By Samuel Akpobome Orovwuje LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The turgid gaiety and a frenzy of cross – carpet hysteria a few days to the 2019 general elections reminds me of the most morbid nationalistic fantasies and the darkest moment of our democratic journey. Nigeria remains a divided polity, although united in elite power- play above the…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The gridlock on Apapa-Oshodi Expressway in Lagos and other adjoining areas has worsened. As at yesterday, it had attained phenomenal heights. The road, at the moment, is on lockdown. The situation is quite grim. Motorists, commuters, residents of the city and their businesses are suffering unspeakable harm. Everyone is in pain. On…
By Pelumi Olajengbesi Esq. LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-I started my independent life by training as a reputation manager, so I probably understand public perception management and behavioural effects in a manner that would escape a casual observer. Nigerians have a way of designing stories to soothe their narrative ignoring the lessons therein. I have been…
LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It’s one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a Christian. What’s going on right now in Nigeria is “pure genocide.” Recently on BreakPoint, I said that it took a lot of courage to be a Christian in Iraq. Just two years ago, the Obama administration called what ISIS…
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…