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SERAP Calls for Unconditional Release of 76 Minors Who Participated in #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria Protest

News Leverage Editor November 1, 2024

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project SERAP has called for the unconditional release of minors who were arraigned on Friday for their involvement in the…

Amnesty International Condemns Attack on Protesters, Calls for Immediate Release of Activists

News Leverage Editor October 1, 2024

Nigerian authorities have been urged to uphold the right to peaceful protest, as enshrined in the constitution and international treaties like the African Charter on…

UNIBEN Mandates Students to Sign Affidavit to Shun Protest

News Leverage Editor August 8, 2024

The University of Benin in Benin City, Edo State, has mandated students to sign an affidavit abstaining from participating in any unauthorized assembly within the…

Protest Rocks Degema Community Over LGA Chairman’s Refusal to Vacate Office

News Leverage Editor June 17, 2024

Youths of Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State are protesting at the headquarters of the LGA Over the refusal of Chairman Michael John Williams…

UNIJOS Dental Students Yet to Graduate After 9 Years Protest

News Leverage Editor April 15, 2024

Students of the Dentistry Department at the University of Jos, Plateau State took to the street in protest over what it described as deteriorating health…

Again, Protest Rocks Osun State Over Economic Hardship

News Leverage Editor February 22, 2024

Protesters in Osogbo, Osun State have called out President Bola Ahmed Tinubu following the current high cost of living in the country.

Stop Protesting Naked – Sani Advises Elderly Women

News Leverage Editor February 18, 2024

Shehu Sani, a human rights activist has advised elderly women to stop protesting naked no matter the anger and discomfort against the economic hardship plaguing…

Michael Okpara University Shuts Down Indefinitely

News Leverage Editor February 6, 2024

Professor Maduebibisi Ofo Iwe, the Vice Chancellor of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike has ordered the immediate shutdown of academic activities in the school…

Aggrieved Nigerians Protest, Ask Court to Stop Tinubu’s Inauguration

News Leverage Editor May 8, 2023

Aggrieved Nigerians have stormed the Court of Appeal, the venue for the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja asking the court to stop the inauguration…

Tragic! Young Man Shot Dead Over N100 Bribe

News Leverage Editor April 5, 2023

A heavy protest is ongoing in Okpanam road, Asaba in Delta State after a Police Operative attached to the Delta State Police Command allegedly shot…

Tinubu: United States Grants Nigerians Permission to Protest

News Leverage Editor March 30, 2023

Nigerians in the diaspora under the aegis of the Nigerian American Coalition for Justice and Democracy, Inc. have secured permission from the government of the…

Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency: Protest Rocks Over ‘Imposition of Candidates’

News Leverage Editor March 4, 2023

Aggrieved indigenes of the Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency protested, on Saturday at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Umuahia, Abia State over…

Legal Tender: Residents Protest Over Old Naira Notes

News Leverage Editor February 14, 2023

Residents in Joju, Sango-Otta, Ado-Odo/Otta Local Government Area of Ogun State are protesting, on Tuesday, over banks' refusal to collect old Naira Notes.

Naira Redesign: Civil Society Protests, Accuses Bank of Sabotage

News Leverage Editor February 2, 2023

The Coalition of Civil Society Groups is protesting over the unavailability of new Naira notes accusing the Bank officials of sabotaging, hoarding, and selling the…

Angry Residents Protest Over Fuel Hike in Benin

News Leverage Editor January 30, 2023

Residents in Benin, Edo State, on Monday morning trooped out en masse in protest over the hike in fuel and petroleum products in the country.

UNIZIK Students Protest Killing of Colleague

News Leverage Editor January 9, 2023

Students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka are protesting over the brutal murder of a 200-level student identified as Daniel who was shot by armed robbers…