Occupy Nigeria: Citizen Report - Handicapped Man Protesting
Occupy Nigeria: Nigerians In Atlanta To Occupy Consulate In Atlanta
Nigerians in Atlanta will, on Wednesday, January 11, protest at the Nigeria Consulate, 8060 Roswell Road, Atlanta, GA 30350.
A statement by the organizers said the protest is in solidarity with Nigerians at home “against the removal of the oil subsidy, killing of innocent Nigerians, corruption and waste by people in government” in the country.
The action will take place between 9am and 5pm, and Nigerians and their friends in the area and beyond have been invited to attend in large numbers.
Occupy Nigeria Activists Set Up "Tahrir Square" In Kano City
Pro-gasoline subsidy rallies across Nigeria continue to gain momentum with protesters in Kano staging an overnight rally in at the Silver Jubilee round about renaming it “Subsidy Square”.
Attempting to re-enact the mass demonstrations that took place in Egypt’s Tahrir Square during the 2011 Arab Spring movement, protesters in Kano are also referring to the Silver Jubilee roundabout as “Tahrir Square Kano.”
Fuel Subsidy Protests: Government To Shut Down Blackberry Services
Wary of the gathering storm of public resentment of its fuel subsidy removal, the Nigeria government might have prevailed on telecommunication service providers to shut down Blackberry Services (BIS) nationwide in order to prevent people from being able to organize protests against it.
Information reaching SaharaReporters said that those services will be disrupted by the companies tomorrow, January 3, following directives and threats from some people close to President Goodluck Jonathan.
Anti-Fuel Hike Protest Kicks Off In Lagos
Protesters mass around the offices of the Nigerian Labour Congress in Yaba, Lagos to commence a massive demonstration against the Jonathan government over withdrawal of fuel subsidies.
Pro-subsidy Protester Gunned Down By Police In Ilorin
The growing nationwide protest against President Goodluck Jonathan’s hiking of petroleum prices claimed its first casualty today as police shot a protester dead in Ilorin, Kwara State.
The lifeless body of the protester lay on the street after he was shot in the chest by a policeman. The killing comes on the heels of the release of a former member of the House of Representatives, Dino Melaye, along with two others who were arrested by the police in Abuja yesterday for organizing the first anti-fuel hike protest in the federal capital.
OCCUPY Lagos: Nigerian Activists Protest Over LASU School Fees &Planned Removal Of Fuel Subsidy
Civil society activists and labour unions are currently protesting the harsh economic conditions in Nigeria. The actiivists told Saharareporters in Lagos today that they have began a series of protests that would lead to a massive showdown with the Nigerian government in the new year.
Today’s protest is being led by the family of late fiery Nigerian attorney Gani Fawehinmi. His son Mohammed and first wife, Ganiyat are leading activists in a protest that started in Ikeja Lagos.
Nigerians Protest: Gay & Proud
LGBT activists and those alike, convened in New York on Dec. 5th 2011, at the Nigeria Mission House to protest against Nigeria’s recent passing of the Anti Gay bill, which plans to ban homosexuality in the country.
Commercial Transport Workers Protest Police Extortion In Abuja
Commercial transport operators in Abuja, Nigeria, came out this morning to protest against the Nigeria Police over extortion. Most office workers were stranded at various bus stops as a result of the mass protest.
Akwa Ibom: Host Community Women Protest Neglect By Septa Energy
Over 500 women from the Edo community of Akwa Ibom’s EsitEket local government today blocked the access road to a gas plant under construction in the area by Septa Energy.
The protest took place at Septa Energy’s Central Processing Facility in Edo, and later shifted to the village square. The movement of vehicles and workers into the site was disrupted.
The protest, according to SaharaReporters sources, started at about 3am and lasted till 7am when the Community Liaison Officer of Septa Energy addressed the crowd at the EdoAtai Village square.
The aggrieved women who carried placards and cassava leaves symbolising their farms, were protesting the non-implementation of community development projects earlier promised to the communities.
They claimed that most of them were deceived into parting with their farmlands in exchange for scholarships for their children, job opportunities and poverty alleviation schemes which have proved elusive.
The appeals of armed security men drafted to secure the facilities of Septa Energy fell on deaf ears as the women insisted on speaking with officials of the firm.
Mrs. Nkoyo Uyongnkpo, one of the leaders of the women, said that they were frustrated and disappointed that Septa Energy was not meeting its obligations to the host community.
“We received the company when they came calling and we surrendered our farmlands to provide space for the proposed gas plant but discovered that the company disappeared into thin air and what we now see are strange companies providing services to Septa which is yet to fulfill their social and legal obligations to women,” she said.
Occupy Wall Street Protest as seen by Sahara Reporters
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