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• April 16, 2013

  Dino Melaye Narrowly Escapes Assassination

  Former Nigerian federal lawmaker, Dino Melaye, on Monday night escaped assassination in Abuja.

• September 14, 2012

  Protests spread over American film mocking Mohammed (S.A.W)

  Hundreds of protesters have clashed with police guarding the US embassy in Cairo as anger against an anti-Muslim film spreads across the Middle East. Egypt’s ruling Muslim Brotherhood has now withdrawn its call for a million-man march in the Egyptian capital after Friday prayers.

• September 9, 2012

  BUK students protest the killing of Final year student

  What could be described as the negligence of the appropriate authorities has led to the killing of a final year student of Bayero University Kano (BUK). He was knocked down by a truck driver while crossing the road in front of the main gate of the university’s new campus on Gwarzo Road.

• July 21, 2012

  TV studio in Egypt staffed exclusively by veiled women

  Wearing veils and dressed in black from head to toe, these women are symbols of Egypt’s cultural revolution following the Arab Spring. They are employees of Maria TV, a new satellite news channel that features only women wearing full Islamic attire.

• July 19, 2012

  Nigerian men strip naked in protest against deportation!

  Two Nigerian men have staged a protest at the Malpensa International Airport Milan in Italy by stripping naked to attract the sympathy of the immigration officials to rescind the decision to deport them.

• July 8, 2012

  Mild riot in the NYSC Jos camp

  OMG Nigeria just gathered that, there was a mini riot at the Jos NYSC Camp yesterday. Soldiers reportedly used force on Corp members who were protesting for relocation.

• June 2, 2012

  Hosni Mubarak of Egypt sentenced to life in prison

  Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was this Saturday morning June 2nd sentenced to life in prison

• June 1, 2012

  Female Student Slumps As Police Invade University Of Lagos

  Several sources in the University of Lagos have confirmed that a female English Language student lost consciousness today after inhaling toxic teargas fumes discharged into the air by policemen at the campus gate as the students attempted to commence a ‘Day Three’ protest against the re-christening of their 50 year-old institution.

• June 1, 2012

  Protest intensifies in MAULAG (UNILAG) as Police clashes with students

  Police in Lagos state used tear gas today (Friday) to disperse angry university students protesting against President Goodluck Jonathan’s decision to change the name of their school to Moshood Abiola University.

• May 29, 2012

  More protest in South Africa over Zuma’s painting

  Some 1,000 supporters of South Africa’s ruling ANC marched on an art gallery Tuesday to protest a painting depicting President Jacob Zuma’s genitals, which a party leader said the gallery had agreed to pull from its website.

• May 29, 2012

  Protest as President Goodluck renames UNILAG to Moshood Abiola University (MAU)

  The president in his speech this morning, announced the building of a new museum center for past Nigerian presidents. The Museum would also have their history and works. However, as the speech drew to an end, Nigerians got a shocker from the President which has generated a lot of remarks.

• May 1, 2012

  Subsidy Scam: Soyinka, Bakare set for fight to finish

  Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka yesterday urged Nigerians to prepare for a massive demonstration against the fuel subsidy scam.

• January 19, 2012

  Occupy Nigeria continues: As Save Nigeria Group protest Thursday and Saturday

  The Lagos state government has granted permission to the Save Nigeria Group and its allies to stage two protests at the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park in Lagos. First protest is taking place today, Thursday, 19th January, 2012 and second one is on Saturday, January 21st, 2012. Prominent National Leaders and Activists in the country have [...]

• January 18, 2012

  Soldiers will remain on the streets of Lagos till government is satisfied! – Defence Minister

  Soldiers that were deployed by President Goodluck Jonathan to quell the pro-fuel subsidy riots in Lagos are still roaming the streets despite pleas by eminent Nigerians asking the President to rescind the deployment. On Monday, Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka; the Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola (SAN); and some other eminent Nigerians had criticised [...]