PAKISTAN: The protest sit-in launched by all political parties, traders’ unions and civil society members against the prevailing lawlessness in Bajaur tribal district continued for the third consecutive day on Sunday. Local leaders of various political parties, including former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governor Shaukatullah Khan, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl district chief Maulana Abdur Rashid, PPP’s former member National
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The Lagos State Police Command has on Thursday promised to resist any form of planned protest, procession or gathering in the state. Police said they would disallow the constitutionally allowed demonstrations because the state was yet to recover from the damage that followed the last protest. The command in a statement issued by its spokesman,
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The Rivers state government has banned all forms of #EndSARS protest in the state.In a statement released this night, the state Commissioner for Information, Paulinus Nsirim, said since the Inspector General of Police has dissolved all SARS formations across the country, the state government sees no reason why any #EmdSARS protest should hold in the
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Students of the Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro are protesting against the N5, 000 COVID-19 fee imposed by the management. It was learnt that the protest, which started about 7am, saw several students at the institution’s gate and blocking the main entrance of the school. The polytechnic had imposed a N5, 000 COVID-19 levy on all
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There was heightened tension on Thursday, in the Otovwodo axis of Ughelli North local government area of Delta State, following the killing of a Police officer during the #ENDSARS protest. The incident led to other destruction as several windscreens of cars were broken. According to an eyewitnesses at the scene, commuters along the East-West road
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Academic and non-academic workers of the Abia State University (ABSU) yesterday staged a protest against the failure of the school to pay their six months’ salaries and other entitlements. The protesters vowed to continue protests until the state government, which owns the institution, settles them. The Chairman of the ABSU branch of the Academic Staff
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The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has said that the nationwide protest fixed for Monday, September 28 would go on as planned not minding the court order against it. NLC and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) slated the day to protest over the recent hike in fuel price and electricity tariff by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led
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Report reaching us indicates that at least one person has been killed while some houses were burnt on Sunday morning when a fight erupted in Igwo community in Obudu Local Government Area of Cross River over compensation for land. It was gathered that the fight broke out over alleged nonpayment of compensation for the land
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A fatal accident on Monday claimed the lives of five persons in Bayelsa State. The victims included a commercial tricycle operator and his four passengers, who were crushed to death along the Tombia-Amassoma Road in Yenagoa, the state capital. It was gathered that the incident happened when the tricycle and the tipper collided at about
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