LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Such was the comic genius of Nigerian actor John Okafor, popularly known as Mr Ibu, that he often didn’t even need to open his mouth to make people laugh. “I was chosen to play a doctor in a film one time and when I came to the set dressed as one, even…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Labour Party and the former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has described Africa as the right continent for trade and investment. Obi made this remark on Monday while speaking at the opening of the two-day Commonwealth Trade and Investment Summit in London that started…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The recent coups in Africa are attempts by militaries to save their countries from presidents’ “broken promises,” the head of Guinea’s junta said Thursday as he rebuffed the West for boxing in the continent of more than 1 billion people. Col. Mamadi Doumbouya, who was sworn in as Guinea’s interim president following…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-To halt the resurgence of coups on the continent and avoid it in Nigeria, some retired generals have said the only way out is for democratically elected leaders to respect the constitution and ensure good governance. They noted that while coups were not desirable, people no longer wanted to be taken for…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Gen. Brice Oligui Nguema’s coup against Gabon’s president Ali Bongo Ondimba is a spectacular act of betrayal. As well as being commander of the Republican Guard responsible for Bongo’s security, Nguema is the president’s own cousin. It is also the ninth such military power grab in central and west Africa since 2020,…
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria youths are conspicuously missing as twenty young people who have made outstanding contributions in various areas will vie for the Commonwealth Youth Awards for Excellence in Development Work. The regional finalists were selected from a group of 50 shortlisted young leaders identified as changemakers who are actively making progress towards achieving…
LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Jibrin Samuel Okutepa, SAN, one of the renowned legal practitioners currently representing the labour party presidential aspirant, Peter Gregory Obi at the ongoing presidential election petition court in Abuja, has reacted to the recent coup d’etat that happened in Niger Republic It is no longer news that some millitary men in the…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu recognises that Nigeria is being looked upon for leadership, and he is prepared to step up to the challenge. Dele Alake, the Special Adviser to the President, Special Duties, Communications, and Strategy, made this known to State House Correspondents on Saturday following the visit of President Umaro Sissoco Embaló…