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…
By Jerome-Mario Utomi LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As the nation races toward 2019 general election, many strange things are happening daily in our political space; some heartening and others, undesirable. Particularly echoing on this wavelength is the demand for a robust political partisanship. A move that is aimed at terminating the dearth of leadership that has…
By Victor Enny EBIMOMI LAGOS MATCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-When scan result showed that Mrs. Amarachi was carrying a twin baby boys last year, her joy and that of her husband, Obinna Ugwoke knew no bound. They were eagerly counting months waiting for the day the boys to physically unite with the family. The day eventually came…
By Victor Enny Ebimimo LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-He lives in a different world. The world where discomfort, pains and sorrow envelope its entirety. The world where his closest pals are unwanted but stubborn houseflies; attracted by the stinking odour that permeates his immediate surroundings. He badly feels it; repulses it; yet he is helpless. Sometimes…
By Jerome-Mario Utomi LAGOS MARCH 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Communication, in the words of Grunig and Hunt (1984), is the biggest tool mankind has as a potential way of overcoming difficulties. But in most cases, we have it abandoned and embrace traveling the circumference of chaos before coming to access this powerful instrument. A fitting example of the…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In 2015, serial presidential contestant, Muhammadu Buhari, emerged victorious through the instrumentality of enclave politics to which the north adroitly resorted in the face of plans by Goodluck Jonathan to ensconce himself in power for another four years. Had Jonathan succeeded, the north, barring any unforeseen circumstances, would have been out of…
ate By Jerome-Mario Utomi. LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Looking at the ripple reactions that greeted the hate speech bill currently before the Nigerian senate; one will but agree with the words of John F. Kennedy, that ‘a man who creates power makes an indispensable contribution to the nation’s greatness. But the man who questions power make…
By Jerome-Mario Utomi. LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Eko Convention Centre, Lagos, venue of the meeting was lavishly decorated to impress, and it did impressed. The participants were corporately kitted; men and women alike. All seated in such a manner that could be mistaken for, fresh law graduates being called to the Nigerian Bar or shareholders…
