LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a heart-wrenching moment at the Paris Olympics, Nigerian sprinter Favour Ofili was seen crying after her 200m final, highlighting the lack of support from AFN. Osasu Obayiuwana, Times Radio pundit and former FIFA Anti-racism taskforce, shared the emotional experience through a post in a group chat, relaying the sentiments of a…
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) and heads of security agencies have directed the Nigerian Immigration Services (NIS) to arrest human rights activist and former presidential candidate of African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, and other ‘sponsors’ of nationwide #EndBadGovernance protest placed on watch-list. Although the Comptroller General of NIS,…
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria, Australia, Indonesia and a number of other countries have warned their citizens about traveling to the UK, as a spate of anti-immigrant riots grips cities across Britain. The UK’s worst social unrest in years was sparked by the stabbing deaths of three young girls in Stockport, northwest England, last week. Since…
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Climate activists on Tuesday spray-painted a mansion on the Spanish holiday island of Ibiza belonging to Argentinian football star Lionel Messi, sparking the ire of his country’s President Javier Milei. Campaigners from the group Futuro Vegetal released a video showing two members standing in front of the house near the cove of…
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Armed Forces of Nigeria, yesterday, described those, allegedly, calling for regime change under the guise of #EndBadGovernance protest as representing less than one per cent of the country’s population. They expressed their resolve to resist such attempt. Speaking at a joint press conference of the service chiefs and other heads of…
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice T. N . Nzeukwu of the Imo State High Court has convicted and sentenced a pastor, Desmond Eke, to eight years imprisonment for raping his church member’s wife. Eke, the founder of Deliverance Ministry of the Good Shepherd, Umuehieta Avu, Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State was found guilty…
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s security agencies are investigating at least four politicians from the country’s northern part over the use of Russian flags by #EndBadGovernance protesters. Multiple sources told The PUNCH that the political bigwigs, who hail from Katsina, Kaduna and Kano states, were principal actors who instigated the use of Russian flags among demonstrators…
LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has broken its silence on the ongoing protests in Nigeria. In a statement released on Tuesday, the ECOWAS Commission urged protesters to heed the call for dialogue and peaceful resolution of their grievances. The body expressed deep concern over the violence, fatalities, and property…
