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No Difference Between Pentecostal Pastors And Politicians

By Dr Michael Owhoko LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Disparity of roles between ecclesiastics and politicians are generally expected to translate to differences in values, lifestyles and creeds, but this pattern has been disrupted and bridged in Nigeria by materialism. Moral disconnects,lust and insatiability for money, wealth, fame, influence and power have conspired to bring the men […]

Mar 6 2024 | Posted in Features,National | Read More »

Mr Ibu : The Man Who Made Africa Laugh

LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Such was the comic genius of Nigerian actor John Okafor, popularly known as Mr Ibu, that he often didn’t even need to open his mouth to make people laugh. “I was chosen to play a doctor in a film one time and when I came to the set dressed as one, even […]

Mar 5 2024 | Posted in Entertainment,Features,National | Read More »

Political Appointments And The Abysmal Remuneration In Cross River State

LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Political appointments in Cross River State, Nigeria, have recently come under scrutiny due to the low remuneration provided to the appointees. Unlike civil service positions, political appointments typically last for a short period of four years, which is why the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission in it’s wisdom offers high remuneration […]

Feb 14 2024 | Posted in Features,National | Read More »

Throwback:‘Peter Obi Did Not Use Personal Friends, Politicians As Commissioners’

By Treasure Otiti LAGOS DECEMBER 28 (NEWSRANGERS)-About 60% of them were not close to Peter Obi prior to his being the governor and they were not. politicians. He never met some of them one on one but their competences found them. His Secretary to State Government Oseloka Obaze, he brought him from UN. He was […]

Dec 28 2023 | Posted in Features,National | Read More »

Why GSK, P&G Exit Nigeria?

By Chukwudi Iwuchukwu LAGOS DECEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At the last count, five multinationals have closed shop and left Nigeria this year alone. They include Unilever, GSK, P&G, Sanofi, and Equinor. Unilever Nigeria exited its home care and skin cleansing categories in Nigeria. Equinox, a Norwegian oil and gas company, sold its oil and gas assets, including […]

Dec 11 2023 | Posted in Business,Features,National | Read More »

Nigeria In Apparent Decay, Regression In All Fronts Under Tinubu

By Abiola Daisy Igaga and Bartholomew Okuodo LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Since the swearing in of the present government on May 29, 2023, the economic index of Nigeria has become worse in all respect. The country is witnessing heightened inflation, social facilities and infrastructures are in a state of pitiable decay, the rate of unemployment is getting […]

Nov 28 2023 | Posted in Features,National | Read More »

National Contradictions Bola Tinubu Must Resolve In 2024

By Michael Owhoko, Ph.D LAGOS NOVEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Any Nigerian with rational and open mind knows that complexity of governance in Nigeria today is rooted in the country’s political system, which by any stretch of imagination and logic, is unsuitable for a heterogenous society like Nigeria with over 250 ethnic groups that are characterized by incompatible […]

Nov 21 2023 | Posted in Features,National | Read More »

Victims Recount Ordeal As ‘One Chance’ Criminals Spread Sorrow In Abuja

LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Amid the high rising buildings, beautiful scenery, headquarters of security agencies and constant show of force by the police, Army, Department of State Services (DSS) and National Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, lies the atrocities of criminals popularly known as ‘one chance.’ They […]

Oct 17 2023 | Posted in Features,National | Read More »

The Lies Of Wole Soyinka On The 2023 Polls

By Chief (Barr.) Malcolm Omirhobo LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At an event titled “The Lies Oh sorry , I mean the Lives of Wole Soyinka — A Dialogue” organised by Africa in the World, held in South Africa , Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka lied . He lied keeping a straight face that Labour Party leadership […]

Sep 15 2023 | Posted in Features,National | Read More »

PEPC & Elections: Will People Who Prefer Darkness Invest In Light?

By Sola Olumese LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-I confess that last Wednesday, I feared I may be a masochist. I do not know what else one diagnoses after he spent most of 10 hours listening to the Presidential Election Petitions Court. I mean, I had other things to do, and I should have moved on to […]

Sep 10 2023 | Posted in Features,National | Read More »