By Tony Olutomiwa LAGOS JANURY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was the Scottish writer, Thomas Carlyle, who famously stated that the history of the world is but the biography of great men, reflecting his belief that heroes shape history through both their personal attributes and divine inspiration. But Carlyle had only popularized The great man theory, an idea…
By Amos Okioma LAGOS JNAUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Former Commissioner of Transport in Bayela state, Mrs.Marie Ebikake and a soldier were abducted in separate incidents at the weekend by unknown gunmen in Bayelsa state The incidents occurred barely three days after a Bayelsa monarch’s wife who spent 25 days in captivity was freed on Thursday. It…
By Amos Okioma LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Mrs. Tina Inegbagha wife of the Paramount Ruler of Ayakoro Community in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa state and Mr. Egbele Jack, a school principal have regained their freedom, 25 days after their abduction. Chief Majesty Inegbagha, a member of the monarch’s family who confirmed the development…
By Amos Okioma LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)- No fewer than 300 persons were on Saturday rendered homeless in Yenagoa, following fire incident that gutted a neighbourhood in Ekeki suburb of Bayelsa capital. NewsRangers learnt that the inferno, which occurred at about 2 am on Friday, also destroyed valuables worth millions of naira. Residents of the…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Amnesty International has revealed that life of 10 leaders of the independent movement in the Anglophone regions of Cameroon could be at risk of torture and unfair trials if extradited from Nigeria, where they have been arrested and detained in secret for one week. The human right’s group said that on…
By Emmanuel Ogebe LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Long before I arrived in the United States in 1997 on political asylum, I’d heard the apocryphal story of the visiting African who was asked by an American whether it was “true that Africans live on trees?” The well-educated and well-spoken African responded: “Yes, it is true, and the…
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-I read one of President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministers say that his boss is poised to seek re-election in 2019. Before his poorly-packaged, unsolicited public service announcement, there were media reports that former Rivers governor and current minister of Transport, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, had been quietly reappointed as Director-General of Buhari’s presidential (re-election)…
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Federal Minister Of Agriculture and Rural development, Audu Ogbeh has affirmed that National Egg Production Scheme (NEPRO) if fully implemented would provide one million jobs nationwide through egg production, processing and marketing. According to the Minister, the target of the scheme is to achieve a daily production of 50million eggs over the…