LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-During the period of the transatlantic slave trade, more than 12.5 million enslaved persons were shipped from Africa to the Americas with about 3.5 million of them from Nigeria. Today there are communities of people with Nigerian ancestry mostly in Brazil, Cuba, and Jamaica who have retained some some of their ancestral…
By Michael Owhoko LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Praying for Nigeria’s redemption from its current woes is like asking God to prevent a building with defective foundation located in the Lekki area of Lagos from collapse. Even intercessions by bestof prayer warriors cannot save such a building. As long as Nigeria continue with its current inapt political…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Zashaya Awele leapt for joy when she got a scholarship from the Niger Delta Development Commission in August 2019 for a master’s degree at a London university in the United Kingdom. But one year after, her joy has turned into anxiety, worry, and depression. The reasons for her condition are quite enormous….
By Tai Emeka Obasi LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-For those who were not yet in secondary schools when HE Peter Obi became governor, you might truly have physically missed the beginning. I had already graduated from the university over a decade before he started campaigning towards 2003 gubernatorial election. But I didn’t give him a thought…
By Jerome-Mario Utomi LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There are in the words of the sage, important limits to human relations, knowledge, awareness, and technological state, economic and financial resource availability, social and cultural exposures. Political and Socioeconomic problems which are the product of human actions and reactions are not static. They change with time and place. What is…
By Jerome-Mario Utomi LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It is globally recognized that every citizen of a modern nation is a subject of the state, and once a state is formed, the citizens formulate ethical principles or virtues to be pursued, vices to be avoided and values to be cherished-for the good conduct of the citizens. These…
By Dr.Abia Nzelu LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Every year, July 28 is marked as World Hepatitis Day (WHD). It is a day dedicated to increase the global awareness and understanding of viral hepatitis and the diseases that it causes. Viral hepatitis is inflammation of the liver caused by a group of viruses known as hepatitis A,…
Chief Malcolm Emokiniovo Omirhobo . LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Fellow ignoramus . Oh sorry I mean fellow compatriots . Before the slip I was going to ask you the following questions and demand for your sincere answers . How many of us know the origin and meaning of the word constitution ? How many…
