Aluta News Ajah Community of Lagos State has staged a peaceful protest to Lagos State House of Assembly against alleged imposition of Olumegbon family as the new Ajah traditional ruler. Leading hundreds of the protesters, the General Secretary of Ajah Community, Mr Kazeem Odunlami, told lawmakers at the assembly complexContinue Reading
Aluta News The ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) has called for swift release of 67 minors and other protesters detained by security agencies during the #EndBadGovernance protests in August. AAN made the call in a statement signed by its Country Director, Andrew Mamedu, on Saturday in Abuja. Mamedu said AAN condemned theContinue Reading
Aluta News Youths under the aegis of the Arewa Youth Congress of Nigeria (AYCN) took to the streets of Jos on Wednesday and demanded that domestic crude be supplied to Dangote Refinery. The protesters, who took their protest to the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, Jos Field Office,Continue Reading
Aluta News Abuja – The Nigerian Army has detained a soldier suspected to have killed a 16-year-old boy, Ismail Mohammed, while attempting to stop hoodlums who were causing mayhem in Samaru, Zaria in Kaduna State on Tuesday. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen.Continue Reading
Aluta News Protesters in Lagos State returned to the Gani Fawehinmi Park, Ojota, for the fifth day after they were attacked by suspected hoodlums on Sunday while praying for the nation. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that before they began the event of the day, they observed aContinue Reading
Aluta News Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has alleged that 95 per cent of the youths that participated in Thursday’s violent protests in Maiduguri were children under 14 years. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Zulum made this known in a broadcast to the people of Borno whereContinue Reading
Aluta News The Minister of Steel Development, Prince Shuaibu Audu, has appealed to Nigerians to suspend the nationwide protest tagged ’Endbadgovernace’ against the current government. Shuaibu made the call in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Mrs Lizzy Okoji, on Saturday in Abuja. The News Agency of NigeriaContinue Reading
Aluta News The Police Command in Lagos State says it is presently not holding anyone for participating in the ongoing protest against hardship in the state. The command ‘s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)on Friday in Lagos, statedContinue Reading
Aluta News The Police in Zaria Kaduna State have fired tear gas to disperse protesters who blocked the Kaduna-Zaria-Kano Expressway. The protesters had earlier blocked the Gwargwaje junction, a section of Kaduna -Zaria- Kano expressway, thereby causing a gridlock of trucks travelling to Kano. Policemen who tried to convince theContinue Reading
Aluta News Hoodlums armed with various weapons took to the streets in parts of Kano metropolis, attacking shops and offices, looting property, and engaging in mob actions. The marauding hoodlums were seen carrying off items such as office furniture, air conditioners, and metal signboards. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)Continue Reading
