Students protesting the ongoing strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, on Thursday, blocked the Ife-Ibadan road. While the action lasted, motorists and commuters were stranded for hours. The students gathered on the platform of the National Association of Nigerian Students, Zone ‘D’ South West. The group’s zonal coordinator, Olatunji Adegboye, during
#OccupyInec : Nigerians set to protest against INEC as Rigging plot surfaces
Dear Nigerians, regardless of whom or the candidate you are supporting, how would you feel that the scoreline of a football match is already set at 0-3 even before kick off ? Jkcyno news earlier reported that Hope Uzodimma & APC uploaded thousands of fake registrants to INEC servers according to CUPP (video) and later posted
ASUU strike: We‘ll continue to occupy highways – NANS (video)
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Tuesday said its members in the nation’s tertiary institutions would continue to occupy major highways in protest against the ongoing nationwide strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. They spoke one after the other at Sagamu interchange on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway during their protest against the ongoing
Strike: Students set to ground Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Tuesday
The National Association of Nigerian Students, South-West zone, on Monday, announced the commencement of a protest on the Lagos-Shagamu Expressway. According to the association, the protest was organised as a result of the lingering strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The body also noted that it passed a vote of no confidence
Aviation workers protest in Abuja (video)
Aviation workers are currently protesting in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. The PUNCH reported Sunday that the unions in the aviation sector had directed its members to “embark on peaceful rallies/public demonstrations at all airports in Nigeria to demand the expunging of obnoxious Essential Services clauses from the Bills/Acts of the aviation agencies” on Monday.
UNILAG SSANU, NASU protest against strike suspension
Members of the Joint Action Committee of Non-Academic Staff Union and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities , University of Lagos UNILAG branch are currently protesting against the sudden suspension of its strike by their executives. The PUNCH had reported that the aggrieved members said they were not duly carried along by their leaders before the
Youths protest against Ebubeagu in Abia
The current wave of insecurity in the South-East has attracted the attention of youth leaders who today embarked on protest against the Ebubeagu security outfit in Aba, Abia State. Under the aegis of Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, the youths alleged the Ebubeagu outfit is a militia set up by some governors to annihilate
NLC Takes Protest To National Assembly (video)
The Nigeria Labour Congress on Wednesday moved its protest to the National Assembly, Abuja. Before the Labour Union arrived at the Legislative Houses, security had been beefed up with fierce-looking security agents spread all over the complex. The human and vehicular traffic was massive with motorists finding it difficult to enter the complex. The Senate proceedings
Sri Lanka President to step down after Protest (images)
Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa plans to step down, the country’s parliamentary speaker said on Saturday, bowing to intense pressure after a violent day of protests in which demonstrators stormed the president’s official residence and set fire to the prime minister’s home in Colombo. The announcement, following the dramatic escalation in months of largely peaceful
Sri Lanka protesters storm presidential palace, chase President away (video)
Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled his official residence on Saturday shortly before protesters, angered by an unprecedented economic crisis, overran the compound and stormed his nearby office. Thousands of people had surrounded the leader’s home to demand his resignation, blaming government mismanagement for a downturn that has subjected the island nation’s 22 million people