By Philip Obaji Jr. The first animals to make headlines in Nigeria were the rats. The rodents had reportedly occupied the president’s office while he was in London for 103 days last year, receiving treatment for an undisclosed ailment. When a frail-looking President Muhammadu Buhari returned home last August, he discovered the rats had wreaked…
By FelaShodunke LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sometimes around September 2001, a tidal wave rove across the political sea of Ogun State, an unusual progressive mutation of sort which altered the political configuration in the South West region and have ever remained so. It was the declaration by a billionaire businessman, the least to be assumed, the…
BY JEROME-MARIO UTOMi In Nigeria, like in other countries of the world, it is a moral duty that citizens should reinforce and not undermine the government effort; acting in concord with daily political developments particularly under a democratic arrangement. But contrary to this expectation, the vast majority of Nigerians have in recent weeks demonstrated stiff…
By Ann Mcgregor, Ph.D LAGOS MARCH 2ND(NEWSRANGERS)-State complicity with terrorists and organized crime are at the heart of instability in the Sahel, Sahara and Lake Chad regions, formenting conflict and fuelling the rise of Boko Haram kidnapping. In the past decades, increasing instability in the Sahel, Sahara and Lake Chad has been a source of…
By John Okiyi Kalu LAGOS MARCH 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-I am excited that the two publications owned by former Governor of Abia State, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu, made Abia State the subject of their front page editorial comments within 5 days of each other. Sun tabloid published on Wednesday 21st of March, 2018 while New Telegraph published…
BY JEROME-MARIO UTOMI. LAGOS MARCH 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It is a deep-seated teaching within the religious circle that for a man to exist, comprehends, exercise and act; he must depend on a supernatural gift called grace. Such ‘grace’ for political decisiveness seems to have been recently released upon our nation’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbanjo as he…
By Emmanuel Bello LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-I’m sure former defence minister, General TY Danjuma does not need much defence and when he does, has very qualified people to do so. But let me quickly stop some people in their tracks with context as they continue to hurtle hate and spiteful lines at the General for…
By Yinka Ibukun LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-…..Biggest opposition party remains divided, scarred by past …..Voter anger stokes emergence of alternatives to main parties Samuel Okunola shares the frustration of many Nigerians with the man he voted for three years ago, President Muhammadu Buhari. The 52-year-old tailor no longer feels he can support him in elections…