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Why The 2023 Population Census Must Be postponed

By Michael Owhoko, Ph.D LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Without prejudice to extent of preparations, has government genuinely evaluated reasons for dispute and rejection of previous census results in Nigeriabefore proceeding to organize another headcount?  Results of census conducted in 1962, 1963, 1973, 1991 and 2006 were all marred by anomalies and controversiesallegedly engendered bymanipulation and falsification […]

2023 Presidency: Why The Odds Favour Peter Obi

Dan  Onwukwe LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-By the time the history of 2023 general elections is written, historians will record it that Mr. Peter Obi’s entry into the Presidential race on the platform of Labour Party was like a knight on a white horse. The excitement it has generated among Nigerians, especially the youths is unprecedented. […]

Lies And Truth About Obi, Atiku, Tinubu

By Farooq A. Kperogi LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ancient Greeks are credited with saying the truth is often the first casualty in war. I think in political campaigns, truth is also the first casualty, and we have started to see that already in the current election cycle in Nigeria.  In this column, I highlight a few […]

Minimum Wage Gimmicks And Leadership Tailored Challenges

By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It may not be characterized as hasty to conclude that the president Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government , after living in denial for a very long time, have finally come to terms with the fact that  Nigerian workers have in the past seven to eight years faced unprecedented hardship […]

X-Raying Dikio’s Two Years Tenure As Presidential Amnesty Programme Boss

By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-About two years ago, when President Muhammadu Buhari removed Professor Charles Dokubo (now late), as the interim Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, and in his place, appointed Mbiama, Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State born Colonel Milland Dixon Dikio (rtd), stakeholders were happy for varying […]

Water Resources Bill: The Silence Of Our Traditional Rulers No Longer Golden

By Chief (Barr) Malcolm  Omirhobo LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-I have taken pains to profile the traditional rulers in Nigeria particularly those in the South South , South East , South West and North Central Zones of Nigeria affected by the water resources bill and I discover that they are all well lettered . By my […]

Water Resources Bill: Once Bitten Twice Shy, Niger Deltans Wake Up

By  Chief (Barr) Malcolm Omirhobo LAGOS AUGUST 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-When I say Niger Deltans , I mean Nigerians indigenous to the Niger Delta region of Nigeria comprises nine states namely : Abia, Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Imo, Ondo and Rivers. The Niger Delta is one of the World’s most important wetland and coastal marine […]

ANCLA ‘Owambe’ Dance: My Observation

By Innocent Orok LAGOS AUGUST 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-First,  I like to state that the job of a Journalist as the “Watch Dog of the Society” is to inform, educate and entertain the public, based on the writer’s proper interrogation of the issues on the ground  with facts and balanced  reporting in order not to misled or […]

N4bn Monthly Pipeline Surveillance Contract To Tompolo: A Peanut In The Circumstance

By Chief (Barr.) Malcolm Omirhobo LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)- I have read with utmost dismay  the resentment of  the  Amalgamated Arewa Youth Group over  the N4bn monthly pipeline surveillance contract awarded  to  Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, by the Nigerian National Petroleum Limited, an amount   which I consider a peanut in the circumstance . Today the […]

The Niger Delta Presidential Amnesty Programme Life Circle

  By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-On 25 June 2009, President Umoru Yar’Adua (now late) granted presidential amnesty to Niger Delta militants who had directly or indirectly participated in the commission of offences associated with militant activities in the Niger Delta, and who were willing to surrender their weapons and renounce armed struggle […]

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