Operations at the Lagos office of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) were disrupted on Wednesday after protesting union members barricaded the agency’s premises in …
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Human Rights
Protesters Return to National Assembly, Demand Mandatory Real-time Transmission of Results
Protesters on Monday returned to the National Assembly, calling on lawmakers to make real-time electronic transmission of election results compulsory in the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, 2026. The demonstrators, drawn …
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Community leaders and displaced residents gathered on Wednesday at the Ikeja Under-Bridge area in Lagos to protest the ongoing demolitions and alleged forced evictions in waterfront and low-income communities, including …
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Madagascar’s Gen Z protesters have voiced anger and frustration following coup leader Colonel Michael Randrianirina’s appointment of businessman Herintsalama Rajaonarivelo as the country’s new prime minister on Monday. Rajaonarivelo, a …
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Musa Na-Allah, Sokoto The wave of banditry sweeping through Sokoto State has escalated to alarming levels, with armed groups now controlling 16 out of the state’s 23 local government areas. …
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At least four people have been killed and more than 500 arrested in Angola following widespread protests over a sharp hike in fuel prices, police confirmed on Tuesday. The unrest …
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The National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) has scheduled a nationwide protest to begin on August 6, 2025, in protest of the Federal Government’s failure to pay three and a …
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Women from Agan community, a few kilometres from Makurdi, the capital city of Benue State, on Friday turned out in numbers to protest against what they termed the indiscriminate arrest …
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A heavy police presence engulfed Nairobi on Wednesday as Kenyans took to the streets to mark the anniversary of last year’s deadly anti-tax protests, which left at least 60 dead …
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Kenyan police shot an apparent bystander at close range Tuesday during the latest protests over the killing of a blogger in custody earlier this month, sparking more fury among the …