LAGOS APRIL 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has again added his voice to the call for the restructuring of Nigeria. Presenting the keynote address at the 2018 Annual Law Week of the Nigerian Bar Association, Owerri Branch, Obi said that since the present structure was not working, the need for…
Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi (left), exchanging pleasantries with the Methodist Archbishop of Umuahia, His Grace, Dr. Raphael Opoko, at the 57th annual Diocesan Synod of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, Umuahia . . . on Saturday.[/caption] LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has called Nigerians,…
LAGOS APRIL 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Shell Group is preparing to invest $15bn in Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari said yesterday. The president disclosed this at the Commonwealth Business Forum at Guildhall, London, where he also canvassed for a healthier business relationship among Commonwealth nations. “Before I came here (Commonwealth Business Forum), the Shell group came and saw…
LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Over the last few years, drones, sensors and satellites have started to be seen less as gadgets and more as tools for investigative reporting that would be hard to do through traditional newsgathering due to the lack of available data or restricted access to remote areas. Newsrooms in South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria…
LAGOS APRL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Donald Trump will welcome the leader of Nigeria to the White House later this month. Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says in a statement that Trump will welcome President Muhammadu Buhari on April 30. Sanders says the two will discuss economic reforms, fighting terrorism and ways to grow Nigeria’s “role as…
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…