LAGOS OCTOBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Protests over a range of issues have taken place in cities across Europe, from Milan and Madrid to Lisbon and Tirana. Demonstrators are taking to the streets over pensions, housing, education, corruption and opposition to war, reflecting a diverse mix of grievances across the continent. Despite precautions, bans and heavy policing the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Thousands of students and teachers marched through the streets of the Greek capital of Athens Wednesday, calling for affordable student housing and more state investment in education, as protests that have swept Europe spread further. Similar protests were being held in several cities in Greece, including Thessaloniki in the north and the…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Across Nigeria, the once-thriving football viewing centres that turned ordinary nights into communal celebrations are steadily fading into silence due to rising fuel prices, costly pay-TV subscriptions, and the growing shift to mobile streaming eroding patronage, AYOOLA OLASUPO reports Ten years ago, Jide Ojo’s football viewing centre was a lively hub where…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits have imposed a ₦20 million levy on farmers in Gatakawa, a community in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State, before allowing them to harvest their crops. Families in the community are now selling belongings or borrowing money to pay the levies and access their farmlands. According to a source…
LAGOS OCTOBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-In a bold call to action, Nigeria’s Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited has urged African nations to take full ownership of the continent’s vast hydrocarbon resources, positioning energy leadership as the key to unlocking industrialisation and sustainable development. “We are sitting on immense natural wealth, yet we remain dependent. This must…
Residents of Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State now live under the fear of sudden attack by mentally-deranged persons, especially youths hit by drug-induced amnesia. LEADERSHIP checks revealed that the influx of unkempt youths devastated by routine sipping, inhaling, sniffing and injection of hard substances in liquids and powdery forms, have become a menace, especially in…
LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The spate of kidnapping across the 21 local governments in Kogi State, between April 26 and May 20, has put the state under focus in recent times. A record of reported incidents in various communities within 25 days shows that over 28 persons were abducted, excluding those reportedly kidnapped in three buses,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The reinstated chairman of Irewole Local Government Area in Osun State, Mr. Remi Abass, has reportedly been killed. It is alleged that Abass was killed by armed men linked to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The event occurred when Abass and other local government officials, who had been dismissed but reinstated…
