The Nigeria Labour Congress, on Tuesday, warned that any attempt to interfere with Wednesday’s National Day of Protest and mourning could spark a nationwide indefinite strike. Acting General Secretary, Benson Upah, said in a statement that the union had received intelligence suggesting that unscrupulous agencies and desperate political hirelings might try to infiltrate or violently…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says its planned nationwide protest on Dec. 17 aims to draw attention to Nigeria’s worsening insecurity and compel urgent action from stakeholders. NLC President, Mr Joe Ajaero, stated this in Gombe on Saturday while speaking with journalists after meeting Gov. Inuwa Yahaya on labour-related issues. Ajaero said the protest would…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has announced plans to hold a nationwide protest on December 17 over insecurity in the country. This is contained in a communiqué issued on Monday at the end of the NLC National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held in Lagos. The communiqué was jointly signed by the NLC president, Joe Ajaero,…
All Indigenous Contractors Association of Nigeria (AICAN) have placed a coffin at the entrance of the Finance Ministry headquarters in Abuja as part of a continuous protest over unpaid government debts. The protest, organised by the contractors, began on Tuesday to draw attention to the over N500 billion owed to them by the federal government…
Few military personnel on Monday in Abuja blocked the main entrance of the Federal Ministry of Finance this saying the protest is an avenue to ask for the payment of their entitled benefits. The retired military men with some dressed in military uniforms, demanded the immediate payment of their gratuity, Security Debarment Allowance (SDA), and…
Residents of Lafiagi in Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State took to the streets on Monday in protest against what they described as worsening insecurity in their communities, including repeated cases of terrorism, kidnapping and killings. The protesters, predominantly youths from the area, voiced frustration over what they termed government inaction in the face…
Marches in Kenya to mark a year since massive anti-government demos turned violent on Wednesday, with eight killed and at least 400 injured as protesters held running battles with police, who flooded Nairobi’s streets with tear gas and sealed off government buildings with barbed wire. Initially peaceful commemorations descended into chaos as scattered groups ripped…
Retired military personnel on Tuesday barricaded the entrance to the Ministry of Finance in Abuja with canopies and chairs, demanding the full payment of their long-overdue entitlements. This protest follows a similar action in December, during which the retirees shut down the ministry over the government’s failure to settle their claims. For months, the retirees…
Iranian authorities arrested a female student on Saturday after she staged a solo protest against harassment by stripping to her underwear outside her university, reports said. The woman, who has not been identified, had been harassed inside Tehran’s prestigious Islamic Azad University by members of the Basij paramilitary force who ripped her headscarf and clothes,…