Last week, police in Nigeria’s largest city fired tear gas on people protesting the ongoing demolition of Makoko, an enormous informal settlement that stretches out into the Lagos Lagoon. With an ...
The drivers parked their buses along the major Ajah road, effectively halting the flow of traffic. In January, mini-bus drivers and some residents staged a similar protest in Ajah, opposing the ban on ...
The protesters, operating under the umbrella of the Food, Beverage and Tobacco Senior Staff Association (FOBTOB), flooded the agency’s office along the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, Lagos, marking the ...
Salu-Hundeyin affirmed citizens’ right to register their grievances with the government but advised against the destruction of public properties. Salu-Hundeyin advised those intending to participate ...
The Lagos State Government has announced plans to invest about $10 million in regenerating Makoko, the sprawling waterfront ...
A Nigerian man protests at the National Assembly in Abuja, demanding mandatory electronic transmission of election results ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Members of the Nigerian police lob teargas canisters to disperse demonstrators during a protest by residents of Makoko riverine ...
Federal pensioners yesterday protested in Lagos over the non-payment of their N32,000 pension increment arrears and N25,000 palliative allowance, vowing to embark on a naked protest next week if the ...
PREMIUM TIMES saw the clinical report and MRI scan issued shortly after the activist's rough-handling and detention by the police.Human rights activist Taiwo Hassan, popularly known as Soweto, has ...
Nwanadi praised security operatives for their professionalism and urged them to protect lives and property in the market. Speaking on behalf of the coalition at the protest venue at Gani Fawehinmi ...
One of the leaders of the recent anti-demolition protest in Lagos, Hassan Taiwo, also known as Soweto, said on Thursday that he was hopeful of a swift recovery as he was set to undergo physiotherapy ...
Workers from distiller companies, under the banner of the Food, Beverage and Tobacco Senior Staff Association (FOBTOB) and ...