LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United Kingdom parliamentarians yesterday recommended sanctions against government officials and security agents who abused the rights of #EndSARS demonstrators last month. The UK lawmakers, while considering a petition signed by 220, 000 signatories in the aftermath of the alleged shooting of protesters at the Lekki Tollgate on October 20, expressed lack…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Protesters under the aegis, Coalition of Protest Groups, has expressed their intention to continue with the agitation to end police brutality in the country. The group said following the nationwide address by President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, October 22, they have resolved to press not just for justice but also for a…
LAGOS OCTOBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Reports and video footage circulating on social media reveal that prisoners have broken out of a prison in Benin, Edo State Nigeria. At the moment, there is confusion about who exactly broke the prisoners out. While some say hoodlums masterminded the act, some others are blaming it on the #EndSARS protesters. Reports…
LAGOS OCTOBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-#EndSARS protesters on Sunday launched an online radio, called Soro Soke even as the protests continue across the country. The Soro Soke radio has a bouquet of programmes aimed at educating and communicating with protesters and also coordinate activities nationwide. Soro Soke radio which has gone live will also serve as a platform to report…
LAGOS OCTOBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian youths, particularly the ones agitating for an end to police brutality, corruption and impunity, have highlighted a seven-point demand that must be met by the Presidency. The list surpasses the former #5for5 demands, that was earlier submitted. Over 13,000 youths have signed a petition on a website (www.change.org) that advocates and…
LAGOS OCTOBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)- UN Ambassador for peace and social justice, Hussaini Coomassie, has condemned the activities of the EndSARS protesters across the country. Coomassie, who is the Deputy National Coordinator, Buhari Campaign Organization, in a viral video, said President Buhari is taking things lightly with the protesters. He stated that such nonsense could never…
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…