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Minding the Mutating Protest, By Tunde Akanni and Amira Obi-Okoye

ADEOLA YUSUF

Most credible English Language Dictionaries provide at least 10 synonyms for the word protest – object, disagree, oppose, complain, disapprove, declare, insist, affirm, avow, declare, grouse, holler, belly-ache. One Thesaurus, in fact, offers 106 synonyms and antonyms of the word “protest”. Yet writers don’t often consider any of them good substitute for “protest”, because over the decades, the word has assumed a much deeper, complex and lethal meaning. Palpably so, perhaps. The past decade or thereabouts, protests have become a dominant instrument of people and issue management across the local…

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Nigerian Bank Shuts Branches Nationwide As Protest Enters Day 2

Aliyu Aliyu

How you can survive cash crunch, inconvenience the indefinite closure will cause – full statement of affected bank sent to customers One of the major commercial banks in the country, Ecobank Plc, on Friday announced indefinite closure of its branches spread across the country. Platforms Africa reports that the bank, in a message to its customers, a copy which was obtained by PlatinumPost reporter on Friday, hinged the decision on recent developments in the country. How To Stay Safe During A Protest Cabals Behind Planned Nationwide Protest, Says Presidency ‘Shot…

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Protesters Loot, Set NCC Ablaze + PHOTOS

Aliyu Aliyu

In a troubling turn of events, Kano State’s anticipated hunger protest spiraled into chaos as participants ransacked and torched the newly constructed NCC Digital Industrial Park on State Road. This cutting-edge ICT center, set to be inaugurated next week, was reduced to ruins. The incident marks a significant setback for the region’s technological advancement efforts, as the state-of-the-art facility was poised to become a beacon of digital innovation. ‘What I Saw At Hospital When Onyeka Onwenu Was Dying’ – Peter Obi Viral videos capture the dramatic scenes of protesters ransacking…

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