LAGOS AUGUST 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Youths believed to have been sponsored to hold a pro-government rally in support of President Bola Tinubu’s administration were met with fierce resistance in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Tuesday. A viral video shows the rally being booed by locals, who rejected the youths’ attempts to drum up support for the government….
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Israel’s national anthem was loudly jeered before its soccer team kicked off play at the Paris Olympics against Mali on Wednesday night. The game began with a massive security presence outside the stadium amid an increasingly strained international climate that has Paris’ safety efforts squarely in the spotlight. The Israel team arrived under a heavy police…
LAGOS MARCH 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Napoli fans could not hide their frustration in a 3-0 home loss to Atalanta, and they vehemently booed their top striker Victor Osimhen and the other players after the final whistle. It was another game to forget for the defending Serie A champions, who suffered a heavy home defeat against direct rivals…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s Inspector of General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, was booed in Lagos during his visit to the state on Wednesday. He was booed by Lagos residents around Oshodi-Anthony Expressway while en route to an event, FIJ reports. Alkali’s mission in the state is not clear but the state police public relations…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A large crowd of Borno residents, on Wednesday, booed the President Muhammadu Buhari as his convoy drove from the Maiduguri International Airport to the centre of the city. Buhari, upon returning from a five-day trip to Ethiopia for an African Union summit, paid a condolence visit to the North-Eastern state, following a…
LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senator Dino Melaye has denied being part of the lawmakers that booed President Muhammadu Buhari during the 2019 budget presentation before a joint session of the National Assembly on December 19, 2018. Melaye, who represents Kogi West Senatorial District on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said he was absent at…