LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is unfazed by the Federal Government of Nigeria’s seeming attempt to muzzle the media. Insiders chatted with DAILY POST in reaction to the fine slammed on Trust Television Network (Trust TV) and others. The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) fined the multimedia wing of Media Trust Limited N5million…
LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria asked Google to block the use of YouTube channels and livestreams by banned groups and terrorist organizations in the country, Information Minister Lai Mohammed said on Thursday. Nigeria has been exploring ways to regulate social media usage in the country, Africa’s most populous. The country is home to millions of internet…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court Sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on Thursday overruled an application seeking to examine the iPhone SIM slot of Azeez Fashola popularly known as Naira Marley. He is facing an 11-count charge of conspiracy, possession of counterfeit cards and fraud before Justice Nicholas Oweibo. The court listened to the cross-examination…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Commuters on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Sunday were stranded as livestock traders caused gridlock on the road. PUNCH Metro gathered that in anticipation of the Eid-el-Kabir celebration, the traders around the Kara Market, Ogun State, displayed their animals on the road, thereby restricting motorists to a little portion of the road. Our…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Angry Nigerians protesting against bad governance and insecurity on Monday morning staged a peaceful protest and blocked Abuja Airport Road. The protesters, mostly youths, took their campaign to Dantata Bridge, along the road which serves as a major entrance and exit points to the capital city as early as 5:00am chanting #BuhariMustGo. …
LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hundreds of protesters partially blocked a highway into Nigeria’s capital Abuja on Monday after residents reported a spate of kidnappings in the area. Setting tyres on fire, a crowd barricaded a section of the Abuja-Kaduna highway in the Tafa area of Niger state, bordering the federal capital, an AFP journalist at the…
LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Hundreds of Kaduna youths on Saturday blocked the entry and exit routes of the Kaduna-Abuja expressway to protest mass abductions and killings across the nation. The youths were said to have originated from Goni Gora village on the expressway where four persons were reportedly abducted on Saturday morning. The protest, which commenced…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Twitter took the unprecedented step of removing three of President Trump’s tweets and locking his account for at least 12 hours following a day of chaos at the Capitol Building on Wednesday. Facebook also deleted a video posted by the president and blocked him from posting for 24 hours. The missives were sent after mayhem shut down Congressional proceedings…
