LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Loyalists of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate in the just concluded election are planning a peaceful demonstration in protest of the election results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. President Muhammadu Buhari, candidate of the ruling All Progressive Congress, was declared winner of the February 23 presidential election…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Large numbers of women from Imo women were reported to have now headed to 34 Artillery Brigade, Obinze, to protest against what they described as the involvement of the Army in the controversial declaration of governor Rochas Okorocha, as Imo west senator-elect. Vanguard report observed that the women are from the 12…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWRANGERS)-More than 300 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) protested in Maiduguri on Friday over the replacement of their names as ad hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the presidential and National Assembly elections scheduled for Saturday. They protested in front of the Old Maiduguri Police…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A group of protesters on Wednesday stormed the Lagos State House of Assembly to protest against the planned impeachment of the state Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode. The men and women, who carried banners with inscriptions of their agitations, said the removal of Ambode would disrupt the peaceful conduct of the general elections.
LAGOS JANUARY 25T (NEWSRANGERS)-Massive protest rocked the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on Friday. Protesters took to the streets with placards, dancing and singing solidarity songs. They are protesting the transfer of power to the Executive Director, Finance and Administration, Mr. Mene Derek by Nsima Udo Ekere, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship candidate for…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Sporadic gunshots sent people scampering for safety, even as four persons were wounded and property worth hundreds of thousands of naira were destroyed at the end of the Abia State Governorship Debate in Umuahia on Tuesday. The debate held at Abia Hotels was organised by Online Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria (OMPAN),…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was a protest by some political parties’ Chairmen during the signing of peace accord who claimed that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, was given undue advantage at the ceremony. The aggrieved party Chairmen wondered why President Muhammadu Buhari who is the APC candidate in the 2019 election should be given…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife on Monday expressed their reservations against the planned visit of the Nigerian Vice -president, Professor Yemi Osinbajo into the campus to attend the 43rd combined convocation of the university holding next week. The students, through their representative, Gbenga Ololoniran, who is the Protem Chairman, Students’…