LAGOS OCTOBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has called on Nigerians to use the country’s 66th Independence anniversary to reflect honestly on the nation’s development trajectory and confront the challenges undermining its progress. Obi, in his Independence Day address titled “Nigeria at 66: Looking Back, Looking Forward,”…
LAGOS OCTOBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a bold demonstration of the Federal Government’s commitment to enhancing national security, the Honourable Minister of State for Defence, Dr. Bello Muhammad Matawalle, MON, and the Executive Governor of Sokoto State, His Excellency Alh. Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto, Ph.D., FCNA, jointly inspected the ongoing development of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF)…
LAGOS JULY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has felicitated with all the Muslim Faithful in Nigeria on the celebration of Eid el Kabir, while urging Nigerians to sustain hope in the nation. In a message made available to the Press, Obi said the Eid el Kabir celebrations reminded Muslims,…
LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has said that education remained very critical to development, and remained the key to the many problems facing the country. Obi spoke after a breakfast meeting with the Chief Executive of Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council, Rosie Glazebrook, in Lagos on Tuesday. Obi…
LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The national electricity grid collapsed again on Friday evening, making it the third time the grid had collapsed within the space of one month. Some power distribution companies confirmed the development in separate messages on Friday evening. The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company stated that the collapse had resulted in power outage in…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has called on President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to stop the blame game and urgently salvage the nation from becoming a failed state. In a letter to the government yesterday, titled, ‘The Endless Martyrdom of Youth,’ he stressed the need to “stop improvising with human Lives. Youth –…
LAGOS OCTOBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Catholic Church says it plans to pray against insecurity and other challenges confronting the nation between Oct.7 and Oct, 10. The Charismatic Renewal of Nigeria (CCRN) from the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos said this on Friday during a news conference. The Assistant Chairman of the conference planning committee, Mr Uche Anyway,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There cannot be meaningful economic development in a country bedeviled by insecurity. This was the submission of discussants at the Third Annual Conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers, GOCOP, held on Friday at the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos. The discussants, Mr Mike Ejiofor, a former Director General of the Department…
