LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-In its first vote related to the impeachment of President Trump, the House on Thursday approved largely along party lines a resolution affirming its investigation and setting rules for public hearings to be held in the coming weeks. The resolution passed 232 to 196. All Republicans, who have complained about being shut…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Over 120 traders, operating at the Police Officers Wives Association (POWA), Phase 2, Plaza, Computer Village, Ikeja, have accused wife of the Inspector-General of Police, Mrs. Fatima Adamu, of attempting to take over their shops and destroy their source of livelihood. According to them, Adamu has concluded plans to demolish the shops,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Pensioners of the Nigerian Ports Authority on Wednesday protested at the NPA Headquarters in Marina, Lagos, against the irregular increment in their pensions since 2008. The pensioners under the aegis of NPA Pensioners’ Welfare Association told the News Agency of Nigeria that the protest became necessary after several attempts to meet the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) have been reportedly killed in the early hours of Tuesday as police dispersed a procession of members of the group to commemorate Ashura day. The Shiites are demanding the release of their leader, Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, who has been in detention since Dec. 2015….
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Student in Lusaka, Zambia, have burnt down the signpost of South African Embassy in the capital city in response to ongoing xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and other African migrants in South Africa. This action of the Zambian students comes barely 24 hours after the country withdrew from a friendly football match with…
LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Different groups representing power consumers across the country have declared that the recently approved increase in electricity tariff will not stand until there is considerable improvement in power supply. On August 22, 2019, The PUNCH reported that the Federal Government, through the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, approved an increase in the tariff…
LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has expressed happiness over the fact that the RevolutionNow protests took place in parts of the country. Sowore, who has refused to eat meals given to him all along by the secret police, expressed gratitude to Nigerians and the international community for their support, urging them to…
LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has thanked millions of Nigerians, who deliberately ignored calls on social media to join a phantom ‘revolution’ but instead went about their businesses. The President made his feelings known in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Monday. Shehu…