LAGOS NOVEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tragedy struck, yesterday, when a car owner, who was alleged to be running away from arrest, crushed two highway sweepers of the Lagos Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, to death at Gbagada area of the state. An eyewitness, narrated that the car owner was on top speed, while trying to evade arrest allegedly by…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Thursday grounded activities at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International in Abuja. The move is part of actions by the unions following an attack on the president of the NLC Joe Ajaero in Imo State. . But what started as…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some former members of the Islamist militia, Boko Haram, protested in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, on Friday alleging abandonment by the government. About 6,900 members of Boko Haram surrendered to the Nigerian authorities and renounced their membership of the terrorist organisation. The former terrorists, who are undergoing a deradicalisation and rehabilitation…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A coalition of civil society organisations, on Monday, stormed the streets of Osogbo, Osun State capital, to protest against economic hardship, among other challenges being faced by Nigerians. The protesters were against the recent petrol subsidy removal, Naira floating and other reforms of the President Bola Tinubu-led administration. Recall that the group…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Labour Party and its standard bearer in the last presidential election, Peter Obi, have kicked against the offer of board slots to state governors, including those elected on the platform of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party and Labour Party, by President Bola Tinubu. Kwara State Governor and Chairman of the Nigeria…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), yesterday, admitted in evidence, a certified true copy of a final report by the European Union Electoral Observer Mission on the 2023 general elections. The mission accredited 110 observers from 25 EU member states, as well as Norway, Switzerland and Canada. The report admitted and marked…
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Association of Nigerian Students on Friday protested against the 300 per cent hike in school fees at Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State. The students national body, while at the premises of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Edo State Council, demanded the reversal of the increase and the sacking of…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Angolan police have fired tear gas in the capital Luanda and other cities, like Benguela and Namibe, as thousands of protesters took to the streets a week after clashes over a recent fuel hike killed at least five people. President Joao Lourenco on June 8 fired the economic coordination minister and replaced…