LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bauchi Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has dismissed as “fable and rhetorical satire” the assurance of elements of surprise promised by President Bola Tinubu in his 2023 Independence Day celebration broadcast coming up on Sunday, 1st October 2023. The State Chairman of the NLC, Dauda Shaibu while fielding questions from…
By Chief (Barr.) Malcolm Omirhobo LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At an event titled “The Lies Oh sorry , I mean the Lives of Wole Soyinka — A Dialogue” organised by Africa in the World, held in South Africa , Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka lied . He lied keeping a straight face that Labour Party leadership…
By Farooq A. Kperogi LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ancient Greeks are credited with saying the truth is often the first casualty in war. I think in political campaigns, truth is also the first casualty, and we have started to see that already in the current election cycle in Nigeria. In this column, I highlight a few…
By Christian Ita LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Politicians are always amazing. As 2023 draws nearer, they are at their wit; engaging in character assassination, mudslinging, bad-mouthing, blackmailing and in extreme cases kidnapping and killing. Before the 2015 general elections in Imo State, there was a young man, a comedian, who was hired to assassinate the character…