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Bill to jail protesters for 5-years passes first reading in house of reps

Dailyblast — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 06:30:32 +0000

A bill proposing a five-year jail term for unlawful protesters in the country has scaled through first reading at the House of Representatives. The Bill entitled: ‘An Act To Amend The Criminal Code ACT, CAP 38, Laws Of The Federation Of Nigeria, 2004 To Further Preserve The Sanctity Of Human Life And Property, And To [...]

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Police kill street trader at Yoruba Nation rally in Lagos

Dailyblast — Sat, 03 Jul 2021 13:22:03 +0000

The Yoruba Nation rally going on at Gani Fawehmi park Ojota has turned bloody. As the rally commenced despite the presence of heavily armed police men, the police began to disperse citizens who were demonstrating peacefully with hot water from water cannons. A street trader at the rally venue has been shot dead by the [...]

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Yoruba Nation agitators defy heavy police presence, hold Lagos rally

Dailyblast — Sat, 03 Jul 2021 11:29:16 +0000

Despite heavy presence of armed policemen and soldiers around Gani Fawehinmi Park, Ojota, Lagos, agitators of Yoruba nation have started coming out in their numbers. They are chanting diffrent kinds of freedom songs, including, “No going back,” “We want Oodua Nation,” among others. Gunshots have been fired by policemen present at the Gani Fawehinmi Park [...]

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Angry residents block Kaduna-Abuja expressway to protest kidnapping and banditry

Dailyblast — Mon, 24 May 2021 09:32:11 +0000

Residents angered by incessant abductions and bandit attacks have blocked the Gauraka Abuja-Kaduna Highway in the Tarfa Local Government Area of Niger State in protest. The irate youths in their numbers went on rampage as early as 6:00am on Monday and barricaded the busy road with bonfire, stones and wood, insisting that nobody will pass [...]

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Rochas Foundation College students stage protest (photos)

Dailyblast — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 15:30:58 +0000

Students of the Rochas Okorocha Foundation College in Orji-Uratta this morning staged a protest over the state crisis between the state government and their proprietor, Senator Rochas Okorocha. The students carried different placards with the inscription ”Don’t hurt our Daddy”, ”If you kill Daddy Rochas, you have killed Millions”.

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