UPDATE: Abuja protest turns bloody as Police fire bullets at protesters
Resume Or Resign: Nigerians Protest Against President Buhari’s Absence
Nigerians are asking their President to get back to work or resign. ‘Resume or Resign’; those were the strong words of Nigerians who took to the streets of Abuja Monday to protest the continued absence of President Muhammadu Buhari from office The protesters who marched across major streets of Nigeria’s Federal Capital city are miffed […]
Former Nigerian Governors Fraudulently Earning 40 Billion Naira
Former Nigerian state executives have been accused of fraudulently earning over 40 billion Naira in double payments, drawing the dubious payments based on retirement and pension laws crafted by them while in office. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) made the allegation in an open letter to the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar […]
Nigeria’s “Fairy Godmother” Demands More Women Participation In Politics
Nigerian politician and minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Aisha Jummai Alhassan, has called upon the leaders of the political parties in the nation to allow women to occupy more space and permit them to participate in the country’s governance and partisan politics. “From the lowest, all the way to the highest, women […]
Anti-Qatar Protests in Hamburg May Have Been Staged
During the recent G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany an Anti-Qatar demonstration formed, with some 140 protesters gathering in front of the city’s Christuskirche. The protesters held signs that said “Qatar supports terrorism.” Despite being a relatively small protest in size, some Arab media outlets gave generous coverage to the demonstration. “Sky News Arabia reported the […]
The Sexualization of Women’s Bodies in Uganda
As if Uganda’s track record with its anti-LGBT policies was not bad enough, the role of women in society, in the eyes of the government, has proven to be a question of integrity, equality, and sexualization. Civil servants in the African country have been well-informed of a new policy of suppression as to what these […]