LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Lionel Messi is an Argentine and Barcelona’s Professional Football star. He has since the beginning of his career, been playing a top-notch football in the Catalonia side. Having been outstanding over a decade, he has won close to a hundred awards, including six Ballon D’or, a feat that has placed him above…
By Olawale Olaleye LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The day this supposed ‘endorsement’ picture of Governor Godwin Obaseki and President Muhammadu Buhari was published, the discerning few knew it was the beginning of the end for him. The president does not truly endorse anyone. He only takes those pictures for the optics. This is without questioning his…
By Jerome-Mario Utomi LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-‘Our nation’s greatness is measured by how we treat those who are the most vulnerable-AL-Gore, Former Vice President of the United States of America. Each passing day in Nigeria brings to mind the fact that despite the widening strides by civil society organizations (CSO’s) and development minded individuals to…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two weeks to the much-anticipated primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, national party chieftains are worried the ruling party in the state may end up gifting the governorship election to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as major power interests deepen their strife over who should be the…
By Chief (Barr) Malcolm Omirhobo LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-On 22/5/2020, as the terror of the Fulani herdsmen against Deltans heightened and while Deltans were gripped with fear, Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa held a town hall meeting of stake holders in Delta State raising alarm and lamenting as is customary to him that our…
LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The US and the African Development Bank have fallen out over allegations of corruption against the bank’s Nigerian head, writes former BBC Africa Business editor Larry Madowo. Akinwumi Adesina is a sharp dresser known for his expensive tailored suits, immaculate white shirts and an endless supply of colourful bow ties. But the…
By Femi Oluwasanmi LAGOS MAY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Since the outbreak of COVID-19, government has continue to roll out different palliative measures in order to cushion the effect of the hardship ocassioned by the virus. One of these measures is the ‘modified’ Home Grown School Feeding Programme (HGSFP) which has generated alot of concerns among Nigerians at…
By Malcolm Omirhobo LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As an African, a Pan Africanist for that matter , celebrating Africa’s liberation day with my fellow African brothers and sisters both here at home in Africa and in Diaspora together with our well wishers all over the World, sitting in my small corner and in my quite and…