LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Supporters of embattled Yoruba activist Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho have taken to the streets of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, to protest his arrest and detention by Beninise authorities. The Nation reports Igboho, who was arrested at an airport in Cotonou on Monday night, is still being held by Beninise authorities….
LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The corruption trial of former South African president Jacob Zuma, who is currently in prison, has been postponed to August 10 as it is decided whether he must be physically present in the courtroom or can appear via video from where he is in detention. Zuma asked that his trial be postponed…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In one of the largest deployments of soldiers since the end of white minority rule, 25,000 South African troops began taking up positions Thursday to help quell weeklong riots sparked by the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma. At least 117 people have been killed in the violence, authorities said. The government…
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The death toll from rioting in South Africa rose to 72 on Tuesday as police and the military tried to halt the unrest in poor areas of two provinces that began last week after the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma. Many of the deaths in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provinces occurred in…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Twenty-two more people have died in an unrest raging in South Africa, a provincial official said on Tuesday, taking the national death toll from days of violence to 32. The toll in KwaZulu-Natal province now stands at 26, premier Sihle Zikalala told a news conference on Tuesday, a day after officials confirmed…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-South Africa deployed soldiers on Monday to quell violence that erupted following the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma, after days of riots left at least six people dead. Police said disturbances had intensified as Zuma challenged his 15-month prison term in the country’s top court. The judgment in the case has…
LAGOS JULY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Supporters of former South African president Jacob Zuma are protesting his imprisonment, burning trucks, commercial property, and blocking major roads in KwaZulu-Natal province. They are demanding that he be released from prison. Zuma started serving a 15-month sentence for contempt of court earlier this week. His bid to be released from the…
LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The internet is apparently on frenzy, following a video of heavy protest ongoing in Igweocha axis of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, for the release of the Supreme Leader of IPOB. According to the video making rounds online, the suspected IPOB members flooded the streets with Biafra flags demanding for the unconditional release…