By Francess Otome LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)- What is corruption? According to the definition used by the world bank, “It is the abuse of public power for private benefit.” A more neutral definition is that corruption is the intentional non compliance with arm’s length relationship aimed at deriving some advantage from this behavior for oneself…
By Okeke Destiny Chiyere LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Over the years,inflation and hikes has been a major setback in the Nigerian economy. Prices of goods have been making a rapid climb in Africa’s most populous country since August,2019 when the country shut it’s borders from neighboring countries and continued unabated owing to supply chain distributors induced…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a grand ceremony held at the Headquarters of Sector 2 of the Joint Border Patrol Team in Ikeja, Lagos, the representatives of the Congress Of Nigerian Maritime Media Practitioners (CONMMEP) gathered to pay homage to Chief Superintendent Dinya Sabo. Led by CONMMEP’s President, Alh Tunde Umar-Daniah, the event aimed to honor…
By Odita Sunday-Udemaguna LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-“The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.” This Quote by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow aptly describes the immediate past Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo. He is…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A few years ago, I saw a post on the popular social networking site Twitter asking Nigerians what the “Nigerian Dream” means to them. Curious, I checked the comments to see what Nigerians consider the Nigerian Dream. Most respondents said the Nigerian Dream is to get an international passport and Japa (a…
By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-If there is any event in recent times that amply demonstrates that nations succeed or fail and define their essential character by the way they challenge the unknown and cope with fears, it is the Senate’s recent and final rejection on Tuesday June 6, 2023, of the controversial…
LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bola Tinubu, 71, has been sworn in as Nigeria’s president after winning the country’s most competitive election since the end of military rule in 1999. Widely credited with reshaping Nigeria’s commercial hub Lagos, Mr Tinubu saw off a divided opposition party and a youth-backed third-party candidate in February’s election. Defeated candidates Atiku…
Dr. Majid Sadeghpour LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The brutal murder of a young woman named Mahsa Amini nearly nine months ago began an unprecedented unrest in Iran today. Yet, in describing the conditions inside Iran, the diaspora often find themselves explaining that Iran’s rich heritage and civilization are not synonymous with the Ayatollahs and their ideology…
