LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari and Russian President, Vladimir Putin Wednesday in Sochi, Russia, agreed to put Nigeria-Russia relations on a fast track, and pursue the completion of partially completed and abandoned projects initiated by both countries. At a bilateral meeting held on sidelines of ongoing Russia-Africa Summit, the two leaders agreed to start…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-WHAT kind of President is Muhammadu Buhari? In moments of national crisis, he abandons his duty post in preference for foreign trips of dubious value. Showing scant interest in domestic affairs, the President has embarked on another international trip, this time, to Sochi, Russia, for a three-day summit on gas and trade….
LAGOS OCTOBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Visitors at the United States Consulate, Victoria Island, Lagos, were compelled to vacate the main building yesterday following a security threat. The evacuation, which happened at about 12.20 p.m., was the climax of repeated radio warnings that began a few minutes earlier. Armed and unarmed security operatives immediately took strategic positions within…
LAGOS OCTOBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)- “Nothing crosses into Nigeria and nothing comes out. It’s hermetically sealed,” said Amadou Idi, sitting in a makeshift shelter to keep out of the rain, and reflecting on the downturn in his luck. “We twiddle our thumbs and pray.” Idi’s job is a transiting agent — to get goods across the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Founder and Presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church, an organization with one of the largest networks of about 11,000 branches in 65 countries has acquired a brand new helicopter. This is in continuation of his quest to ease movement while reaching large numbers of people in his evangelical work. This acquisition…
By Michael Owhoko LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)- Who will rescue Nigeria from the clutch of ethnic venom that is gradually but steadily being secreted by ethnic nationalists through their actions and behavioral disposition? I have opted to refrain from specific examples in this write up to water down envisaged reactions from those who may feel…
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-In a fast changing world where every company is becoming tech inclined through leveraging on technology in one form or the other, WorldStage Economic Summit (WES) is set to focus its 2019 edition on the theme ‘Getting Nigeria Ready for Challenges of the Fourth Industrial Revolution’. An annual global platform for addressing…
LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has commended Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State for his determination to make a difference by his continued exemplification of character and integrity which he described as desiderata in governance in Nigeria. Obi held up Okowa as a model governor…
