LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Naira continued to appreciate against the dollar at the foreign exchange market despite the ongoing nationwide protest against bad governance. This came as the Naira appreciated significantly in both official and parallel foreign exchange markets. FMDQ data showed that Naira significantly appreciated to N1570.00 against the dollar on Thursday from N1608.73…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-As protests kicked off nationwide on Thursday, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, was spotted at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday afternoon. Our correspondent spotted the former Rivers State governor alighting from a black Toyota Prado Sports Utility Vehicle and was ushered into the President’s Office. Though…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-At least six people have been reportedly killed while some sustained injuries in the ongoing protest in Suleja, Niger State. The victims were said to have been killed while security operatives were struggling to dislodge a group of protesters who mounted barricade on a section of Abuja-Kaduna highway. Daily Trust had reported…
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…
