LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Supporters of embattled Yoruba activist Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho have taken to the streets of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, to protest his arrest and detention by Beninise authorities. The Nation reports Igboho, who was arrested at an airport in Cotonou on Monday night, is still being held by Beninise authorities….
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Supporters gathered outside the rural home of South Africa’s ex-president Jacob Zuma on Friday in a show of solidarity as he faced a deadline for surrendering to police for contempt of court. In an unprecedented ruling, the Constitutional Court on Tuesday handed Zuma a 15-month jail term for repeatedly refusing to comply…
The governor, who said this while receiving Muslim leaders at Government House, in Benin City, expressed his readiness to stand with the people, defend their interests and develop the state. Obaseki said: “I am not afraid of any man but God. I know the gang up is to provoke me and my supporters but we…
LAGOS OCTOBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2019 polls, Mr. Peter Obi, has charged his supporters not to attack or insult anybody on his behalf, distancing himself from any such undemocratic conduct. He gave the charge in a statement issued by his Special Adviser, Mr. Valentine Obienyem in…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was pandemonium in Abuja on Thursday as officers of the Nigeria police force and some supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) clashed at the PDP party headquarters. According to reports, the protesters besieged the area as former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar submitted his presidential nomination form. The clash resulted in the…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was a heavy clash between supporters of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and those of the All Progressives Congress (APC) outside the VIP arrival hall of the Benin city airport Friday evening, over a senator’s anti Buhari comment at the Senate. Security operatives, led by the Edo State Police Commissioner, Mr….
