Showing posts with label Protest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Protest. Show all posts
Monday, August 18, 2014
Photos: Doctors, students, head to the street to protest mass sack of resident doctors
Monday, July 7, 2014
Polytechnic students occupy Abuja Expressway in Owo to protest tuition fee
Management of the school recently increased the annual school fees of students of National Diploma in sciences from ₦21,300 to N58,300 and ND students from ₦53,800 to 73,000. A levy of N20,000 was also imposed on non-indegenes of the state by school management.
The angry students locked up the offices of the rector, Prof. Igbekele Ajibefun and thereafter took over the express road to drive home their anger. See more photos after the break...
Friday, June 13, 2014
Ukrainian armed forces violate Russian border: Moscow sends note of protest
The Russian Foreign Ministry has sent a note of protest to Ukraine over the violation by Ukrainian soldiers of the joint border with Russia in the Kuibyshevsky district of its Rostov region, the ministry said in a statement posted on its website on Friday, Interfax agency reports.
"We see such actions by the Ukrainian side as a gross violation of the fundamental provisions of the international law, as an unlawful act that will not facilitate a peaceful resolution of the armed conflict in South-East Ukraine," the ministry said in the statement.
Also refer to: DPR army admit three tanks added to their arsenal
Russia has demanded that this sort of provocations should stop as they "hamper the incipient process of restoring the bilateral Russian-Ukrainian dialogue."
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Direct your protest to terrorists – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday urged those who have been protesting the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno State, to henceforth direct their protest to the Boko Haram terrorists and not the government. The President also urged the protesters to learn from citizens of other countries who do not blame their governments for any terrorist act.
He has however admitted publicly for the first time that his administration was currently consulting with some stakeholders with a view to exploring what he called alternative methods of resolving the present crisis.
Friday, May 9, 2014
Letter of protest against maltreatment of Borno state govt officials by the presidency
Two journalists have written a letter of protest over what they describe as the "maltreatment and humiliation" of some Borno State officials when they were summoned to the State House by Pres. Jonathan on Saturday May 3rd and Sunday May 4th
Sahara Reporters obtained the protest letter signed by Bashir Shuwa and Aliyu Biu. Find it below...
“We the undersigned wish to register our total protest to the President, and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. President Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan over the degrading manner in which Borno State Government officials were chastised and reduced to nothing by the Presidency. Continue...
Sunday, April 6, 2014
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Pics: Nigerians in Germany protest against the Nigerian Govt
The protest which started by 10am had the German police on ground all through the protest which lasted for four hours. Continue...
Sunday, March 2, 2014
FIFA Authorize the us of Veils, Turbans During Matches After Protest
Friday, November 1, 2013
Nigerians in India take to the street, block Road In Protest Of A Dead Colleague
Continue after the break.
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Nigerians Pour to the street To Protest Against The Call For Sack Of Stella Oduah
The kinsmen of the embattled minister from Ogbaru local government part of Anambra State, led by High
Chief George Nwabueze, also exonerated her from any wrong doing in the purchase of the cars. Nwabueze said that the prospective of those calling for the top of Oduah was President Goodluck Jonathan whose second term ambition in 2015 they've vowed to avoid by all means.
Continue after the break.
Monday, October 7, 2013
Over 100 nak*éd women Pour to the street to protest heavy military presence in Delta community
Dozens of nak*éd Kokori women, on Sunday afternoon took to the streets to protest the siege on the Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State community by troops of the Joint Task Force (JTF).
Reports from the community indicated that the about 100 nak*éd protesters were unhappy that their husbands have fled the community due to the military operation launched in the wake of the arrest of notorious criminal, Kelvin Oniarah.
Continue after the break.
Friday, September 20, 2013
Yaba College Of Technology Students close Down School, Protest Cultism
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
WAEC Office Stormed as Teachers Protest in Benue
The teachers claimed that the state’s WAEC office in Makurdi owes them two months allowances because they had marked this year’s examination papers. According to them, their colleagues from other states across the country have since been paid the allowances.
Continue After The Break...
Monday, August 12, 2013
"Osprey, go home." - Okinawa citizens protest against another US Osprey aircraft deployment
The US military resumed the additional controversial deployment of Osprey military aircraft to the southern Japanese island of Okinawa on Monday, amid protests over the move. The protests resulted in clashes between locals and police, Chinese press reported.
