LAGOS JULY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 22 people have been killed and more than 1,200 arrested in violence that erupted during protests this week in Angola sparked by the government’s decision to raise the price of fuel, the president’s office said on Wednesday. Joao Lourenco’s office released the death toll in an official statement and said…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-World Animal Protection expresses profound concern regarding the Zimbabwe’s government decision to cull 200 elephants, purportedly to alleviate food shortages and control elephant populations. This just comes a few weeks after Namibia announced culling of Wildlife to feed her people. This trend is not helpful. We view this action as deeply troubling…
LAGOS JULY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Yerima Shettima, the head of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), said, “The economic situation is bad, with Nigerians struggling to live as prices keep rising. Many people have lost their jobs, businesses are closing, and Nigerians have less money to spend.” As reported by the Daily Post, Comrade Danjuma Paul, the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Lagos State on Wednesday stormed the Lagos Assembly to protest against the emergence of Musiliu Akinsanya aka MC Olu Omo as the Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of the union in the state. The protesters carried placards with inscriptions like:…