By Jerome-Mario Utomi LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As the nation races toward 2019 general election, many strange things are happening daily in our political space; some heartening and others, undesirable. Particularly echoing on this wavelength is the demand for a robust political partisanship. A move that is aimed at terminating the dearth of leadership that has…
LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There is no hope for Nigeria unless the country first gets its politics right. This is the verdict of former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi. Speaking with newsmen on Friday in Abuja after his presentation at a workshop on “Religious Freedom, Interfaith Relations & Civil Society in Africa” jointly organised…
LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two Nigerians who were reportedly involved in the cult clash that led to the murder of a student identified as Hillary, during an election, on Friday, at Chattarpur, New Delhi, India, have been arrested. .The suspects, identified as Uche I. Victor and E.K. Chuku, were arrested by the Kurlikot Police near the…
LAGOS MARCH 12TH (NESRANGERS)-An agency tasked with cleaning up Nigeria’s murky oil industry says even though financial accountability has improved the state oil company still hasn’t explained billions of dollars of missing revenue. While energy producers have cooperated and complied with requirements to publish payments, the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative has struggled with the…
LAGOS MARCH 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)– The US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has arrived the State House, in Abuja for a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. He was received by the Foreign affairs minister Geofrey Onyeama at the forecourt of the Villa. However, Tillerson is to shorten his maiden tour of Africa because of work. “Due…
LAGOS MARC 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Facebook will be helping Nigeria with its upcoming 2019 presidential elections. This comes after a team from Facebook, led by Ebele Okobi (Facebook’s Public Policy Director for Afrika) visited and met with Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to explore various ways in which they could work together on voter education and…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Wattana Kunwongse, Thailand’s ambassador to Nigeria, has faulted a claim reportedly made by the Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, that Thailand accused Nigeria of being responsible for the collapse of its seven rice mills following the drastic fall in rice importation from the country. The ambassador, in a letter sent to PremiumTimes…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-African governments have been advised to look in the direction of China in their search for solutions to the continent’s economic problems. Former Governor of Anambra State Mr. Peter Obi, gave the advice while delivering a keynote speech at the three-day 2018 African SME Roundtable Forum concluded on Saturday in Yenagoa, the…