LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians have been protesting for years against police brutality, so why did this October’s protests gain international attention and support at a scale never seen before? Over the last two weeks, an outpouring of support for Nigerian protesters has played out on Twitter, with various hashtags, but predominantly #EndSARS. Sars stands for…
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 37 former members of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad have been penciled down for dismissal from service. The Police Service Commission is also expected to order the prosecution of 24 other ex-SARS operatives for various acts of professional misconduct. These were the highlights of the Report of the Presidential…
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A terrorism investigation was launched after a teacher was beheaded in the street in the OCnorthwest Parisian suburb of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine on Friday evening, October 16, reports said. Police reportedly pursued the suspect into the neighboring town of Eragny, where he was shot and killed. According to reports, the victim, a middle-school history…
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An articulated truck belonging to PHCN has reportedly rammed into #EndSARS Protesters destroying their cars in the process, NEWS DIRECT can report. According to one of the protesters, the trailer which is believed to have been driven by thugs ran into the cars in an attempt to use the Lekki toll which…
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians have taken to social media to criticize the statement credited to the Nigerian army that they could “deal with any situation that affect Nigeria decisively.” It will recall that the Nigerian army on Thursday in a statement issued by the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col Sagir Musa, which disclosed that…
LAGOS Nigeria’s federal government is reportedly developing an ambitious plan to facilitate OCnational crypto adoption with the vision of creating a “Digital Nigeria.” OC TOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)– According to an early draft of the strategy framework obtained by local publication Technology Times, the country’s Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy and the National Information Technology Development…
LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has been barred from the US visa lottery application for 2022, a document obtained from the US Government website showed. In a 19-page document published on the website, Nigeria is the only African country barred from the visa lottery. “For DV-2022, persons born in the following countries are not eligible to…
LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Committee to Protect Journalists has enjoined online publishers in Nigeria to rise against the Cybercrime Act, noting that journalists publishing online are vulnerable to the various challenges confronting the entire Nigerian media community. Senior Researcher, Africa Programme at the CPJ, Jonathan Rozen, who made the call, added that the challenges confronting…
