LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Had the coup plotters led by Lt. Col. Buka Suka Dimka not noticed the door of General Murtala Muhammed’s Mercedes Benz car open minutes after it was sprayed with bullets from AK-47 assault rifles, triggering another round of firing, perhaps the late Head of State would have survived the brutal attack. The…
By Michael Owhoko, Ph.D LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The unending darkness permeating Nigeria today,unarguably, was the mistake of 2013 when majority stakes in the electricity distribution companies (DISCOs) were sold to private investors as part of larger efforts to improve electricity supply, which was hitherto,disrupted by constant power failure across the country. Unfortunately, after 12 years…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-THE Nigeria Police Force is in the spotlight again. A video of its masked and weirdly dressed officers shooting and scaling a fence on a purported arrest mission makes this impossible to deny. The incident in Delta State is a throwback to the pre-#EndSARS protest days. What magic can President Bola Tinubu…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Solar installations have reached new heights across the globe in 2024with a whopping 503 GWp of estimated capacity. This represents a 44% increase compared to 2023. In Africa, the growth is more modest but new installations maintain a solid level at 2.5 GWp after 2022 and 2023 being record years for solar…
Here are the details. Please refer to your story entitled ‘Court Freezes General Hydrocarbons’ Accounts over (Alleged) $225.8m Debt to First Bank’ and published in your platform of January 10/ 11, 2025, as well as other misleading and malicious stories on social media. The report alleged that a Federal High Court in Lagos has frozen…
By Nnanke Harry Willie LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As the golden rays of his 60th birthday dawned, Mele Kolo Kyari is standing tall on a constellation of stellar achievements. He hit the Biblical three scores on a bull’s eye with news of long dead, abiku refineries becoming ‘born again’. Mele Kyari’s story is a testament to…
By Tony Ogunlowo LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-‘Titanic’ can mean something that is very big, gigantic or enormous and it was also the name of a ship that sank on its maiden voyage. When the Titanic sank in 1912 it sank due to a number of avoidable factors: a ship deemed unsinkable that wasn’t fitted with…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-In a testament to his prudence, foresight, and selflessness, ex-Governor Ifeanyi Okowa’s administration has once again demonstrated its commitment to Delta State’s financial stability. On October 30th, 2024, the state received a substantial N150 billion subsidy refund, a direct result of Okowa’s strategic financial decisions during his tenure. Towards the end of…