By VALENTINE OBIENYEM LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-You need not lead a corporation or country for your capacity to lead to become manifest. A leader is always a leader even when he is leading his primary school mates. This is the lesson I learnt during our one-day recent trip to an African country. We travelled to…
By Kelechi Esogwa-Amadi LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There has been tension in the political camp of the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, since documents linking him to alleged drug trafficking and money-laundering crimes in the U.S. resurfaced recently. A United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois released fresh documents on…
By Abimbola Adelakun LAGOS NOVEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It is understandable why the Labour Party will withhold their presidential candidate from attending debates or similar public forums if his counterparts in the All Progressives Congress and Peoples Democratic Party do not show up. Appearing at such venues while fellow contestants get to pretend they are busy doing…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
