LAGOS OCTOBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has made a U-turn on its earlier warning against any gathering or organisation of protest in commemoration of the first anniversary of last year’s #EndSARS protest in the state. Addressing journalists on Saturday while monitoring the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) state congress election in Lagos,…
LAGOS APRIL 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Well known Nigerian comedian, actor, and activist Debo Adebayo, popularly known as Mr. Macaroni took to Twitter to recall his bitter experience in Adeniji Police station as he described that he was a victim of police brutality. Apparently, his tweet was triggered by a fan who beckoned on him to use his…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA)has earmarked N807 million for the rehabilitation of a portion of its building that was burnt during the #EndSARS protests. Managing Director of NPA, Hadiza Bala-Usman made this known in Abuja during the agency’s 2021 budget defence before the Senate Committee on Marine Transport. According to the NPA Boss,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The EndSARS protest, which gripped the country for about two weeks in October, resumed in Lagos State on Thursday with protesters marching by Tejuosho Road in the Yaba area of the state. Old women and some young men were spotted brandishing various placards in the area, defying the scorching heat to march…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-This story contains graphic imagery of injury and death. The full names of some interviewees and the identities of others have been withheld for their safety. Sometime after midnight on October 21, Elisha Sunday Ibanga answered a phone call from his older brother’s number. The person on the other end of the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A criminal complaint has been filed before a Chief Magistrate’s court in Abuja against 50 #EndSARS promoters. In the complaint filed by an activist, Kenechukwu Okeke, prominent personalities, mostly entertainers and social influencers, were listed. The case was instituted on Monday, November 9, 2020, in pursuant to sections 88, 109(a), 110(1)(c) of…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The absence of police personnel and other security operatives in critical areas including some highways in the country has made the citizens vulnerable to attacks, Daily Trust reports. Reports by our correspondents revealed that sundry crimes including armed robbery and kidnapping were on the rise in some parts of the country following the near…
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has lifted the curfew imposed on the state with immediate effect. This was contained in a press statement by the Lagos Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, on Saturday. The statement read, “The curfew imposed on Lagos State after the hijack of the peaceful #EndSARS…