LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The recent #EndSARS protest in Nigeria may go down in history as the loudest wakeup call since the civil war, for the country to be restructured. The President/CEO, World Stage Limited, Mr Segun Adeleye who said this in his welcome address at the virtual WorldStage Economic Summit 2020 with the theme, ‘New…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command has threatened to close the African Shrine, Ikeja, over the hosting of a programme to evaluate the achievement, lessons and tasks arising from the recent #EndSARS protest. The programme, which is organised by Seun Kuti, son of Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, was originally scheduled to be…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Chief Magistrate Court in Abuja has ordered the Commissioner of Police in the Federal Capital Territory to launch an investigation into 50 notable persons who promoted the #EndSARS movement. The order was given by a Magistrate, Omolola Akindele, sequel to a criminal complaint filed by an activist, Kenechukwu Okeke. Okeke alleged…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Brig. Gen. Ahmed Taiwo of the Nigerian Army says that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu invited the military during the End SARS in Lagos to prevent total chaos since the police who are supposed to be on ground had ran away. Taiwo, the Commander, 81 Military Intelligence Brigade, Victoria Island disclosed this when he…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government Area in Lagos has banned activities of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), motorcycle (Okada) and tricycle (Keke Marwa) operators in Ajegunle. Its chairman, Fatai Ayoola in a statement, said the ban on activities of NURTW and other commercial transport operators would remain effective pending conclusion of…
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Gift Osayuhi, a boy who was arrested during the #EndSARS protest in Benin, Edo state, says he hopes to become a police officer and eventually rise to the highest office of the Inspector-General of Police in the future. The 11-year-old was paraded by the Edo state police command for his alleged involvement…
By Bolu Babalola LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Fela Kuti’s 1989 song Beasts of No Nation was the first that the Afrobeat pioneer and Nigerian activist recorded after his twenty-month imprisonment under military rule of Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s head of state from 1983-85. Kuti was an active, audacious opponent of Buhari, who in turn sought to quiet…
LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Soldiers manning the gate at the Military Hospital in Ikoyi have stopped the Lagos judicial panel on #EndSARS from assessing the hospital’s mortuary. The panel, unannounced, on Friday went to the hospital on investigation into the shooting at Lekki tollgate where 15 protesters were reportedly killed. Witnesses of the Lekki shooting accused…