LAGOS OCTOBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has filed an application urging the Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss charges against several underage defendants accused of treason for allegedly participating in the August #EndBadGovernance” protest. Falana, representing the defendants in a statement, insists that the President Bola Tinubu-led government has a constitutional…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi has condemned the “inhumane treatment” of protesters, including minors, brought to the court. Obi said that the constitution in a democratic dispensation allows the people to protest against bad governance that is affecting their livelihood. The Labour Party leader…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has revealed details of his arrest and questioning following his release by the Department of State Services (DSS) after a 15-hour detention. It can be recalled that Ajaero was arrested on Monday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja just as…
LAGOS AUGUST 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Six Polish students and a lecturer from the Warsaw University who were detained in Nigeria during protests there have been released, the Polish foreign ministry said Wednesday. They are in good health and will be returning home this week. The ministry’s spokesman, Pawel Wronski, said the seven Polish citizens have had their…
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) and heads of security agencies have directed the Nigerian Immigration Services (NIS) to arrest human rights activist and former presidential candidate of African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, and other ‘sponsors’ of nationwide #EndBadGovernance protest placed on watch-list. Although the Comptroller General of NIS,…
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Armed Forces of Nigeria, yesterday, described those, allegedly, calling for regime change under the guise of #EndBadGovernance protest as representing less than one per cent of the country’s population. They expressed their resolve to resist such attempt. Speaking at a joint press conference of the service chiefs and other heads of…