LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Borno State and Kano State governments has imposed a 24-hour curfew in response to ongoing nationwide hunger protests and a recent bomb explosion in the State. In Borno State the curfew announcement was made by the spokesperson for the State Police Command, Nahum Kenneth Daso, in a statement on Thursday. The…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The hunger protest in Kaduna has descended into chaos after hoodlums hijacked the demonstration, resulting in the arson of the Kaduna State Traffic Law Enforcement Agency (KASTLEA) headquarters. The demonstration took a violent turn as the protesters, marching from Kaduna Government House through Sokoto Road. The situation spiraled out of control when…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Protesters have said the protests would continue unless President Bola Tinubu meets their demands. They called on the president to do the needful and the protests would be immediately called off. Addressing journalists in Abuja, the Director of Mobilisation, Take It Back Movement, Damilare Adenola, lamented that the oppression under the…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Protesters in Rivers State, on Thursday, defied morning rain to participate in the ongoing nationwide street protests against hardship and bad governance in Nigeria. The protesters, numbering over 2,000, had gathered opposite the Port Harcourt Pleasure Park along Aba Road in Port Harcourt, as early as 8:00am. They are currently marching through…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Angry youths marching against hunger and bad governance in the country have been dispersed by security operatives in Kano State. The Guardian reports the protesters had occupied a major road as early as at 8:00am and marched from Zoo Road down to state road and stationed at the Government house where they…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRNAGERS)-Things have taken a turn for the worse in Borno State as a protester was reportedly shot in the early hours of Thursday. Daily Sun reports that citizens in different parts of the country have trooped to the streets in the August 1 protest to express their frustrations over the economic hardship….
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A coalition of women groups under the umbrella of Nigerian Young Women (NYW) has accused a wife of late Chief MKO Abiola, Mrs. Tinu A. Abiola, and other leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), of deceiving over 400 women with a promise of palliative rice only to take pictures of…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians are mourning veteran musician and actress Onyeka Onwenu, who has died at the age of 72. Onwenu produced a string of popular songs throughout her long career, including the 1986 hit One Love, which remains one of Nigeria’s most well-known tunes. She was performing at a birthday party on Tuesday night…
