Posts tagged as: Boycott

Subsidy: Passengers Boycott Ferry Transport  As Boat Operators Hike Fares

LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Many waterways Transportation passengers are lamenting over the hike in transport fares by boat operators over the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government. This is even as some passengers have been forced to move by road due to increasing cost of waterways Transportation. Speaking with the Nigerian Tribune exclusively, some […]

Amaechi  Boycotts Tinubu’s Inauguration, Attends Otti’s Swearing In Ceremony In Abia

LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A top-ranking member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Rotimi Amaechi was conspicuously absent at the inauguration of former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s 16th President on Monday at the Eagle Square in Abuja. However, Amaechi, a former Minister of Transportation and ex-governor of Rivers, was spotted at the […]

Why Thomas Sankara’s Widow, Children  Boycott Reburial Of African Revolutionary

LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Burkina Faso’s most famous revolutionary Thomas Sankara has been reburied in the capital by the military junta – despite his widow and children boycotting the funeral. Sankara was laid to rest at the spot where he was assassinated in 1987. His immediate family wanted the reburial at a site that would “appease […]

Morocco Threatens To Boycott African Nations Cup Next Month

LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After its sensational World Cup performance, Morocco’s national soccer team might boycott the African Nations Championship next month because of a diplomatic dispute with tournament host Algeria. The Moroccan Football Federation said its team will only compete if there is a direct flight from the Moroccan capital Rabat to the Algerian city […]

Tinubu To Boycott Third Edition Of Arise Presidential Town Hall Meeting

LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress, APC, says its flag bearer, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will not honour the third edition of the presidential town hall meeting hosted by Arise Television. This was contained in a statement issued by Bayo Onanuga, Director, Media & Publicity, APC Presidential Campaign Council. The […]

Former APC Presidential Aspirants Boycott Tinubu’s Campaign Meeting 

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The meeting of the 21 former presidential aspirants of All Progressives Congress (APC), scheduled to hold in Abuja yesterday, could not hold despite series of pre-event publicity. The roundtable earlier slated for 2p.m. was for the aspirants to come up with strategies to support the APC standard bearer, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, […]

Nurses Boycott Treatment Of Police Over Alleged Killing Of Their Colleagues

LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nurses in Eswatini are refusing to treat police officers as they accuse them of shooting colleagues during a pro-democracy rally on Wednesday. Protests in Africa’s last absolute monarchy, formerly known as Swaziland, have swept the country since June. Some internet services, such as Facebook, were temporarily shut down this week in response […]

New Privacy Policy; Twitter Suffers Loss As Million Boycott WhatsApp

LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Millions of users of the messaging platform, WhatsApp across the globe, including Nigerians, have started exiting the platform following a new privacy policy recently announced, though to take effect from on February 8. This privacy policy, which many users of the Facebook-owned WhatsApp consider offensive, has triggered a mass exodus of subscribers to other less popular but […]

Killings: Kaduna Christians, Southern Kaduna Union Boycott Peace Summit

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kaduna chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Christian leaders from the Southern part of Kaduna as well as the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union, on Tuesday, boycotted a peace summit in Kafanchan, Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Organised by “Friends of Southern Kaduna” in collaboration with the Nigeria Christian […]

China Tells State Firms To Boycott Purchases Of Major U.S. Farm Products

LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-China has told state-owned firms to halt purchases of soybeans and pork from the United States, two people familiar with the matter said, after Washington said it would eliminate special treatment for Hong Kong to punish Beijing. Large volume state purchases of U.S. corn and cotton have also been put on hold, […]

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