LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Supreme Court on Friday complained that opposition parties are deploying social media to terrorise the apex court and its justices, particularly over cases relating to the 2023 general elections. This was contained in the judgement of the court in the suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking the disqualification…
LAGOS APRIL 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian businessman and son Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Seyi Tinubu has taken to social media to upload pictures of the president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his partner, Senator Oluremi Tinubu looking beautiful in their outfits. In the pictures which were uploaded on the official Instagram story of Seyi Tinubu, former Lagos State governor…
Former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mr Mike Mbama Okiro has implored Inspector General of Police of Nigeria (IGP) Mr Alkali Baba to to diligently investigate and decisively deal with security operatives who watch aimlessly while election violence is being committed in their presence by hired gunmen, political thugs and sundry election miscreants and offenders. …
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Recent photos of the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari have caused a stir on social media, Naija News reports It would be recalled that DCP Kyari, once celebrated for his crime-busting adeptness, was remanded in Kuje prison after his arrest by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) The…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians on social media on Friday knocked the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, over his claim that 90 per cent of northerners are not on social media. Atiku, who is Nigeria’s former Vice President, while responding to a question in an exclusive interview with Arise TV on Friday morning, played…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After the killing of Deborah Samuel, a Christian, second-year student in the northern Nigeria city of Sokoto on Thursday for alleged blasphemy, fake news and disinformation have been widely shared on social media. A war of words erupted on Twitter and Facebook between some Muslims and Christians in the country, with each…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Shehu Sani, a former federal lawmaker, has lambasted members of the House of Assembly for considering a bill to jail protesters in Nigeria. A bill was presented to the House of Representatives for consideration during the week and seeks to jail what they termed unlawful protesters in Nigeria. The bill, sponsored by Rep….
LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Ms Hossam, whose social media posts have been attacked for violating ‘traditional values’, begged for clemency on Monday Canadian lawmakers passed a controversial bill that aims to regulate programming distributed by media streaming services and social platforms like Facebook and YouTube, a measure that critics warn could infringe on individual speech. The…