BY JEROME-MARIO UTOMi In Nigeria, like in other countries of the world, it is a moral duty that citizens should reinforce and not undermine the government effort; acting in concord with daily political developments particularly under a democratic arrangement. But contrary to this expectation, the vast majority of Nigerians have in recent weeks demonstrated stiff…
By Ann Mcgregor, Ph.D LAGOS MARCH 2ND(NEWSRANGERS)-State complicity with terrorists and organized crime are at the heart of instability in the Sahel, Sahara and Lake Chad regions, formenting conflict and fuelling the rise of Boko Haram kidnapping. In the past decades, increasing instability in the Sahel, Sahara and Lake Chad has been a source of…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Eminent Scientist and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Professor Oye Ibidapo-Obe is expected to be the main speaker at the talk shop of a two-day Roundtable on Research Funding for research institutions in Nigeria billed to come up in Abuja on April 17 and 18, 2018. Also expected at…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian-born British boxer Anthony Joshua has added the WBO belt to his collection of titles with a win over Joseph Parker. For the first time Joshua was forced to go the distance – but was unanimously declared the winner with a wide margin on the judges’ scorecards: 118-110 twice and 119-109. After…
LAGOS MARCH 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer were reported tohave died s died on Saturday when a building collapsed in Agege area of Lagos State. Many other persons were said to have been injured in the incident, Eagles Online reports. According to available information, the building is located in Abeje area of Agege. The injured have been…
LAGOS MARCH 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to a list released by the Federal Government indicting its members as ‘top treasury looters’. The PDP in a press statement by its National Chairman, Uche Secondus, on Friday released a counter list containing Governors, Senators, Ministers and other top All Progressives Congress Chieftains. It…
LAGOS MARCH 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere; a Second Republic lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed; and the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, among others, came down heavily on the Federal Government over the release of a looters’ list containing just six names. They described the list as laughable while accusing the government and…
LAGOS MARCH 31ST (NESRANGERS)-The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Uche Secondus, has challenged the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed to be ready to proof his allegation that the he collected N200m from the purse of the National Security Adviser (NSA). Secondus gave the threat in a statement issued…
