#abuja protest

BringBackOurChildren Protest Pressures Nigerian Government on Insecurity Reported by Fasesan Marian opeyemi | Journalist at Sele Media Africa ABUJA, Nigeria — Dozens of Nigerians gathered in Abuja on Thursday under the #BringBackOurChildren campaign, demanding urgent government action to address rising child abductions and escalating insecurity across multiple states. The protesters, organized…

Abuja | Naija247news – May 6, 2025 – Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has confirmed the arrest of popular social media activist Martins Vincent Otse, better known as VeryDarkBlackMan (VDM), following widespread social media speculation and rising tensions over his alleged disappearance. The EFCC’s spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, disclosed to BBC News…

The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, recently met with protesting workers from the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMET) in Abuja. The workers have been protesting due to inadequate working conditions. The key purpose of the meeting was to discuss the workers’ grievances, including the non-implementation of the new national minimum wage, the exclusion of certain…

FCTA invokes COVID-19 guidelines to ban #EndSARS protests in Abuja

The Federal Capital Territory has banned protest against police brutality in all parts of Abuja.

Anthony Ogunleye, spokesman to FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello announced the ban in a statement on Thursday.

Ogunleye said the decision to ban the protest was made when the FCT Security Committee met to review the security situation in the Federal Capital Territory with a view to addressing…

Shi’ites Protest In Abuja Over US Killing Of Iran Army Chief

Some members Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria and youths on Monday protested the killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and his aides in a drone airstrike by the United States.

While condemning the US action, angry protesters burnt American flags at the Banex, Wuse area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and chanted hate songs and slogans such as ‘Death To America’.

While the…

DCP, 12 others dead as Shiites protest in Abuja

MEMBERS of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), popularly called Shiites, on Monday clashed with the police at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.

The battle grounds were the popular Federal Secretariat, Eagle Square and around the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Members of the IMN stepped up their protest for the release of their leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, despite last week’s…

BREAKING: Shiite Youth Ground Federal Secretariat

“Free El-Zakyzaky” Chants Ground Federal Secretariat The Protest

Youths have taken to the streets of Abuja and grounded activities in the Federal Secretariat,

The youths who were raising chants of  “Free El-Zakyzaky,” are believed to be members of the Shiite group.

NIGERIA NEWS gathered that the chant took place few meters away from the National Assembly and the Presidential Villa.

It was also…

Ban On Abuja Protest: We Shall Be In Court Today – #BringBackOurGirls Family

Below is a press statement from them;

We are members of the #BringBackOurGirls Abuja Family, a citizens movement advocating for the speedy rescue of the over 200 girls abducted from Chibok Secondary School, Borno state. Ours has been a single-issue campaign for the safe return of the abducted girls. In the last 34 days we have done so through peaceful daily sit-outs, and some marches to key…