By Michael Owhoko LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Journalism in Nigeria is on the decline, and its credibility is steadily being destroyed. The solution lies in the hands of practitioners. They can reverse the trend if they have the courage to admit the problem. But how prepared are they and, what needs to be done? As a…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The auditoriums of Nigeria’s mega churches are empty and their gates are shut as they are forced to observe a government ban on large gatherings to halt the spread of coronavirus. But it took not only threats, but force and arrests for the message to get across. In some cases those in…
By Samuel Akpobome Orovwuje LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The issue of COVID -19 global pandemic has generated one the most emotive discussions in migration, international relations and diplomacy over the past five months – among both current affairs analysts, public health practitioners and national governments. According to the World Health Organisation, (WHO), the total numbers of…
By Jeffery Orji LAGOS MARCH 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The name Biafra remains golden in Nigeria no matter how it sound to the ear. Irrespective all they have contributed to the progress Nigeria, they have always being meted with the highest level of crudeness. History will continue to remember the severity of wound inflicted upon them by the…
LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At a news conference Thursday, President Donald Trump addressed the question of the hour: How long will it take for things to go back to normal? “People are talking about July, August,” he said. But that inquiry, many doctors and scientists say, is the wrong question. “We need to change the conversation…
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…