LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS) – There is a steady flow of customers, the dirt car park is filled with vehicles, and the stalls at Oluwo market in Epe outside Lagos city are full. The market is one of the biggest in this West African country where bushmeat is sold. The mood is festive and everyone…
LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The marking today of the 19th anniversary of Democracy Day nationwide should ordinarily be imbued with some festivity; but that is hardly justifiable in view of the very limited gains that the country has made in the area of improving the life of the average citizen, and strengthening the institutions that make…
By Young Erhiurhoro LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)- In this paper, we shall look at or try to unravel ten hidden and important things Nigerian youths must know and also do before they get to thirty years of age. As we know from researches in Psychology and Sociology, this age from 0 to 15 is a…
LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At a centre for Biafra war veterans in south east Nigeria, John Oliwe rolls his wheelchair into the backyard. He uses a small cutlass to uproot weeds from his vegetable plot as he recalls his role in the conflict that began when he was just 15 years old. “I was very young…
LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGRS)-Shortly after Halima* arrived at a displacement camp in northeast Nigeria, a soldier approached her offering chicken and yams. Halima recognised him as one of the men who had beaten her husband and taken him into detention. For days, she had barely eaten so she accepted the food out of desperation. When…
LAGOS MAY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said on Monday he is travelling to the United Kingdom to see his doctor. “I will be travelling to the United Kingdom tomorrow, to see my doctor, at his request,” said Buhari on his official Twitter account. Buhari said he will be away for four days and plans…
By Eze Onyekpere LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The failed recall of Senator Dino Melaye on Saturday provides an opportunity for lessons to be drawn from the implementation of the recall constitutional provisions. Out of 189,870 signatories to the petition for Melaye’s recall, only 18,742 were verified by the Independent National Electoral Commission. This is a paltry…
LAGOS APRIL 18H (NEWSRANGERS)-“The risk of physical harm when you’re working as a journalist is a lot like the risk of libel in some ways,” said journalist and author Susan McKay at the International Journalism Festival in Italy today (14 April). “Sometimes it’s obvious where it might come from, but it sometimes comes from very…