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Peter Obi: Young Nigerians Take On Political Corruption, Police Brutality

LAGOS JULY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Most people who voted for Peter Obi, Nigeria’s Labor Party presidential candidate in the country’s 2023 presidential election, can’t attest to knowing him personally. But Perpetual, who shares her hometown of Agulu in Anambra state with Obi, says she can. So in February, amid a crippling economic downturn and the inconvenience of […]

Jul 20 2023 | Posted in National | Read More »

Nigeria’s EndSARS Protests Have Been About Much More Than Police Brutality

LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The past three weeks of Nigeria’s EndSARS protests have me listening again to late Nigerian Afrobeat star and political activist Fela Kuti’s “Sorrow Tears & Blood.” The song, released 42 years ago, is about the violence and psychological terror inflicted by Nigeria’s uniformed officials, in particular the police and army. Fela bemoans […]

Nov 2 2020 | Posted in National | Read More »

Police Brutality: PDP Leaders Storm National Assembly To Protest Attack On Fayose

LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, on Thursday, led the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party to the National Assembly to protest against the alleged assault by men of the Nigeria Police on the Gover‎nor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose. It would recall that Fayose, on […]