LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A dispute between Nigerian leaders could jeopardise plans for the return of some of Africa’s most famous artifacts, the Benin Bronzes, which were looted during the colonial era and are now mainly in Western museums, as writer Barnaby Phillips reports. The Bronzes, thousands of metal sculptures and ivory carvings, were seized from…
LAGOS APRIL 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Archbishop Benjamin Mustapha, General Overseer of Resurrection Praise Ministry International (Jehovah Sharp-Sharp), has again warned Nigerian leaders of the danger ahead should they continue to impoverish the citizenry. Mustapha clothed in sack on Sunday had a walk around the church environ in Satellite Town, where he stressed that there would be consequences…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 polls, Mr. Peter Obi, has advised those in authority and policy makers that, while concentrating on how to ameliorate the immediate suffering of the people, to also look beyond now to plan how to help the people after the COVID-19…
LAGOS DECEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Worldwide condemnation has trailed Nigeria’s government the violent re-arrest of journalist and activist, Omoyele Sowore, on Friday (Dec. 6). It came less than 24 hours after Sowore and his co-accused, Olawale Bakare, were freed after 125 days in detention during which two courts had granted them bail. Government agents stormed the Federal…
LAGOS AUGUST 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) on Tuesday said the current leadership in the country lacks the vision, courage and focus to take Nigeria to the promised land. He made the remark when Sule Lamido, former governor of Jigawa State and presidential aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), paid him…