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Re: Buildings Torched As Cost Of Living Protest Spread Across France, Portugal,italy by WorldRichest: 6:07am On Oct 18
Djele:
Nigerians are still waiting for trump to come and help them
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Hit the streets, you will meet us there. We go whip your Nyansh mercilessly
Re: Buildings Torched As Cost Of Living Protest Spread Across France, Portugal,italy by WorldRichest: 6:08am On Oct 18
providencia:
You mean Islamist invaded Europe?
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Ni he meant Churchgoers invaded republic of gays
Re: Buildings Torched As Cost Of Living Protest Spread Across France, Portugal,italy by WorldRichest: 6:09am On Oct 18
Kobojunkie:
The world is watching the Islamic takeover of Europe happen in through the flames and destruction of Europe. First came the invasion, now the revolution to bring about the takeover. What comes next is likely the total end of the European West as we once knew it. 😒😒
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Check world’s statistics, despite your hatred and bitterness, Islamist growing over and above all other religions. Ask your brothers in Europe, they will confirm to you that Churches are being bought over my Muslims and converted to Mosques everyday, because the Truth is finally catching up with the over 2,026 running Lies

Re: Buildings Torched As Cost Of Living Protest Spread Across France, Portugal,italy by madridguy(m): 6:10am On Oct 18
This is just the beginning for the European countries. You blindly follow the US to fight against Russia, not knowing the US and the Israeli regime has another plan to attack IRAN.

The Europeans cannot go back now. The Russian have kicked France out of Burkina Faso where they're getting free/cheap mineral resources and IRAN are busy destroying the oil facilities in the region and also taking free toll money in the Strait of Hormuz or you get struck by their missiles.
Re: Buildings Torched As Cost Of Living Protest Spread Across France, Portugal,italy by madridguy(m): 6:21am On Oct 18
They wanted to see Iran in flames.
Now Paris is burning grin

Pootle:
allow third world countries in and become one of them
Re: Buildings Torched As Cost Of Living Protest Spread Across France, Portugal,italy by Hussein035: 6:31am On Oct 18
IndexMode:
France is feeling the highest degree of hardship in theor economy because they have been kicked out of Burkina Faso and other enclaves where they steal gold etc.

Those countries were the ones propping them up.
No wonder when some young officers in Benin republic tried coup there also. Macron instructed his ally Tinubu to send our air force to nuke them. He's not losing any more enclave.

I hope they collapse totally.
My pain is that Nigeria Christians read History about how these people destroyed our forefathers yet they prefer to complain about Islam
Re: Buildings Torched As Cost Of Living Protest Spread Across France, Portugal,italy by Oldhead: 6:32am On Oct 18
FreeStuffsNG:
https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/10/17/buildings-torched-as-cost-of-living-protests-spread-across-france/


Portugal sees protests over cost of living and housing crisis as demonstrations sweep Europe


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcI1kCVchwY?si=4qdrgQfmJlF16-EC



It comes as major cost-of-living demonstrations in France on Saturday turned violent as protesters clashed with riot police.
Several housing rights movements are joining trade unions affiliated with the CGTP union federation in demonstrations across Portugal on Saturday, as a series of cost-of-living protests sweeps Europe.

The union confederation has called for protests under the slogan: "Higher wages, better pensions, and public services. Against the rising cost of living. A new course for Portugal!"

Rallies are planned in Porto, Coimbra, and Lisbon.

The deepening cost-of-living crisis is affecting much of Europe, driven by rising prices and fuel costs and shortages of affordable housing, and has prompted thousands of people to take to the streets to make their voices heard.

"Faced with the rising cost of living, housing and fuel, even a basic shopping basket has reached an exorbitant price," a CGTP spokesperson told SICN in Coimbra on Saturday morning.

In Porto, the march set off from Praça da Batalha at around 10:30 am and is due to end in Praça D. João I, where protests against the housing crisis have been held throughout the week.

"We are continuing with our people's assembly, with the backing of ordinary citizens, independently of any party. People come from different groups, but we are not institutionally tied to any of them. This outcry is the result of abuse of authority and a way of saying 'enough of this crisis'," Pedro Manuel, one of the organisers of the protest in the city, said on Friday.

