LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-“This is my most difficult time in over 20 years of this business,” laments Saheed Olowokere, a 55-year-old commercial bus driver in Lagos. Petrol prices have surged from below N200 in 2023 to over N1000 in 2024. Mr Olowokere said the increase threatens his family’s livelihood and the education of his five…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and political organisation, Afenifere, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC), and some civil society organisations (CSOs), yesterday, expressed outrage at the recent hike in petrol prices, lamenting that the federal government is inflicting further hardship on Nigerians. PDP rejected what it described as the…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At the once-bustling Utako Motor Park — an interstate motor hub connecting Nigeria’s capital Abuja to its 36 states – transporter Jume Hanwa took a rare daytime nap in the trunk of his empty vehicle. It was Eid al-Adha, a Muslim holiday typically celebrated with travel and family reunions, but no traveler…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Angolan police have fired tear gas in the capital Luanda and other cities, like Benguela and Namibe, as thousands of protesters took to the streets a week after clashes over a recent fuel hike killed at least five people. President Joao Lourenco on June 8 fired the economic coordination minister and replaced…
LAGOS DECEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Commercial activities have been paralyzed by tricycle operators, otherwise known as Keke riders in Kurudu area of Abuja over the increment in pump price of Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol. The protesters, armed with various placards along the Nyanya Karshi road, are calling on the federal government to reduce the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has come under attack for suspending planned nationwide strike over the increase in petrol and electricity tariff. NLC and TUC agreed to suspend the strike on Monday morning after meeting with the federal government. The new agreement, according to the Minister of Labour and Employment (State) Festus…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has rejected the increase in pump price of fuel from N148 to N151. 56 announced by the Petroleum Product Marketing Company (PPMC) on Wednesday. The lawmakers, in a statement by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ndidu Elumelu, on Wednesday, described…