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…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a statement this morning, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of the Interior announced that Mustafa Hashem al-Darwish has been executed. His family received no advance notice, and found out Mustafa had been executed by reading the news online. Mustafa was arrested in May 2015, and charged with offences related to his participation in…
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos lawyer and activist, Chief (Barr.) Malcolm Omirhobo has staged a one-man protest at the Electoral Independence Commission (INEC) Headquarters, Abuja against the purported plan of the electoral body to use National Identification Number (NIN) as a data base for the conduct of 2023 general election. Omirhobo who addressed journalist at the…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The lnterim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Col. Miland Dikio (rtd) has charged youths of the Niger Delta to deploy civilized approach in the course of their agitation for development of the oil rich region. The Amnesty boss gave the advice on Friday during the inauguration of the 8th executive council…
LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Popular Nollywood Actor Yomi Fabiyi led others to protest against the detention of his colleague, Olanrewaju Omiyinka, aka Baba Ijesha, who was accused of molesting a minor. During the protest, Fabiyi, and other protesters marched from Casino Bus Stop to Panti Police Station on Wednesday. They demanded that Baba Ijesha should be…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets as angry protests erupted in a Minneapolis suburb after a 20-year-old Black man was shot dead during a traffic stop. The unrest in Brooklyn Center came hours before the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murdering George Floyd, was set…