"There are those who want to drag us into debating other issues," the Left Bloc's José Manuel Pureza told the Associated Press. "But what people are demanding that we discuss is the right to housing for everyone."

"Those whose rent is getting ever more expensive, those whose mortgage is increasingly hard to fit into the family budget. That is what we are talking about, that is why people have been protesting, always peacefully, always peacefully," he added.

In Coimbra, the rally began outside Portugal dos Pequenitos and is expected to end in Praça 8 de Maio, in front of the city hall.

In the capital Lisbon, thousands of people are expected for a march scheduled for 14:30 pm local time, starting in Cais do Sodré and finishing in Rossio. However, the mayor of Lisbon has warned that, although he considers it "a just cause," the protests must take place "within the law."

Speaking to the Lusa news agency, CGTP general secretary Tiago Oliveira said the demonstrations were taking place because of the "brutal increase" in housing prices and in the cost of living.

Oliveira also warned of the growing "degradation of public services" and said it was an opportunity for citizens "to fight against the government's policies."

It comes as major cost-of-living demonstrations in France on Saturday turned violent as protesters clashed with riot police.

Euronews' crew assaulted by masked individuals while covering protests in Paris
Protesters storm town hall and clash with police in France’s Marseille

Euronews' Correspondent in Paris Estelle Nilsson-Julien reporting in Paris after she and her cameraman were attacked for filming looters, Saturday, 17 Oct. 2026

'They hit and robbed us,' say Euronews crew in Paris after assault

A protester holds a French flag at Republic Square during a demonstration against rising living costs, joining students' grievances, in Paris, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026

'We are here to help,' say yellow vests on joining student protests

https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/17/portugal-sees-protests-over-cost-of-living-and-housing-crisis-as-demonstrations-sweep-euro





https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sj7hoag2gg
A similar pattern with the Arab spring. What do we call this now ? The euro spring?
Re: Buildings Torched As Cost Of Living Protest Spread Across France, Portugal,italy by LeeSmart: 6:33am On Oct 18
XtremeConsumer:
you are getting brainwashed by far right media talking points that always look for Muslim and some black immigrants as the boogy man while they rule like clowns and turn the whole world into chaos.

Go Watch the video of the protest. Especially the ones in Italy with barely any Muslim immigrant.

People are getting tired of american nonsense and always electing 🤡 that keep bombing foreign countries.
All of you people from the religion of Peace be saying it a protest for hardship, does the picture below looks like hardship protest?
Keep the Taqiyya coming

Re: Buildings Torched As Cost Of Living Protest Spread Across France, Portugal,italy by caesymore(m): 6:34am On Oct 18
Djele:
Nigerians are still waiting for trump to come and help them
Bros check through out this protest, you fit hear of 0 death. These are politicians are ruthless, even you wey drop this comment if we insist on a national protest, no lie oh, we won't see you out there.

Yet I know time will come if nothing is done, we won't see death as a hinderance anymore in fighting for our right. These men don't mind wasting millions of souls and nothing will still happen to them.
Re: Buildings Torched As Cost Of Living Protest Spread Across France, Portugal,italy by LeeSmart: 6:36am On Oct 18
Hussein035:
My pain is that Nigeria Christians read History about how these people destroyed our forefathers yet they prefer to complain about Islam
Hussein Mubarak does the image below looks like hardship protest?
Keep the Taqiyya coming

Re: Buildings Torched As Cost Of Living Protest Spread Across France, Portugal,italy by FreeStuffsNG(op): 6:38am On Oct 18
Same evil they plotted against Iran has visited them.
US riots will be louder than this because Trump actually caused the war on Iran that led to these violent economic welfare riots
Re: Buildings Torched As Cost Of Living Protest Spread Across France, Portugal,italy by FreeStuffsNG(op): 6:43am On Oct 18
Kobojunkie:
The world is watching the Islamic takeover of Europe happen in through the flames and destruction of Europe. First came the invasion, now the revolution to bring about the takeover. What comes next is likely the total end of the European West as we once knew it. 😒😒
You are a poor student of history. Please go and read about the French Revolution of the late 1700s.

