By Chief Malcolm Omirhobo . LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bayo Oluwasanmi’s recent opinion, “Nigeria: A Divided Country, Time for Velvet Divorce,” captures the deep frustration, grief, and anger many Nigerians feel in the face of insecurity, injustice, and persistent state failure. On these realities, there is little disagreement. Where I respectfully disagree with the author…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian government has issued a travel advisory cautioning citizens against traveling to Australia, citing widespread incidents of verbal abuse, harassment, and discrimination targeting foreigners. The Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued the advisory in a statement on Tuesday, following a similar warning from the Australian government advising its citizens against travelling…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Defense Department plans to send a few dozen U.S. troops to the Middle East in the coming days to be ready to help Americans flee a region bracing for a significant escalation in the simmering conflict between Israel and the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon, according to three defense officials. The U.S. forces will add…
LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Drought-stricken Namibia plans to cull over 700 wild animals, including 83 elephants, and distribute the meat to people struggling to feed themselves. The environment ministry says the cull will take place in parks and communal areas where officials believe animal numbers exceed available grazing land and water supplies. In addition to elephants,…
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria, Australia, Indonesia and a number of other countries have warned their citizens about traveling to the UK, as a spate of anti-immigrant riots grips cities across Britain. The UK’s worst social unrest in years was sparked by the stabbing deaths of three young girls in Stockport, northwest England, last week. Since…
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 SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Two days after the United States Deputy Treasury Secretary, Wally Adeyemo visited Nigeria as part of U.S. efforts to strengthen economic ties between both countries and a day after President Bola Tinubu, presently in the U.S. for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), advised Nigerians in abroad to return home, the U.S….
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Belarus’ authoritarian president on Tuesday banned citizens from renewing their passports while staying abroad, which could force those who fled the country amid growing repression to return to maintain their travel documents. An estimated 200-300,000 Belarusians have left the country in the last three years since massive protests against an election that…