LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Like a joke, and as Fela sang in one of his all time hits, “the thing wey dey cos our suffer, e don dey show him face to us…” Finally, those who have been BEHIND the SUFFERING of Nigerians have now been exposed to us. For this, our GRATITUDE should go to…
LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi has assured Nigerians that whatever is wrong with the country he and Ahmed Datti possess the mental and physical capacity to fix it. Obi stated this at the Ox-bow Lake Pavilion, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State during the Labour Party LP, Presidential campaign rally…
LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The number of skit makers is on the rise in Nigeria, where 63 percent of its over 200 million population are living in multidimensional poverty. Many young people are using their talents and the digital space to make people happy while also earning a living amid high unemployment rate, which the National…
LAGOS DECEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s failure to participate in the FIFA World Cup has sent the three-time African champions crashing down the global ranking The Super Eagles have suffered a sharp drop in rating in the December FIFA ranking updated just hours after the conclusion of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Previously ranked 32nd…
LAGOS DECEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-This year will be the fourth year running that Seyi Anne Moses has had to decide against going home to see her parents at Christmas. Like many urban Nigerians, Moses dreads the long road journey to see relatives in the countryside — a trip fraught with danger as gangs lurk to attack…
LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria and Benin have submitted a joint bid to stage the Africa Cup of Nations in 2025, so joining Algeria, Morocco and Zambia in having expressed an interest in hosting the finals. Three-time African champions Nigeria are looking to stage for the third time, having co-hosted with Ghana in 2000 after being…
By Tunde Akande LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-My friend and workmate, Professor Jimi Kayode, now of Lagos State University, teaching mass communication but formerly director of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism in Lagos where we worked together told me a story about the decadence that has become of journalism and journalists in Nigeria. He was somewhere…
LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Global Peace Index has rated Nigeria as the seventeen most dangerous country in the world in 2022.. The Group described Nigeria as home to multiple criminal syndicates like Area Boys and cultists, stressing that crimes of both violent and petty nature are common throughout the country, in addition to terrorist incidents…
