Tony Okoroji LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-When the former Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi suddenly dumped the Peoples’ Democratic Party for the hitherto unheralded Labour Party and became LP’s presidential candidate, I wrote in this column that it may have been Nigeria’s greatest political masterstroke of a century. There were however many in the professional…
LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A strategic Urhobo group under the aegis of Oja R’Urhobo with the slogan ‘Urhobo Y’Oteri has congratulated the winners of the various governorship primaries of Urhobo extraction across the political parties in Delta State. The group in a statement signed by Chief (Dr) Cecelia Ibru, Olorogun (Prof.) Joseph Abugu, SAN and Dr…
LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A political aspirant in Niger state identified as Abbas Bello has reportedly retrieved money from delegate after he lost his bid to pick his party’s primaries in the just concluded elections in the state. Abbas Bello is said to be disappointed after investing money on delegates in order to get their votes….
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Many persons are feared dead following a stampede which began before the beginning of a programme organised by a new generation church in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. According to The Punch, a source stated that the Church had invited the public to come and get gifts for its fourth anniversary….
LAGOS MAY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court has sentenced a dismissed policeman, Mohammed Alidu to life imprisonment for defiling a nine-year-old schoolgirl in a barrack. Judge Abiola Soladoye, in her ruling, said Mr Alidu was a disgrace to the police because he failed to uphold law and order and went about…
Valentine Obienyem LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Opinion pieces are meant to be intellectual engagements, which usually mirror the maturity, depth and inclination of the writers. Some end up educating; some even entertain; some pontificate; while others analyse with or without proffered solutions. Alas, one of the tragedies of the Nigerian communication environment is that some fine,…
LAGOS MAY 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Delta State Government has officially handover $40m Songhai Farm to an American incorporation, Adventium Global Delta Consortium Limited. The State Government recently signed an MoU with the firm for the transformation of the Songhai Delta Farm at Amukpe in Sapele Local Government Area into an Agro-Industrial Processing, Tourism and Training Park….
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two unnamed presidential aspirants were disqualified on Friday from contesting the presidential primary by a panel set up by the People’s Democratic Party. The primary election will be held in May. The chairman of the committee and former President of the Nigerian Senate, David Mark, said those disqualified did not meet the…