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 DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police officers at Batsari Local Government of Katsina State on Thursday protested against their unpaid allowances. According to Katsina Post, the police officers took to the streets and blocked a major road linking to Batsari market. According to the report, soldiers eventually arrived at the scene to remove the barricade, a move…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lagos based human rights lawyer and one man protester, Chief (Barr) Malcolm Omirobo has been arrested for embarking on a one-man protest and demanding to see President, Muhhamadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. While attempting to progress into the villa, Omirobo was approached by CSP Isah Hadejia who tried…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peru’s interim president, Manuel Merino, has resigned less than a week into his new administration, after a night of protests calling for his removal and a subsequent police crackdown left at least two dead and dozens wounded. The latest political shake-up comes as Peru battles the coronavirus pandemic and what is expected…
President Trump made a drive-by appearance as his supporters gathered in Washington, D.C., Saturday for a recount rally, where a few pro- and anti-Trump factions later traded punches. The scuffle broke out at the edge of a crowd of thousands of Trump fans who flocked to the heart of the nation’s capital to boost the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A judicial panel in Nigeria’s biggest city Lagos on Tuesday began an inquiry into the shooting of peaceful protesters last week and broader police brutality that had sparked demonstrations and unrest. Africa’s most populous nation has been rocked by violence since demonstrators were gunned down in the economic hub on October…
By Chief Mike Ozekhome LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-For decades, I had stringently beckoned on the Nigerian youths to join some of us patriots in the dangerous Nigerian trenches, to win the heart and soul of Nigeria, and take their destinies in their own hands . Many of the rulers of today have tenaciously glued themselves…
LAGOS OCTOBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice-Presidential candidate of the PDP in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has again appealed to the youth across the country, including the youth from the South-East, particularly those from Anambra State, to go off the streets in order not to allow their well thought-out protest which has been supported by…
