LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Crowds took to the streets again in Nigeria’s largest cities on Monday as the death toll rose in snowballing protests sparked by police brutality. Amnesty International said five people had died since the start of the weekend, taking the overall number of fatalities to 15 since demonstrations against abuses erupted this…
LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians have been protesting for years against police brutality, so why did this October’s protests gain international attention and support at a scale never seen before? Over the last two weeks, an outpouring of support for Nigerian protesters has played out on Twitter, with various hashtags, but predominantly #EndSARS. Sars stands for…
LAGOS Nigeria’s federal government is reportedly developing an ambitious plan to facilitate OCnational crypto adoption with the vision of creating a “Digital Nigeria.” OC TOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)– According to an early draft of the strategy framework obtained by local publication Technology Times, the country’s Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy and the National Information Technology Development…
LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has been barred from the US visa lottery application for 2022, a document obtained from the US Government website showed. In a 19-page document published on the website, Nigeria is the only African country barred from the visa lottery. “For DV-2022, persons born in the following countries are not eligible to…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian police used teargas on Friday to disperse dozens of people in the capital Abuja who had gathered to protest at alleged brutality by members of a special police unit, witnesses said. Protesters, some holding placards, ran as clouds of teargas hung in the air. Multiple people at the incident said on…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said the country was primed for a second recession in four years although the government has put in place plans to ensure rapid recovery in 2021. The President in his remarks during the presentation of the 2021 budget proposal to the National Assembly, said “GDP growth is…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has supported other regional socio-political groups and prominent Nigerians calling for restructuring of the country. The presidency last week claimed that those calling for restructuring were threatening the corporate existence of Nigeria., However, the NEF on Tuesday advised Nigerians not to be tired of demanding the restructuring…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A study on the impact of COVID-19 lockdown on the Nigerian Economy by the Copenhagen Consensus Centre in conjunction with the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) shows that the policy costs the country over $373.5 billion. The study revealed that moderate social distancing and school closures policies by Nigeria,…
