By Chief Malcolm Emokiniovo Omirhobo. LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-I am dispirited to hear the sad news of the death of my dear friend , Mohammed Fawehinmi , fondly known as Moh . In pains and tears , I ask why is this world unfair , cruel , mean and heartless to good people .Oh yes! …
Tunde Adesola LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-If you went to nursery or primary school in Nigeria, you’re unlikely to miss the deafening ‘A-for-apple’ cognitive verbal rendition schoolchildren crammed and screamed. ‘A-for-apple!’, ‘B-for-ball!’, ‘C-for-cake!’, ‘D-for-dog!’, ‘E-for-egg!’, ‘F-for-fish!’ ‘G-for-goat!’, ‘H-for-hen!’, ‘I-for-ink!’, ‘J-for-jug!’. In my kindergarten days, ‘K’ was for kettle, but now, I guess ‘K’ must be for…
By David Adenekan LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-To say the trial and travail of Chief Sunday Adeyemo (aka Igboho Oosa) in Republic of Benin is the best unifying force that has happened to the Yoruba nation in this generation, is to say the least. Moreover, if not for the trial and travail of their kinsman, Chief…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Witnesses to the shocking public kidnapping of Nigerian and British national Nnamdi Kanu—head of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group—told The Daily Beast that the separatist leader was stepping out of his car at an airport when a group of heavily armed men forcefully seized him to arrange his transfer to…
By Valentine Obienyem LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-We can hardly forget those that play critical roles in our lives. As a young Seminarian in 1988, Rev. Fr. Dr. Collins Okeke as our Auxiliary (then a Seminarian), came bubbling with philosophy, being a fresh graduate of philosophy at the time. He is intelligent and everybody knows that….
By Kehinde David Folarin LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In the light of the tremendous stress laid upon the leadership role in both secular and religious worlds, it is a general principle that we can influence and lead others only so far as we ourselves have gone. The person most likely to be successful is the one…
By Christian Ita LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Politicians are always amazing. As 2023 draws nearer, they are at their wit; engaging in character assassination, mudslinging, bad-mouthing, blackmailing and in extreme cases kidnapping and killing. Before the 2015 general elections in Imo State, there was a young man, a comedian, who was hired to assassinate the character…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The arrest of Nigerian separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu has dealt a serious blow to his group, and could even spell the end of his movement. The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob), a group that wants a breakaway state in south-east Nigeria, remains a cult hero to his hundreds of…