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,…

Yoruba Youth Socio-Cultural Association (YYSA), on Saturday, appealed to the Federal Government to ensure the unconditional release of minors who were arrested during the EndBadGovernance protest. The National President of YYSA, Habib Olalekan Hammed, made the call in a statement made to journalists in Ibadan. The YYSA president said the minors were ignorantly recruited as…

The Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle, has condemned the alleged statement credited to former Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, where he called for protest from Nigerians. This is contained in a statement by Henshaw Ogubike, Director, Information and Public Relations, Ministry of Defence, made on Saturday in Abuja. Amaechi is alleged to…

Former minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has charged Nigerians to rise and protest against bad governance as hardship continues to take its toll on the citizens. Speaking in an interview recently, Amaechi lamented the rising cost of living in Nigeria, adding that the current trend has continued to hurt the purchasing power of every Nigerian.…

Thousands of protesters marched in cities around the world on Saturday calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon as the war in the Palestinian territory neared the one-year mark. Kicking off a planned wave of demonstrations worldwide, pro-Palestinian supporters gathered in cities in Europe, Africa, and the Americas to demand an end to the…

The Russian government has denied involvement in the October 1st hunger protest in Nigeria, accusing Western nations of attempting to damage its relationship with the country by associating Russia with the unrest. This was revealed in a letter from the Russian government addressed to the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Friday by Yury Paramonov,…

Residents of Okpella in Etsako East Local Government Area on Saturday protested against the appointment of His Highness, Lukeman Akemokhue, as the newly installed Okueokpellagbe of Okpella by the Edo State Government. Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, had on Friday approved the appointment of Lukeman Akemokhue as the Okueokpellagbe of Okpella in a letter dated…

Several hundred women from Niger Delta states stormed Warri, Delta State, on Wednesday and dissociated themselves from the planned October 1st protest against President Tinubu's government over alleged bad governance. After an engagement with Niger Delta women by the Presidential Amnesty Program (PAP), they alleged that the plan by some groups to protest across the…

The people of the newly created Enu Agu Autonomous Community, Akpugo in Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State have asked the state government to wade into the controversy surrounding the Igweship stool in the community. They expressed strong opposition to the alleged recognition of Mr. Sylvester Nnaji as the traditional ruler of the…

Aviation workers union has again directed all staff of aviation agencies to embark on nationwide protest from September 18th over the continued deduction of 50 percent of its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR). The union gave the directive in a joint statement signed by the National Union of Transport Employees (NUATE), Association of Nigeria Aviation Professionals…

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) announced on Monday that it will seek dialogue with the Federal Government over the recent petrol price hike, with protests as a last resort. NANS also called for the dismissal of non-performing ministers in President Bola Tinubu's cabinet. NANS also called for the dismissal of non-performing ministers in…

Organisers of the #EndBadGovernance protest, the Coalition of Concerned Nigerian Citizens, have threatened to resume nationwide demonstrations against hunger in the country starting from October 1. They cried out over what they termed the abandonment of their demands by the Federal and State Governments since they suspended their nationwide demonstrations against hunger and bad governance…