LAGOS JULY 2ND (NEWSRNAGERS)-Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, says he will honour any coalition agreement that requires him to serve a single term and hand over to the North in 2031, insisting that character and integrity matter more to him than power. Speaking during a highly attended XSpace session tagged…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-If all that glitters are gold then event of Thursday in honour of Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi best suit the description. The event put together by Nigeria Maritime journalist held at Oranmiya Hall of Airport Hotel Ikeja, Lagos was a night of praise for the Customs Boss. Present at the…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-All is set for Nigerian Maritime Journalists (NMJ) award to be conferred on the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, MFR, as the “Iconic Maritime Personality of the Year 2024”. The need for the Nigerian maritime media practitioners to honour the CGC is a unanimous decision by all…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) is to honour a few media personalities in the maiden edition of its “Milestone Recognition of Media Icons” initiative. The Union in a statement said unlike other awards, the Milestone Recognition of Media Icons, being organised in conjunction with the Lagos…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-All roads would lead to high brow Providence Hotel, Oba Akinjobi Road, Ikeja Lagos this Thursday as Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria (CRAN) holds its 2022 annual lecture and award of honours to distinguished personalities including the Inspector General of Police,(IGP) Usman Baba Alkali, the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Vice Admiral…
By Ahmed Y. Hassan LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Usually, elections everywhere in the world are clouded with divided interests and drama. As Abraham Lincoln once said, the ballot is stronger than the bullet. People who understand how powerful electioneering processes are, will do everything possible, either to exploit its loopholes or to ensure that the process…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Algeria on Sunday buried Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the North African country’s longest-serving president, at a cemetery for its independence heroes, but without the honours accorded to his predecessors. Bouteflika died on Friday aged 84, after a career which took him from being the world’s youngest foreign minister to one of its oldest heads…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate on Tuesday observed a minute’s silence to honour the late Founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Prophet Temitope Joshua, who died on Saturday at the age of 57. The Deputy Leader of the Senate, Professor Ajayi Boroffice, who also doubles as the Senator representing Ondo North Senatorial District,…