LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was midnight when Falmata Bunu crept through the deadly Boko Haram camp in Northeast Nigeria’s Sambisa forest that had been her home for 15 months. She walked through the deadly forest for several days before finding help. Like the other girls conscripted by the militants, she had been warned that she…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-I felt so pity for him, so I decided to drop from the vehicle to meet him, I greeted him and try to know the direction he was going to. He discloses that he is walking towards a street which was still distanced from his current location. I was really touched, I…
By Dr Qasim Akinreti LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-For the death of Baba Lateef Kayode Jakande,LKJ, (Baba Kekere), Nigeria and Journalism profession lost another rare gem, a Journalist Per Excellence, administrator and sincere ,astute politician. Baba Jakande lived and died for the sustenable development of Nigeria ,Lagos State in particular and the growth of Journalism as…
By Jerome-Mario Utomi LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-It is pretty obvious that the Nigerian Nation state seems to lack the necessary ingredients of real unity and peace required for her socio-economic development and genuine progress. This counter, cross and Trans arguments is particularly “nourished” by two separate but related factors. First is what many describe as…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Momoh was appointed Minister of Information and Culture by General Ibrahim Babangida, holding this position from September 1986 until 1990. He was Chairman of the African Conference of Information Ministers from 1988 to 1990. In 1983 the editor of Newswatch, Dele Giwa, was detained for a week by police for publishing what…
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-When Nigeria’s then-head of state Sani Abacha stole billions of dollars and died before spending his loot, it prompted an international treasure hunt spread over decades. The man hired to get the money back tells the BBC’s Clare Spencer how the search took over his life. In September 1999, Swiss lawyer Enrico…
By Dele Momodu LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fellow Nigerians, please, take note of the title of my column this week. I did not say Nigerians are dying. That is stale news, as well as an understatement. My focus is that the country called Nigeria is dying. I do not know what sort of security briefing President…
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Diane Kearns sat at her old-school wooden desk, black hair pulled into a ponytail and face devoid of makeup, and prepared to go to war. The Austin, Texas, mother of three was fiercely focused on one thing: finding a COVID-19 vaccine for her 18-year-old son, Dean, whose disabilities include cerebral palsy, seizure…