LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A clear majority of Twitter users who took part in a poll by Elon Musk voted for him to step down as head of the social media platform, a result he promised to follow through on. “Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this…
LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has convicted former Senior Special Assistant on Media to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Doyin Okupe, of breaching the Money Laundering Act. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu presiding over the case on Monday found Okupe guilty of contravening sections 16(1)&(2) of the Money Laundering Act and accepting cash in…
LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hundreds of protesters gathered on Saturday at the outer section of the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex in Monrovia to protest against soaring costs of living, a day before President George Weah’s return from a 48-day trip abroad. The protest was organised by the Coalition of Collaborating Parties – an opposition alliance…
LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A cult war is rocking Ojodu Berger, a border town between Lagos and Ogun states and the first entry point into Lagos. The crisis between suspected cult boys of rival gangs, which started yesterday, Saturday, December 17, 2022, continued today, paralysing religious and other activities. A social media user in the area…
LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Football fans have called for Lionel Messi’s second strike in the World Cup final to be ruled out – as substitutes were on the pitch. Messi finally got his hands on the World Cup trophy after, what fans have hailed, the greatest World Cup final of all time. The little magician…
LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lionel Messi finally won the one prize he’s been missing, helping Argentina to its first World Cup title in 36 years Sunday in a 4-3 win over France in penalty kicks. The goals came from Messi and Ángel Di María. Messi, a seven-time world player of the year who has won virtually…
By Tunde Akande LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-My friend and workmate, Professor Jimi Kayode, now of Lagos State University, teaching mass communication but formerly director of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism in Lagos where we worked together told me a story about the decadence that has become of journalism and journalists in Nigeria. He was somewhere…
By Grade One Clark LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The PDP in Delta, like Adolf Hitler’s Germany, is fast falling apart, and may rise no more. The party is comatosed, its feeble spasms and kicks are like those of a dying horse. The party adherents put up campaign shows that they know do not resonate with the…
