The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has denied claims that its officers fired live ammunition during Monday’s #FreeNnamdiKanu demonstration in Abuja. Benjamin Hundeyin, the force’s public relations officer, made the clarification during an interview on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme. “I can say it authoritatively that no live ammunition was fired today. Not a single […]
Omoyele Sowore, Human rights activist,has accused Nigerian security operatives of launching an unprovoked attack on peaceful demonstrators demanding the release of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, in Abuja. Speaking on The Morning Brief on Channels Television, Sowore alleged that security agents opened fire shortly after the protest began in front of […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has frozen the bank accounts of 32 individuals and companies’ linked to the 10-day #EndBadGovernance Protest organised across the country pending investigation and prosecution of the case. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling on the ex-parte motion moved by counsel for the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police, Ibrahim Mohammed, also […]
..Commends Security Agencies Over Arrest of Bashir Hadeija The Citizens United Against Terrorism (CUAT) has called for an immediate prosecution of highly placed Nigerians involved in the sponsoring of the last nationwide protest. The group also commended security agencies for the arrest of alleged gunrunner and cross-border criminal, Bashir Hadejia. At a press conference in […]
.Tinubu’s speech hollow, diversionary, failed to address hardship of Nigerians – Atiku, PDP .Address mockery of ordinary people, full of arrogance, empty promises – RSM .President hasn’t disappointed Nigerians, says Okupe By Tunde Opalana Mixed reactions have greeted the early Sunday nationwide broadcast by President Bola Tinubu to address the state of the nation as […]
On August 1, 2024, the streets of the nation were alive with the voices of its youth, echoing their demands for better governance, job opportunities and a more inclusive political process. The protest was a significant moment in the nation’s democratic journey. The protest was largely driven by the youth, who constitute a significant portion […]
After careful consideration and deliberation in Lagos, some tech entrepreneurs said they have decided to withdraw from the proposed August 1 nationwide protest. Despite the current economic hardship affecting even the tech ecosystem, the Nigerian Tech Community (NTC) believes that protests do not provide solutions to the nation’s challenges. A statement signed by its President-General, […]
By Chijioke Njoku The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Community Engagement South East, Mrs Chioma Nweze has urged youths in the region to shun the planned nationwide hunger protest. Nweze who made this known in a statement signed and issued to newsmen weekend urged the youths to dialogue with the federal government led […]
National Leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and former Kano State Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso yesterday warned that the planned anti-government protest would not be in the best interest of the country, especially coming at this time in point. He asked the protest organisers to rather channel their energies into more effective means of […]
BY ANDREW OROLUA The Defence Headquarters on Thursday said that the planned nationwide protest is an open invitation to widespread violence and that the military would not fold it’s arms and watch the country be thrown into a state of anarchy. The Director Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba who issued the warning during […]
.Says all issues will be resolved in a way to ensure peace, stability .NLC clarifies position on looming protest, says it’s not part of organisers By Ihesiulo Grace & Ukpono Ukpong The Federal Government FG, has appealed to Nigerians for more time to address the hardship bedevilling the country, saying it is not sleeping on […]
BY TOSIN ADAMS Nigerians resident in Italy have through a protest rally, lent their voices in condemnation of the happenings in the nation’s polity following the general elections of 2023. The protest rally which took place on April 20 at Piazza Dell’Esquilino Rome according to them was a way of expressing their disgust to the […]
By Tunde Shorunke Industry experts in different sectors of Nigeria’s economy are lamenting the adverse effects of the #EndSars protest which they fear might fuel recession beyond the limit. Economists also pointed out that the federal government should ensure the security of lives and property to restore normalcy in other to regain local and foreign […]
By Ukpong, Abuja Following public outcry of the recent upsurge of extrajudicial killings by men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), protesters on Thursday stormed the Police headquarters demanding immediate disbandment of the unit. Daily Times gathered that notable among the protesters includes, the Presidential Candidate of African Action Congress (AAC), in the 2019 General […]
A Daily Times report of Friday September 11, states that the recent increase in the pump price of petrol and electricity tariff by President Muhammadu Buhari’s government has been met with stiff opposition by the Nigerian public. This has resulted in mass protests in the different parts of the country. The unions braced up for […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress has suspended its planned protest in Rivers State after it reached an agreement with the state government. Recall Daily Times Nigeria reports that the congress had on Monday vowed to go ahead with its protest scheduled to take place today in the state. READ ALSO: NLC, aviation unions to shut P/H […]
Disgruntled members of the Coalition for Civil Societies in Osun State took to the streets on Friday morning to protest against the hike in electricity tariff and petrol price. The protest began from Freedom Park, Osogbo around 8:30 am, DAILY TIMES gathered. The protesters were seen carrying placards to show their grievances over the increase […]
Berlin – Tens of thousands of protesters took part in demonstrations in major German cities on Saturday to protest against racism and police violence following the killing of George Floyd. Police estimated around 15,000 people flooded into Berlin’s central Alexanderplatz square, with officers taking to Twitter 45 minutes in to declare the square “full” and to […]
Gombe – The Gombe State Task Force on COVID-19 on Wednesday described as the protest by some Coronavirus symptomatic patients in the state as “emotional protest” Dr Mohammed Kwami, the State Focal Officer on COVID-19 pandemic Response, said this in a statement made available to newsmen in Gombe. The COVID-19 patients at the Kwadon isolation […]
Residents of a slum area in the Philippine capital on Wednesday staged a protest to demand relief goods amid a month-long lockdown that has left many of them without work, forcing police to break the picket up and arrest 20 of them. The residents of the district of San Roque in the suburban Manila city […]