Protests are ongoing by scores of women and traders from Ogudu retail market. The angry traders are protesting around Awolowo way via Governor’s road, in the Alausa axis of Ikeja. More to follow.
Airport workers have embarked on a protest at the Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos. Update (1): The protesters have left the airport and taken to the streets. At this time, they are in procession between the Transit Camp Road and Airport Road, Ikeja. More to follow
Students of the Petroleum training institute (PTI) are currently conducting a possession at Effunrun round-about near Pedco hotel, Warri, Delta state. More to follow
Daily Times has received reports of unrest and a fracas between armed youths and police operatives at Osogbo metropolis this afternoon. Angry youths were said to be on a rampage and have threatened to set ablaze the Oke-Baale Police Post, Osogbo over the killing of yet to be identified youths in the Irate area of […]
Management issues between railway workers and unions have led to protests around Azikwe Road near Port Harcourt Railway Station. More to follow
There is uneasy calm in Oghoghobi community, Ikpoba-Okha LGA of Edo state following violent protests by youths who set the palace of the Enogie ablaze. More to follow
A huge procession and political rally is ongoing along Ado-Ikare Road, Ado-Ekiti. The protesters are demanding the resignation of Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose, following the return of President Buhari. More to follow
A tipper has lost control and crushed two persons on a motorcycle to death around Ayobo, Ipaja, Lagos. This has degenerated into unrest as motorcyclists have taken to the streets in a protests. More to follow
Protests by road unions and transporters are currently happening around Trans-Amadi Industrial layouts, Rainbow town in Port Harcourt. More to follow
A group of protesters, mainly youths and women, have blocked the Ughelli-Asaba express way, near Otovwodo in Delta State. The community is protesting the menace of herdsmen in the area. More to follow
Violent protests by scores of angry youths along Refinery road, Elele LGA in Rivers state. The youths are protesting the collapse of the Okulu-Aleto Bridge, a few hours ago. The exact cause of the bridge collapse, and the number of casualties couldn’t be ascertained at press time. More to follow
Retired staff of the 30 Local Government Councils in Osun state have said that the state owes them a year of pensions, explaining that non-payment of their entitlements had worsened their living conditions, making life unbearable for many of them. The coordinator, Forum of Local Government Retirees, Lanre Fadahunsi, noted that in the last 24 […]
Sweepers employed by Dafunol International Limited, a contractor engaged by the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), on Monday staged a peaceful protest over the non-payment of their salaries for five months. The sweepers who were in their sweeping kits and holding brooms spoke with news correspondents in front of Motorways Premises near 7-Up, Ikeja. […]
Government activities in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, was practically crippled Thursday, as the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) led angry Nigerians to besiege the Presidential Villa in protest against the lingering hardship occasioned by faulty economic policies of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Led by the
Heavily armed soldiers were deployed in Burundi’s capital on Monday to quell persistent street protests against the president’s bid for a third term, which sparked a coup attempt that was foiled last week. In Bujumbura’s Musaga neighbourhood armed soldiers faced off with hundreds of angry protesters who called for President Pierre Nkurunziza to reverse
South African protesters in the Johannesburg township of Soweto on Thursday briefly barricaded the popular tourist street where Nelson Mandela once lived, police said, during angry demonstrations over electricity bills. Tourist buses were diverted away from Vilakazi Street, which was once home to both Mandela and his fellow Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop
Two people have been killed in new protests in Burundi against the president’s re-election bid. The BBC’s Maud Jullien says she saw Red Cross workers move away the bodies. She previously saw the police fire live rounds at the demonstrators. The protests had started peacefully but got out of hand when protestors started […]
Burundi has unexpectedly closed its national university in the wake of political protests against the nomination of incumbent President Pierre Nkurunziza to run for a third term. Reports say the university in Bujumbura shut its doors on Thursday and sent home the students living in residence halls on campus. At least five people have died […]
Media caption Maud Jullien reports from Bujumbura on the protests against the president’s decision to run for another term Messaging services including Facebook, Whatsapp, Twitter and Tango have been cut off in Burundi amid protests over the president seeking a third term. The regulator ordered telecoms operators to block mobile access to certain sites, reports […]
Protesters demonstrated in Burundi for a second day on Monday after activists said at least five people were killed in unrest a day earlier sparked by the president’s plan to run for a third term, a move critics say violates the constitution. “The fight continues,” protesters chanted in the Musaga district of the capital Bujumbura. […]
