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…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has disclosed that it has so far recovered over N30 billion out of the N109 billion allegedly siphoned by the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Idris Ahmed. The Chairman of the Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, stated this while appearing at the Ministerial Media Briefing organised by the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Charity Commission has granted consent for the University of Cambridge to return 116 artefacts to Nigeria. The objects, known as the Benin Bronzes, were taken by British armed forces during the sacking of Benin City in 1897, the university said. The legal ownership of the items will be transferred to the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that corruption continues to fight back in the country despite measures deployed by various government agencies to arrest the iniquity. It, however, said the ugly trend of corruption and its attendance consequences might strive as long as Nigerians continue to celebrate corrupt leaders….
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has been listed among African countries whose citizens can now apply for qualified teacher status through the Teaching Regulation Agency in the United Kingdom, from February 2023. Other countries to benefit include Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Singapore, South Africa, Ukraine and Zimbabwe. A publication early December on the UK Government’s…
