LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Popular Nigerian movie star and politician, Desmond Elliot, has come under severe criticism on social media regarding his proposal to regulate the social media. Elliot, who represents Surulere constituency in the Lagos Assembly was seen in a video that went viral championing for his colleagues at the Lagos Assembly to regulate the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Gift Osayuhi, a boy who was arrested during the #EndSARS protest in Benin, Edo state, says he hopes to become a police officer and eventually rise to the highest office of the Inspector-General of Police in the future. The 11-year-old was paraded by the Edo state police command for his alleged involvement…
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria is reaching out to the United States and South Korea to persuade them to back its pick to head the World Trade Organization, the trade ministry said on Friday, after the candidate’s last-minute rejection threw the selection process into confusion. The United States on Wednesday voiced its opposition to former Nigerian…
By Bolu Babalola LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Fela Kuti’s 1989 song Beasts of No Nation was the first that the Afrobeat pioneer and Nigerian activist recorded after his twenty-month imprisonment under military rule of Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s head of state from 1983-85. Kuti was an active, audacious opponent of Buhari, who in turn sought to quiet…
LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Soldiers manning the gate at the Military Hospital in Ikoyi have stopped the Lagos judicial panel on #EndSARS from assessing the hospital’s mortuary. The panel, unannounced, on Friday went to the hospital on investigation into the shooting at Lekki tollgate where 15 protesters were reportedly killed. Witnesses of the Lekki shooting accused…
LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)- As the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic hits global crude oil demand, a fresh indication has emerged that, no fewer than 14, 000 staff of ExxonMobil will lose their jobs. This is coming as the corporation disclosed plans to cut its global workforce by 15% in the next two years. According to ExxonMobil…
LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Burna Boy through his new single has given an active voice against the alleged shooting of #EndSARS protesters, bad governance, corruption, and police brutality in Nigeria. Burna Boy who released his new song in support of the incident that happened on the 20th of October, 2020 stated that nothing can be said…
LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Boss Gidahyelda Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, and chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, will deliver the Eighth Anniversary Lecture of Realnews Magazine on Thursday, November 19, at the Sheraton Hotel, Lagos, by 10 am prompt. Managing the COVID-19 Global Pandemic in Africa: The Nigeria Experience is the topic of the…