By Valentine Obienyem LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The Greek biographer Plutarch, in the preamble to his “Life of Alexander”, observed: “I am writing biography, not history; and the most brilliant exploits do not always manifest a man’s virtue or vice so well as a slight thing, a word or a jest, which often tells us…
By Idris Zekeri Jnr LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peter Obi Media Office has carefully studied the response of the Presidency to Peter Obi’s justifiable alarm on his life and businesses and takes serious exception to the tenuous and uncultured words used in the response. The Presidency’s insubstantial response is compelling the Peter Obi Media…
Senator, your aide, Comrade Wilson Okorugbo, has put together a passionate defense of your record. I appreciate it — it shows that the original piece hit its target perfectly. However, a passionate defense doesn’t equate to a solid rebuttal, and what your camp has provided follows a familiar script: they talk extensively about the…
By Valentine Obienyem LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-I initially began writing this as a reply to a post by Mr. Emeka Amadioha Opara. What prompted me was a comment by Mrs. Ngozi Agbapu, who wondered why Emeka seems to develop an “erection” (word mine) whenever Peter Obi’s name is mentioned. Knowing Mrs. Agbapu as a…
By Valentine Obienyem LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Aeschylus’s “Seven Against Thebes” has often been described as a drama “chokeful of Ares” – a work saturated with martial tension, capturing the terrifying atmosphere of a city under siege, the panic of its citizens, and the constant clash of armed forces at its gates. It is a…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Across Nigeria, the once-thriving football viewing centres that turned ordinary nights into communal celebrations are steadily fading into silence due to rising fuel prices, costly pay-TV subscriptions, and the growing shift to mobile streaming eroding patronage, AYOOLA OLASUPO reports Ten years ago, Jide Ojo’s football viewing centre was a lively hub where…
By Ademola Mobi LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Sometime in 2009, ‘Mr’(as he preferred to be addressed) Peter Obi, Governor Of Anambra State at the time, visited Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu and myself at Dallas, Texas. He came to deliver a get well message from the President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan and was billed to attend a…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-When you’re watching 2026 World Cup games and see empty seats, just remember who the real enemy is. It’s not the American, Canadian or Mexican fans who didn’t fill those seats. Because those empty seats aren’t about interest in the world’s most prestigious soccer tournament. There’s plenty of interest. No, the enemy…