About 200 local citizens gathered in front of a gate to US Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa before the arrival of the eight Osprey to protest the continued deployment. Some shouted, "Osprey, go home."
Continue After The Break.
Saturday, July 13, 2013
View-er Dis-cretion: Family Of 5 Set Themselves On Fire In Protest
A family of five set themselves on fire in an act of desperation against a threat to demolish their home.Four of the Nepalese victims - a mother, her two sons and their wives - died after the shocking protest inside the grounds of government offices in Rajkot, in Gujarat, western India.
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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Amaechi Dares Nigerian Police To Shoot him if they can, Prepares for massive Protest against Insecurity
The Governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Amaechi has dared the state commissioner of police, Joseph Mbu to get ready to shoot because he will soon lead a mass protest of Rivers people against the rising tide of insecurity.
Mr Amaechi said this when a delegation of Orashi people from ONELGA, Abua/odual, Ahoada West and East paid him a solidarity visit in government house Port Harcourt.
He said he is not deterred by the threat from the Rivers State Commissioner of Police to arrest public protesters in Rivers State.He said: “We are going to protest against what the Federal Government and what the Commissioner of Police are doing in Rivers State, we have told our Chiefs to get ready, we want to get a date, once we get people from overseas and Nigeria that will join us we will give them the date, I have told the CP to be ready to shoot me, I will be in front, if they want to shoot they can shoot me because we have the right to express our views.”
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Tunisia jails Femen activists for to-pless protest( Chai See Standing B-oobs)
A Tunisian court has handed four-month jail sentences to a German and two French feminists for staging the first top-less protest in an Arab country.
A Tunisian court has handed four-month jail sentences to a German and two French feminists for staging the first top-less protest in an Arab country.
The three members of the famous Femen activist organization were faced with public indecency after protesting in support of their imprisoned sister-in-arms Amina Tyler. The court "condemned the three Femen activists to four months and 1 day in prison for an attack on public morals and indecency", their lawyer, Souheib Bahri, told the media. Ms. Tyler was put behind bars after reportedly writing "Femen" on a wall in the religious centre of Kairouan. She previously caused an outrage among some Tunisians by posting photos of herself top-less with the slogan "my body is my own personal" written on her behalf torso.
Tunisia has recently seen an increase in the prominence of ultra-conservative Islamists known as Salafists, who campaign for greater public piety in the country, following the ouster of secularist Ben Ali.
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Homosexuals protest in Anambra
LITIGANTS and witnesses at the Atani Chief Magistrate Court in Ogbaru local government area of Anambra State Wednesday witnessed a mild drama in the court premises as some people who claimed to be homosexuals nearly disrupted court proceedings in solidarity with two suspected homosexuals standing trial for allegedly committing same sex offence.
As early as 9 .00am, a large number of men with feminist outlook started gathering at the court premises to the surprise of the people around and it was only then that information filtered into the area that they came to identify with two of their members who were arrested by the police and charged to court for same sex violation related offence.
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Mexico: Thousands of n-aked cyclists protest aggressive drivers
Thousands of Mexican cyclists rode n-aked Saturday to protest aggressive drivers and carbon emissions from cars - and the conservativeness of central Mexico's Jalisco state - organizers said.
Some 3,000 demonstrators -- some bare head to toe, others in bathing suits or underwear -- braved catcalls and embarrassed smiles from residents as they biked some 12 miles (20 kilometers) to end up in Guadalajara, the biggest city in Jalisco state.
In downtown Mexico City, nearly 2,000 bikers - n-aked or scantily clad - also demonstrated. Some slapped "fragile" stickers on their bodies or painted messages on their skin: "more bicycles, less pollution," and "the city is for everyone, let bikes pass."
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Protest in Benin after police kill and bury UNIBEN student
According to reports, Ibrahim Momodu (pictured above) was allegedly killed on May 27th by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Ogida station, Carol Afebgai (pictured above, right).
According to the deceased elder sister, Rebecca Egbe, Ibrahim was shot dead and buried the next day without the family even knowing he was dead.
The Edo State Police Public Relations Officer, Moses Eguavoen later told newsmen that Momodu was an armed robber, saying that a gun, bullets, two mobile phones and a bag was found on him. The family deny this. They say Momodu was not an armed robber and are asking for justice for their son.
Governor Adams Oshiomhole has promised to set up an enquiry into the incident. Watch a Channels TV report on the controversial killing after the Break
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