Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, has called for an election day protest against President Vladimir Putin. As part of the protest, people should form long queues at polling stations on 17 March at midday, Ms…
Hardship: Makinde joins labour protest in Oyo, says there’s hunger, anger in the land
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Tuesday, joined Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC protesters in the state in raising agitation about the deteriorating economic situation in the country. The governor said hardship and poverty have reached alarming levels, with many unable…
US airman sets himself on fire outside Israel embassy to protest ‘genocide’
An active member of the United States military has set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC, according to officials, in an apparent act of protest against Israel’s devastating war on Gaza. The man, whose name was…
Gospel or gossip; depends on who’s preaching it
Two videos got me wondering; one was a drama that took place in a Redeemed Christian church where a pastor, while on the altar preaching, was called out as a fraud by the woman he got pregnant and ran off…
10 hospitalised as police, cult groups clash in Lagos schools
There was pandemonium on Wednesday, January 31, after a fight broke out among some cult groups said to be students of Community Senior Grammar School and Ikotun High School at Ikotun in the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State.…
Northern Frontier kicks against approved projects cancelled by Tinubu’s ministers
The Concerned Northern Frontier has protested against the cancellation of approved projects by the Muhammadu Buhari’s administration and re-awarded by some current ministers. The group’s Convener, Mohammed Bassa, at a press briefing in Abuja, argued that the act was a…
Police arrest Eze Aro aspirant over alleged impersonation
UMUAHIA – The police in Abia State have arrested one of the contestants to the Arochukwu traditional stool in Abia State, Godwin Kanu Idei, over alleged impersonation. There has been a raging tussle for the stool between Idei and Pastor…
Police nab 300-level ATBU student with gun
Police personnel in Bauchi have arrested a 300-level student of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Atim Emmanuel, 23, in possession of a revolver and cartridge. LEADERSHIP reports that ATBU Senate had ordered the immediate closure of the university following a…
Gridlock as Lagos residents protest bad road
Residents of adjoining communities along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, on Wednesday, protested to demand an immediate repair of some sections of the road. Led by human rights activists, under the auspices of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, the…
Police fire tear gas as Nasarawa varsity students protest over kidnap of colleagues
There was panic yesterday as officers of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) fired tear gas at students of the Federal University of Lafia, Nasarawa, who were protesting against the abduction of their colleagues in the wee hours of Thursday by…
