By Onesirosan Agbajoh LAGOS JULY8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Amnesty programme for the people of Niger Delta today, has become a Success Story and a pointer to the fact that Nigerian Government indeed is committed to addressing the aged long neglect and marginalization of the Region which has remain the economic nerve-center of the country. The Programme…
LAGOS JULY 5TH(NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s ruling party has split after a faction declared that it no longer supports the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, threatening his hopes of a securing a second term in an election due early next year. A group of politicians who were part of the All Progressives Congress (APC) told a news conference…
By Samuel Akpobome Orovwuje LAGOS JULY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The regretful narrative of episodic elections and political leadership deficit reminds me of Robert Kaplan classic entitled: The coming of Anarchy. In the book, he painted a gloomy picture of how episodic experiment in democracy, scarcity, crime, over population, ethnicity, and weak leadership are rapidly destroying the social…
By Linus Obogo LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The story of Cross River State Rice City project can be likened to that of a budding pregnancy. At first, it bears symptoms of an onset of fever and progresses further into physiognomic changes in the carrier of the fetus with manifest signs like vomiting, nausea as well as…
By Kwamkur Samuel LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NESRANGERS)-It is sad to receive another news of massive killings and destructions of over 200 lives and millions worth of properties of Plateau state citizens. I understand similar attacks are ongoing in parts of Taraba, Adamawa, Zamfara,Kaduna and Benue States amongst others. I have been inundated with calls to…
By Mcgregor LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)In the sandy grounds of the Sahara Salient, at an unknown distance from the remote village of Dapchi lie in unmarked graves, the bodies of five girls. No epitaph. The Sahel is hyper-arid with sparse vegetation, grassland, and desert shrub where moisture collects. Many sand seas and dunes field spiced…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari launched his on the three-pronged promises of securing the lives and properties of Nigerians, restoring the economy, and fighting corruption. Three years down the line, several top former political office holders have been sent to jail, in fulfillment of the current administration’s avowed determination to fight corruption head-on. Prominent…
By Na’Allah Mohammed Zagga LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-What is the basis of awarding Baba Gana Kingibe a national honour side by side Chief MKO Abiola? This was a running mate who opportunistically deserted Abiola and abandoned him to his fate, and ignobly lapped up an appointment from dictator Sani Abacha, the military usurper. President Muhammadu…