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Driving the gov’t mad: Saudi women drive vehicles to protest ban on female drivers
A group of Saudi Arabian women have got behind the wheel today in protest at the ban on women driving in the kingdom. Four women have successfully driven, defying the…
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ASUU strike: NANS protest in Delta, barricade Niger Bridge for hours
File photo The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Friday barricaded the Asaba axis of the Niger Bridge for more than two hours. The action, which was jointly…
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ASUU strike: Market women stage protest at the National Assembly, blame lecturers for stalemate (PHOTO)
by 'Jola Sotubo In a bid to demand an end to the ongoing three month old strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), a group of market…
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Terrible: Market woman, 60, allegedly shot by policemen in Akwa Ibom (PICTURED)
by 'Jola Sotubo Policemen deployed in Akwa Ibom State to quell a riot are alleged to have shot a 60 year old woman, identified as Comfort John. The officers were…
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#OurNASS: Youth visit Assembly Complex, demand a pay cut for Nigerian lawmakers (WATCH)
by Oge Okonkwo Several Nigerian youth in a peaceful protest on Thursday marched from the parking lot of Eagles Square, Abuja down to the gates of the National Assembly complex…
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Alkasim Abdulkadir: #OurNASS – Who will pay the hardship allowance of 112 million poor Nigerians? (Y! FrontPage)
by Alkasim Abdulkadir The protest is not just about the National Assembly it is a metaphor for the sky rocketing cost of governance in Nigeria in the midst of such…
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How Delta commissioner was stabbed by protesting PDP youth
File photo by Isi Esene The commissioner for Secondary and Basic Education, Professor Patrick Muoboghare was on Saturday stabbed by youth protesting over the list of the party executives in Uwheru…
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Women protest against Miss World contest in Indonesia
Women protest in Jakarta over the staging of the Miss World contest in Indonesia. Indonesian Muslim hardliners have resumed protests against the Miss World pageant as organisers said the event…
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Panic in Ikorodu as ‘okada’ operators go on rampage again
by Adeola Balogun The anger of motorcyclists in Ikorodu, Lagos State is yet to be assuaged as they embarked on yet another protest against the killing of their colleague by…
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#ChildNotBride: Women plan naked protest against underage marriage bill
by Oge Okonkwo The Women Wing of the Christian Association of Nigeria (WOWICAN), has said it would write a letter to the National Assembly to protest against the under-age marriage issue…
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HORRIFYING: Moment Egyptian protesters pushed a police van 50ft off a bridge (PHOTOS)
This is the horrifying moment an armoured police vehicle was pushed off a bridge by protestors in Cairo today. The van plunged off the 6th October Bridge before demonstrators attacked…
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“Sex at random in our school”: Students petition gov’t to protest sex among teachers
by Oge Okonkwo The commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Patrick Muoboghare, has been petitioned by students of a popular public school in Nnebisi, Asaba, Delta State (name withheld), over the continuous sexual…
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Anti-gay bill: Topless Femen activists attack Russian embassy in Sweden (PHOTOS)
Two topless Femen activists run towards the embassy building in Stockholm, Sweden, on Thursday. Two topless activists climbed over a fence into the Russian embassy in Stockholm on Thursday to…
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Police, protesters face-off during democracy rally in Port Harcourt
by Chi Ibe .Photo: channelstv Niger Delta Civil Society Coalition (NDCSC) and other members of a coalition are said to have outsmarted security authorities in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State…
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Japheth Omojuwa: Charity, as the opportunity cost of poverty (Y! FrontPage)
by Japheth Omojuwa We are not better off collecting stipends from our politicians than we’d be if we freed up our national wealth building infrastructure that’d benefit far more people.…
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Standing their ground: Superstars, JAY Z and Beyonce protest with Trayvon Martin’s mother in New York (PHOTO)
Jay Z and Beyonce have made it clear -- they believe justice was NOT served in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin ... they spent Saturday protesting the laws which allowed his killer to walk.…
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LASPOTECH students protest death of colleague
Brandishing tree branches and green leaves and with tears flowing down their cheeks, students of the Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH) last Monday protested the death of their colleague, Oladimeji Olu.…
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Opinion: The Egyptian revolution and the true cost of freedom
by Frank Onuoha The Egyptians who chanted for “freedom” from Mubarak years ago suddenly found themselves at the mercy of an “incompetent government” led by Morsi and now... an all-powerful…
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Rotimi Amaechi and his dangerous protest march – and more, in today’s news roundup with Cheta Nwanze
by Cheta Nwanze You see, Unlce Rotimi wants to march on the streets of his domain, and given that his own orders come from above, the man-in-black in the state,…
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Shoot me if you can – Amaechi dares Rivers CP
by Rachel Ogbu Photo:.oceanwaveng Rivers State Governor and embattled Chairman of the Nigerian Governor’s Forum (NGF), Rotimi Amaechi, has dared the State Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mbu, to shoot him…
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Nigerians protest against Jonathan gov’t in London
by Akan Ido Hundreds of Nigerians in the United Kingdom staged a protest against the "dictatorial tendencies of President Goodluck Jonathan." According to the Vanguard Newspapers, the protesters marched to the…
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How female police officer killed and secretly buried my brother – Victim’s sister narrates
by Isi Esene Students of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) yesterday staged a street protest over the alleged shooting of Momodu Ibrahim, a 500 level student of the Faculty of…
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Opinion: Yes, Margaret Thatcher was a witch (and I will sing to that)
by Adam Jung In short, she was a vile human being whose 'bravery' can be attributed to just not giving a shit about people. As I write this, Judy Garland's Ding…
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Poverty protests: 6 people have set themselves on fire in less than a month in Bulgaria
Six people have set themselves on fire in Bulgaria in less than a month. Three have died. The death by self-immolation of Plamen Goranov, a 36-year-old amateur photographer and rock…
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10 things your boss doesn’t want you to know (but you should)
by Donna Ballman Remember that pile of papers you signed without reading when you started this job, or that confidentiality agreement your boss shoved in front of you? Somewhere along…
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A very risky business in Nigeria – and more, in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze
by Cheta Nwanze That four students died, from bullet wounds, has not been denied. What appears to be the problem however, is the identity of the organisation that pulled the…
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No road: Police stop ‘okada’ protest against traffic law in Lagos
File: Okada man getting arrested by police Men of the Lagos State Police Command on Monday halted a protest march by commercial motorcycle riders who took to the street to…
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The Three Musketeers: Melaye and el-Rufai to join Tunde Bakare for new anti-govt protest
by Rachel Ogbu Pastor Tunde Bakare Head of the Save Nigeria Group, Pastor Tunde Bakare has joined forces with the former member of the House of Representatives, Dino Melaye, and…
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Rampage: Violence in Ilupeju as ‘okada’ men protest killing of colleague
by Isi Esene There are reports of violent protests at Coker Road, around Ilupeju area of Lagos Tuesday afternoon when a policeman allegedly shot a commercial motorcycle operator for evading…
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Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: Nigeria’s ‘Arab Spring’ is already here (YNaija Frontpage)
Our youth have quickly learnt that as was the case in January with the fuel protests, this is Nigeria where martyrs are soon forgotten and freedom is buried... “You will…
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