LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A protest turned violent in downtown Atlanta on Saturday night in the wake of the death of an environmental activist who was killed by authorities this week after officials said the 26-year-old shot a state trooper. Masked activists dressed in all black threw rocks and lit fireworks in front of a skyscraper…
LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)- A prominent former soccer player in Iran who has expressed support for anti-government protests says his wife and daughter were prevented from leaving the country on Monday after their plane made an unannounced stopover en route to Dubai. Ali Daei, who had his own passport briefly confiscated after returning to the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hundreds of protesters gathered on Saturday at the outer section of the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex in Monrovia to protest against soaring costs of living, a day before President George Weah’s return from a 48-day trip abroad. The protest was organised by the Coalition of Collaborating Parties – an opposition alliance…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Protesters pushed to the brink by China’s strict COVID measures in Shanghai called for the removal of the country’s all-powerful leader and clashed with police Sunday as crowds took to the streets in several cities in an astounding challenge to the government. Police forcibly cleared the demonstrators in China’s financial capital who called…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Kogi State indigenes in London have protested against politicians sponsoring insecurity in Kogi State. The indigenes also praised Governor Yahaya Bello for his actions against crime and criminality in the state . The protesters under the name,Kogites Disapora Coalition in London, staged the peaceful protest on Monday, at the Nigeria House…
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Bus stops in Lagos were filled with so many people Monday, which is as a result of yellow buses protest that was scheduled to hold on 31st October. The danfo drivers are protesting against the high extortion fees they are charged by agberos. The Joint Drivers Welfare Association of Nigeria (JDWAN) headed…
igeria cardets, Pilipines LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the protest embarked upon by cadets of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), in the Philippines, the agency on Saturday, said it will embark on a fact-finding mission to the Philippines to engage the school where its Cadets of the National Seafarers Development Program (NSDP) are…
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-People across South Africa are taking part in a nationwide strike in protest against the rising cost of living. Singing songs from the country’s liberation struggle, thousands marched towards the president’s office, demanding a reduction in fuel and food prices. But the economy has not shut down in the way the unions…