LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Archbishop Emeritus of Lagos, Anthony Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie, has warned politicians allegedly manipulating President Muhammadu Buhari to seek re-election next year. He said those pushing the president should take time to gauge the mood of the nation or risk plunging Nigeria into an “unnecessary revolution”. Okogie told Vanguard “Every citizen of Nigeria…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria are now ranked the 47th best football-playing nation in the world according to the April Fifa Ranking released. Inspired by their victory over Poland in March’s international friendly, Gernot Rohr’s men climbed five placed – a position which makes them the sixth best team in Africa behind Tunisia, Senegal, Congo DR,…
LAGOS APRIL 10TH (NESRANGERS)-Royal Dutch Shell Plc has said it paid $4.32 billion to the Nigerian Government in 2017, representing an increase of 19 per cent from the $3.64 billion the oil giant paid in 2016. The Shell’s Sustainability Report 2017, which was released yesterday, showed that the $4.32 billion paid to Nigeria was the…
By Philip Obaji Jr. The first animals to make headlines in Nigeria were the rats. The rodents had reportedly occupied the president’s office while he was in London for 103 days last year, receiving treatment for an undisclosed ailment. When a frail-looking President Muhammadu Buhari returned home last August, he discovered the rats had wreaked…
LAGOS APRIL 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Supreme Court has sentenced two staff of Barewa Pharmaceutical Company Limited to seven years in prison over the deaths of at least 80 children as a result of an adulterated teething medicine in 2008. Justice Paul Adamu Galinje, who delivered lead judgement, upheld concurrent judgments of a Lagos High Court and…
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria scored 42 out of 100 points and ranks 55 among 89 assessments in the 2017 Resource Governance Index (RGI), while Ghana’s oil and gas sector scored a satisfactory 67 of 100 points, making it the best performer in sub-Sahran Africa. Ghana has a favorable enabling environment and also performs well in…
BY JEROME-MARIO UTOMI. LAGOS MARCH 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It is a deep-seated teaching within the religious circle that for a man to exist, comprehends, exercise and act; he must depend on a supernatural gift called grace. Such ‘grace’ for political decisiveness seems to have been recently released upon our nation’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbanjo as he…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state, says it is incorrect to say the execution process of the economic and recovery growth plan (ERGP) does not truly reflect the needs of Nigerians. He said this in response to a statement made by Bill Gates at the expanded national economic council presided over by…