenager in Latest Protests

Web News 7 April 2022 388 0

A 19-year-old demonstrator was shot and killed by security forces during the latest protests against last year’s coup, the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors said. Police also stormed a hospital in the capital, Khartoum, and fired tear gas inside the wards on Wednesday. Ninety-four protesters are now known to have died since Sudanese army officers […]Continue Reading

Politics

Youths Hold Peaceful Protest In Ondo, Demand Good Governance

Web News 12 June 2021 648 0

Some youths in Akure, Ondo State capital on Saturday staged a peaceful protest in commemoration of the June 12 Democracy Day. The youths in their numbers took to the street to join their counterparts across the country to demand good governance as well as an urgent end to insecurity. They converged on Post Office Junction in […]Continue Reading

Economy

Protests Across Southwest Over Hike in Petrol, Electricity Tariff

Web News 8 September 2020 600 0

Nigerian tertiary students in Osun, Oyo and Ondo States have protested the recent hike in electricity tariff and petrol price in the country. The protest is organised by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Zone D. The students gathered in their hundreds at the different states capital. In Osogbo, hundreds of protesters converged at […]Continue Reading