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IGP’s Wife Threat On Removal Of ‘Beer Parlours’ From Barracks Is Disturbing

LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-I write to rebut the pathetic threat by the President of the Police Officers Wives’ Association and wife of the Inspector-General of Police, Hajia Hajara Usman Baba, to remove “beer parlours” in police barracks across the country. “We are going to send signals immediately for the relocation of the ‘beer parlours’. If […]

Jun 8 2021 | Posted in Features,National | Read More »

Nigeria’s Twitter Ban Could Backfire For The Govt With Long Term Economic Cost

LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s decision to suspend Twitter indefinitely could backfire for the government and cost the country economically in terms of new investments into its technology sector. The Nigerian government suspended Twitter on June 4. The official press release gave only a vague justification, citing threats to “Nigeria’s corporate existence.” While only a minority […]

Jun 8 2021 | Posted in Business,Features,National | Read More »

TB Joshua: Life And Death Of Nigerian Outsider Who Became A Global Televangelist Star

LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s influential pastor TB Joshua, who has died aged 57, was considered a pariah among the country’s mega-televangelists and struggled until his death to be accepted within their circles, despite amassing millions of followers across Africa. Ostracised by both the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) […]

Jun 8 2021 | Posted in Features,National | Read More »

Southern Leaders And The 1979, 1999 Nigerian Constitutions

By Michael Owhoko, Ph.D LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Interrogating the role played by southern leaders in the making of the 1979 and 1999 Nigerian constitutions that have decapacitated the south with dimmed prospects for its young teeming generations, is imperative at this point of Nigeria’s history. These two constitutionslaid the groundwork for the current acrimony in […]

May 25 2021 | Posted in Features,National | Read More »

Rev. Father From Los Angeles, Shot By Kidnappers Recounts How He Survives

LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-For many Nigerians in Diaspora, returning to the country to visit their families and friends is far from being an easy decision. There is the initial hesitation that arises from a deep-rooted fear of the unknown. The thought of travelling by road from Lagos, Abuja, Kano or Port-Harcourt – where the major […]

May 17 2021 | Posted in Features,National | Read More »

Insecurity In Nigeria: Zero Effect Of Foreign Intervention And The Way Forward

By Chief Malcolm Emokiniovo Omirhobo. LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Barely twenty four hours after Boko Haram hoisted its flags in Kaure and Shiroro local government areas of Niger State about 140km to the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria’s seat of power. displacing residents in about 50 communities attaching the wives of the locals to its men, Senator […]

May 2 2021 | Posted in Features,National | Read More »

Isa Pantami: The Nigerian Embattled Minister Haunted By Extremist Views

LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s presidency says it “stands behind” an embattled minister facing calls for his resignation after extreme Islamist views he held in the past recently came to light. Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, and also a renowned Muslim cleric, expressed views sympathetic to groups such as al-Qaeda and Boko Haram. […]

Apr 25 2021 | Posted in Features,National | Read More »

JUSUN Strike: The Nigerian Constitution And The Manual Of Governance

By Chief Malcolm Emokiniovo Omirhobo . LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS0-Let me start by stating that I am one hundred and ten percent in support of the financial independence of the Nigerian judiciary because of its enormous importance and significance to the administration of justice , the rule of law and our nacesent democracy . I […]

Apr 17 2021 | Posted in Features,National | Read More »

Tinubu: A Presidential Disaster Waiting To Explode?

By Farook Kperogi LAGOS APRIL 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Anyone who has watched Bola Ahmed Tinubu closely and dispassionately can’t help but notice that the man is not well. He is a walking psychedelic calamity. His endless verbal miscues and nonverbal cues constantly conspire to construct the profile of a man who is battling a troubling internal turmoil. […]

Apr 10 2021 | Posted in Features,National | Read More »

Ayadesian Principle and Praxis of Expansionary Government

Often times, what is construed as a state’s policy, is a derivative of the leader’s philosophy and what shapes a leader’s philosophy are a combination of favourable/unfavourable political and economic circumstances. Governor Ayade assumed the leadership of Cross River at a time when the state’s economy was grappling for survival in the turbulent waters of […]

Apr 1 2021 | Posted in Features | Read More »