The Vice Chancellor of the University of Jos, Plateau State, Prof. Tanko Ishaya, ordered security to break open the gate of the university locked by protesting non-teaching staff members of the university. Non-teaching university staff, under the aegis of the Senior Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU), began a one-week strike on Monday, March 18, over alleged unfair treatment and disparity in the payment of their salaries by the Nigerian Government. On Monday …
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US Women’s football team striker, Crystal Dunn, has admitted fear and worry that her career would have been affected if she had joined teammate Megan Rapinoe in kneeling during national anthem in protest at racism and police brutality Dunn, a member of the North Carolina Courage, was the 2015 NWSL Most Valuable Player and has been named to the league’s Best XI twice. She has earned over 100 caps while earning a spot on the World Cup-winning squad in …
Taylor Swift has slammed US president for threatening those violently protesting George Floyd’s death. Hundreds of people took to the streets to protest after George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis officer, Derek Chauvin. During the protest, people looted malls and burned buildings. Trump reacted on Twitter, stating that “when the looting starts, the shooting starts” ( read here). The threat in his words was condemned by a number of people who said he didn’t condemn George’s killer …
A protest in Hong Kong against Beijing’s controversial plan to directly impose national security laws on the semi-autonomous financial hub, took a different turn today as teargas was fired at protesters. Videos shared online showed the protesters gathering in the busy Causeway Bay and Wan Chai districts with makeshift barricades as they chanted slogans such as “Five demands, not one less” in reference to their demands from the government, including investigation of alleged police brutality against anti-government protesters last …