Let me know which part of the world you will be blame for causing the French revolution that sacked the French monarchy.
Re: Buildings Torched As Cost Of Living Protest Spread Across France, Portugal,italy by femi4: 6:44am On Oct 18
Rayjay45:
These are the countries where Nigerians are dying for inside water to escape to o.

Ignorant peiple wey no dey follow international news or do any research about the economies of their intended japa destinations.

Look at the thousands wey spend tens of millions on UK study visas last year and this year alone. Same country wia the locals keep saying is broken.

Dem enter finish and months later, na soso complaints you go dey see for Tiktok. How pesin go enter water finish come begin dey para say e cold?


Una never ready to realise say everywhere don cast!
Ignorance

Buying fuel at 2k alone is more than enough reason for Nigeruans to protest

Stop comparing Nig to Countries where tax payers money works
Re: Buildings Torched As Cost Of Living Protest Spread Across France, Portugal,italy by EnkayDezign: 7:00am On Oct 18
IndexMode:
France is feeling the highest degree of hardship in theor economy because they have been kicked out of Burkina Faso and other enclaves where they steal gold etc.

Those countries were the ones propping them up.
No wonder when some young officers in Benin republic tried coup there also. Macron instructed his ally Tinubu to send our air force to nuke them. He's not losing any more enclave.

I hope they collapse totally.
Make ona stop all these propaganda abeg. BF cannot support itself much less France.

Now they have opened their gates wide open for Russia to actually pillage resources how is that an improvement?
Re: Buildings Torched As Cost Of Living Protest Spread Across France, Portugal,italy by Rayjay45: 7:13am On Oct 18
femi4:
Ignorance

Buying fuel at 2k alone is more than enough reason for Nigeruans to protest

Stop comparing Nig to Countries where tax payers money works
So why not protest instead of cowardly abandoning the ship.

Your biggest protest (ENDSARS) in recent times no even pass the 13th day.
Re: Buildings Torched As Cost Of Living Protest Spread Across France, Portugal,italy by colossus91(m): 7:17am On Oct 18
FreeStuffsNG:
https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2026/10/17/buildings-torched-as-cost-of-living-protests-spread-across-france/


Portugal sees protests over cost of living and housing crisis as demonstrations sweep Europe


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcI1kCVchwY?si=4qdrgQfmJlF16-EC



It comes as major cost-of-living demonstrations in France on Saturday turned violent as protesters clashed with riot police.
Several housing rights movements are joining trade unions affiliated with the CGTP union federation in demonstrations across Portugal on Saturday, as a series of cost-of-living protests sweeps Europe.

The union confederation has called for protests under the slogan: "Higher wages, better pensions, and public services. Against the rising cost of living. A new course for Portugal!"

Rallies are planned in Porto, Coimbra, and Lisbon.

The deepening cost-of-living crisis is affecting much of Europe, driven by rising prices and fuel costs and shortages of affordable housing, and has prompted thousands of people to take to the streets to make their voices heard.

"Faced with the rising cost of living, housing and fuel, even a basic shopping basket has reached an exorbitant price," a CGTP spokesperson told SICN in Coimbra on Saturday morning.

In Porto, the march set off from Praça da Batalha at around 10:30 am and is due to end in Praça D. João I, where protests against the housing crisis have been held throughout the week.

"We are continuing with our people's assembly, with the backing of ordinary citizens, independently of any party. People come from different groups, but we are not institutionally tied to any of them. This outcry is the result of abuse of authority and a way of saying 'enough of this crisis'," Pedro Manuel, one of the organisers of the protest in the city, said on Friday.

"There are those who want to drag us into debating other issues," the Left Bloc's José Manuel Pureza told the Associated Press. "But what people are demanding that we discuss is the right to housing for everyone."

"Those whose rent is getting ever more expensive, those whose mortgage is increasingly hard to fit into the family budget. That is what we are talking about, that is why people have been protesting, always peacefully, always peacefully," he added.

