LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has urged government at all levels to desist from taking citizens as fool so as to bridge the gap between leaders and the led. Soyinka, who was a guest speaker at The Punch 50th anniversary lecture, themed ‘Recovering the Narrative,’ insisted that the government ought to be…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu has criticised the recent protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), saying it is should maintain peace until the next election cycle as the union is not the only voice of the people. The president made this remark while commissioning the Lagos Red Line Train connecting from Agbado to…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The publisher/editor-in-chief of YES INTERNATIONAL! Magazine, Azuh Arinze is out with a new book. Entitled, “Anything And Everything Journalism”, the 448-page book is dedicated to two of Nigeria’s greatest journalists whose sudden deaths shook the nation, Dele Giwa and Dimgba Igwe. Giwa, one of Nigeria’s most colourful and charismatic journalists, was the…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Wema Bank, Nigeria’s foremost innovative bank and Africa’s first fully digital bank, ALAT, has been recognised as the member of the month by the Fintech Association of Nigeria for its outstanding contributions to the fintech and innovation ecosystem. The Fintech Association of Nigeria [FinTech NGR] is a non-profit and non-political organisation established…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Italy’s national anti-doping tribunal has banned Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba for four years after a drug test in August showed levels of testosterone that could not be created naturally. Should Pogba serve the full length of the suspension, it seems likely that his career is over. Pogba, who turns 31 next month,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Yoruba Alliance Forum (YAF), on Wednesday, sounded a note of warning to the Yoruba nation agitator, Mr Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Igboho, to stop using his supporters to attack Yoruba elders that have sacrificed their lives for the unity and progress of the race. The pan-Yoruba group gave this warning in…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A human rights lawyer, Malcolm Omirhobo, has challenged former Military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, retired, to show evidence of any Federal Government project his government established in the South-Eastern part of Nigeria after the Biafra civil war many years ago. Omirhobo said this in a post via his X account…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 30 worshipers have been reportedly abducted from a mosque in Tsafe town, the headquarters of Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. DAILY POST gathered that the unfortunate incident occurred on Thursday morning when the terrorists invaded the facility while worshippers were observing their morning prayers. Our correspondent reliably…
