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…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Minister of Transportation, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has stirred controversy online as a young boy who is Reportedly her cousin’s son was seen protesting against the President, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), in London. The young boy was pictured with a placard with the inscription: “Buhari you are wicked. Children of my age are…
LAGOS MARCH 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police and soldiers reportedly killed dozens of people, including children, across Myanmar on Saturday, as the military celebrated the 76th annual Armed Forces Day in the capital with a parade. The online news site Myanmar Now reported late Saturday that the death toll had reached 114, according to The Associated Press. A count…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Petroleum Tanker Drivers and other articulated heavy vehicles have blocked the Lagos-Benin highway over the killing of two drivers by the terrorist Fulani herdsmen last night. The robbers were said to have made away with an undisclosed amount of money from their victims. The drivers who angrily blocked the ever-busy Lagos-Benin Expressway…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Women from the Epie/Atissa communities in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on Wednesday staged a peaceful protest against the menace of herdsmen. The women waving leaves at the Tombia Roundabout, Etegwe axis of Yenagoa, also barricaded the ever busy Mbiama – Yenagoa road, which is the major road leading into…
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than one thousand youths Wednesday trooped out to the streets of Lagos to protest against the ongoing National Identification Number (NIN) registration exercise in the country, saying it is responsible for the surge in the number of COVID-19 infections in the state. The protesters who gathered in Yaba area of…
LAGOS JANUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former player of FC Barcelona, Haruna Babangida, has written a letter of complaint to the Grand Khadi, Sharia Court of Appeal, Kaduna demanding for justice over a judge who ‘ordered’ for his head to be shaved in court last week in Kaduna. In the letter of complaint made available to Daily…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Twitter took the unprecedented step of removing three of President Trump’s tweets and locking his account for at least 12 hours following a day of chaos at the Capitol Building on Wednesday. Facebook also deleted a video posted by the president and blocked him from posting for 24 hours. The missives were sent after mayhem shut down Congressional proceedings…