In Coimbra, the rally began outside Portugal dos Pequenitos and is expected to end in Praça 8 de Maio, in front of the city hall.

In the capital Lisbon, thousands of people are expected for a march scheduled for 14:30 pm local time, starting in Cais do Sodré and finishing in Rossio. However, the mayor of Lisbon has warned that, although he considers it "a just cause," the protests must take place "within the law."

Speaking to the Lusa news agency, CGTP general secretary Tiago Oliveira said the demonstrations were taking place because of the "brutal increase" in housing prices and in the cost of living.

Oliveira also warned of the growing "degradation of public services" and said it was an opportunity for citizens "to fight against the government's policies."

It comes as major cost-of-living demonstrations in France on Saturday turned violent as protesters clashed with riot police.

Euronews' crew assaulted by masked individuals while covering protests in Paris
Protesters storm town hall and clash with police in France’s Marseille

Euronews' Correspondent in Paris Estelle Nilsson-Julien reporting in Paris after she and her cameraman were attacked for filming looters, Saturday, 17 Oct. 2026

'They hit and robbed us,' say Euronews crew in Paris after assault

A protester holds a French flag at Republic Square during a demonstration against rising living costs, joining students' grievances, in Paris, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026

'We are here to help,' say yellow vests on joining student protests

https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/17/portugal-sees-protests-over-cost-of-living-and-housing-crisis-as-demonstrations-sweep-euro





https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sj7hoag2gg
What a serious nation should do under this clueless people
Re: Buildings Torched As Cost Of Living Protest Spread Across France, Portugal,italy by PulaPower: 7:23am On Oct 18
kolanpas:
The middle East is at war, the rest of the world is suffering, it means middle East countries are more important in the necessities of life than the rest of the world. Why did God bless the Muslims land with the necessities of world?
Which land is Muslim land that God bless with necessities of the world?
Re: Buildings Torched As Cost Of Living Protest Spread Across France, Portugal,italy by sweetkev(m): 7:28am On Oct 18
kaltonga:
Cost of living protest or Islamic invasion spearheaded by the Muslim brotherhood, sponsored by Water and enabled by blind and foolish Europeans who can't read behind the lines.
So Europeans protesting for hardship and burning the Israeli and American flags to ventilate their anger...hmm we know them, we recognize their signature everywhere

But you Muslims celebrating, don't scream human rights when the patriots of this country you are destroying comes after you.
Most sensible comment on the thread
Re: Buildings Torched As Cost Of Living Protest Spread Across France, Portugal,italy by ariesbull: 7:33am On Oct 18
They are divided..while some will not mind going hungry and happy seeing their brother called president while soke will not mind being killed by terrorists while they answer VPN Bro

Djele:
Nigerians are still waiting for trump to come and help them
Re: Buildings Torched As Cost Of Living Protest Spread Across France, Portugal,italy by ufotunang: 7:37am On Oct 18
CodeTemplar:
Who is to blame for cost of living crisis.
..trump is to blame.. USA/ Iran war... straits of Hormuz blocked
Re: Buildings Torched As Cost Of Living Protest Spread Across France, Portugal,italy by FreeStuffsNG(op): 7:39am On Oct 18
colossus91:
What a serious nation should do under this clueless people
It is obvious that you have no clue and please don't confuse this with your low self esteem. Smh.

This is what they should have done before Iran started beating them silly! These countries ship weapons to US and its proxy in Palestine. These weapons are used to commit genocide and wage the criminal war on Iran that now back fired.

If their evil leaders had succeeded and Iran had not defeated them, there will be no hardship now forcing them to prorest.

As at last week, Air France was still shipping weapons to Palestine for genocide and restart the war on Iran that Trump is planning for next month.

