LAGOS JULY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)- – Hundreds of demonstrators clashed with police in Liberia’s capital Monrovia on Wednesday during a march against corruption and economic mismanagement under former footballer turned president George Weah. Police fired tear gas to stop the demonstrators from approaching the parliament building in Monrovia, an AFP reporter at the scene said, while…
LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Protesters have shut down the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA) in Abuja over the rape allegation against the Founder of the church, Biodun Fatoyinbo. Bearing placards with inscriptions such as ‘Thou shall not rape’, and ‘Your pastor is not your God’, the protesters are calling on the pastor to step down, and…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ousted president of Sudan Omar al-Bashir has been detained by the soldiers who toppled him, but protestors against his iron-fisted rule swiftly rejected the “coup” and vowed to keep up their demonstrations. In a sombre televised address, Defence Minister General Awad Mohamed Ahmed Bin Aouf, announced “the toppling of the regime” and…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police, on Thursday morning, barricaded the entrance to the Rivers State headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Port Harcourt following a protest by some members of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the state who threatened that there would be no election unless INEC allows the party to…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Protesters on Monday stormed the zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Wuse 2, Abuja, demanding the probe of a former Akwa-Ibom governor, Godswill Akpabio. The protesters under the aegis of Civil Society Groups for Accountability and Probity requested an investigation to be launched into what they described…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 1,500 demonstrators were arrested overnight in Russia after people took to the streets protesting Vladimir Putin’s government. The protests were organized by a leader who was barred from running in the election. Navalny called on people demonstrate in nearly a hundred cities across the world’s largest country to convey…
LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Protesters demanding the sack of the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki; his deputy, Dr. Ike Ekweremadu, and other members of the Senate stormed the National Assembly on Wednesday. After the placard bearing group had access into the National Assembly, they stormed the Senate where they took the mace away….
LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command, on Sunday warned some protesters planning to block Third Mainland Bridge and other critical public infrastructure in Lagos over the new Land Use Charge (LUC) of the State Government to follow due process. The Police said any attempt to breach public peace will be met with stiff…