LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mustapha Abdullahi spent his childhood in constant hunger “roaming the streets for food” in his village in northern Nigeria, unsure when his next meal would arrive. Like many living in areas where opportunities are scarce, he knew he had to move. When he turned 12 he travelled south to Nigeria’s commercial megacity,…
By Jerome-Mario Utomi LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The mission of any government should be to promote creativity and to understand that the continous humiliation, degradation and criticism stifle creativity- Mohammaed bin Rashid AL Maktoum There are clear thinkers, muddled thinkers and people that fall in between. Clear thinks -are the ones that can cull everything down…
By Isidoros Karderinis, LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The climate change, that is, the change of the global climate and in particular the changes in meteorological conditions that extend on a large time scale, is a major global existential threat. The greenhouse effect causes the increase of temperature of the planet primarily due to the tremendous increase…
By Michael Owhoko LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Where is the map of Biafra? This is the question I have often asked the promoters and sympathizers of the Biafra cause, and up till this moment, their responses have been feeble, vague, evasive and suspicious, failing to provide specific drawing showing a clearly defined territorial area called Biafra. …
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Before now, I have confidently argued severally on different occasions with so many people that the corruption status of Nigeria have definitely reduced to a manageable level or below average since the establishment of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) some years now, hearing news of arrests and thousands of cases…
By Fredrick Nwabufo LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In December 2018, Boko Haram insurgents pulled a blitzkrieg on military formations in Baga, Borno State, sacking the headquarters of the multinational joint task force and taking over the place (briefly). The group steadied its onslaughts on military formations, killing many soldiers, weeks after. At least, 18 soldiers were…
LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There is a famous scene in Tunde Kelani’s movie, ‘Ti oluwa Ni ile’, which speaks to a time like this in our country. At his meeting with the two young men who were trying to co-opt him into the deal to sell a piece of sacred land which belongs to the entire…
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dikoye Oyeyinka, 33, has been billed as one of the most promising Nigerian writers of his generation. He went to some of the finest schools in his West African homeland but says that like the majority of his classmates he “didn’t know about Biafra until I was 14”. When he did begin…