Most of these protesters in Europe are hypocrites! They are crying now because their leaders got defeated by Iran.
Re: Buildings Torched As Cost Of Living Protest Spread Across France, Portugal,italy by ono(m): 7:51am On Oct 18
Kobojunkie:
The world is watching the Islamic takeover of Europe happen in through the flames and destruction of Europe. First came the invasion, now the revolution to bring about the takeover. What comes next is likely the total end of the European West as we once knew it. 😒😒
It is called assymetric warfare. That Europe has been infiltrated is not in doubt. And what DJT said that Europe is being eaten alive by radical Islamists is quite true. If civil war breaks out today, it will be brutal, and because the Islamists are well armed, and they have their proxies all over continental Europe, the weak and cowardly European governments will be overthrown.

One of the reasons we are seeing this play out is the plan by the Islamists to bascially "starve the people into submission" such that they will have no choice than to blame Donald Trump for all the world's sufferings and elect socialists in the next election in America.If their plans sails through, this might spell the end for Trump's plan to wean America of radical Islamists terrorists and begin a process of Islamists takeover of the US.
Re: Buildings Torched As Cost Of Living Protest Spread Across France, Portugal,italy by Banhammy717: 7:54am On Oct 18
See wetin Tinubu caused.

Portugal should vote out Tinubu and allow CR7 to take over.
This APC Party is evil, France should reject them in 2027.
Only Atiku/Obi ticket can solve Italy problem.
Nigeria is not working, go to Europe, the standard of living is excellent and the cost of living is perfect.
Re: Buildings Torched As Cost Of Living Protest Spread Across France, Portugal,italy by Shamo007: 8:15am On Oct 18
A tribalist Nigerian can never protest people wey hate themselves they speak different languages when God wanted to stop the construction of tower of babel to heaven He made them speak different languages and couldn't understand themselves
Kukutente23:
Nigerians will rather eat muddy rice than protest against bad government
Re: Buildings Torched As Cost Of Living Protest Spread Across France, Portugal,italy by AndroBlaze: 9:02am On Oct 18
Biodun1929:
You have said it all. I'm always pissed at those who know this but play politics with the matter.

By the way, what did Pastor Bolaji say?
It was an unrelated issue where he responded to a question from a woman telling her in plain terms that good men don't necessarily need to be the ones to support them living fake life (financially).

Before he could finish his advice, he was practically booed off stage by his congregation of larely women (playfully, but they were serious about the rejection of his advice).
Re: Buildings Torched As Cost Of Living Protest Spread Across France, Portugal,italy by seunayantokun(m): 10:09am On Oct 18
These are not cost of living protests. Go behind the lies of wokes and leftists media to understand what's happening.
Re: Buildings Torched As Cost Of Living Protest Spread Across France, Portugal,italy by femi4: 10:10am On Oct 18
Rayjay45:
So why not protest instead of cowardly abandoning the ship.

Your biggest protest (ENDSARS) in recent times no even pass the 13th day.
The answer to your question is in your question

The govt killed the future will to protest with how endsars protest was handled
Re: Buildings Torched As Cost Of Living Protest Spread Across France, Portugal,italy by billyG(m): 11:03am On Oct 18
Let them come to Nigeria and see high cost of living
Re: Buildings Torched As Cost Of Living Protest Spread Across France, Portugal,italy by Biodun1929(m): 11:29am On Oct 18
AndroBlaze:
It was an unrelated issue where he responded to a question from a woman telling her in plain terms that good men don't necessarily need to be the ones to support them living fake life (financially).

Before he could finish his advice, he was practically booed off stage by his congregation of larely women (playfully, but they were serious about the rejection of his advice).
Okay. Thanks.
Re: Buildings Torched As Cost Of Living Protest Spread Across France, Portugal,italy by OmaleJnr: 11:43am On Oct 18
This is where Tunibu is learning to govern Nigeria. We're becoming a reflection of the bad side of France.
Re: Buildings Torched As Cost Of Living Protest Spread Across France, Portugal,italy by XtremeConsumer: 11:53am On Oct 18
LeeSmart:
All of you people from the religion of Peace be saying it a protest for hardship, does the picture below looks like hardship protest?
Keep the Taqiyya coming
you can see all of them in their Muslim taquiya, shouting Allah akbar.

Smh.

Does endsars protest look like end police brutality protest? It was boko haram that protested endsars then cos the chaos also look like this.

Don't get me started on the Muslim chaos in Kenya.
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