LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Update, 6/16/22: The Smithsonian Institution voted to repatriate 29 of its 39 Benin bronzes to Nigeria, and plans to return to Nigeria’s National Commission for Museums and Monuments “at a later date.” It’s as yet unclear what the institution plans to do with the remaining 10 bronzes. Original, 3/9/22: The Smithsonian Institution…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Napoli forward Victor Osimhen scored four goals as Nigeria crushed Sao Tome e Principe 10-0 in Morocco on Monday to record the biggest victory in Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifying history. Qualifying for the biennial competition has been staged since 1961 and Ghana, Kenya and Libya shared the record with eight-goal…
By Chief (Barr.) Malcolm Omirhobo LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-I find the just concluded primary elections of the Peoples Democratic Party and All Progressives Congress party characterised by greed , dishonesty , fraud and bribery as shameful , absurd, imprudent, an insult to the sensibilities and intelligence of Nigerians and consequently unacceptable . The police, the…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Former Governor Peter Obi, has called on Nigerians and Nigerian leaders, at all levels of government, to desist from taking actions capable of degrading the environment, while putting in place measures, to ensure that the environment is preserved for healthy living. Obi made the call…
By Ena Ofugara LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Whatever your father told you the Igbo man did, true or false, Please, let it go. Zik did this to Awo. Awo did that to Ojukwu. Nzeribe did so and so to Abiola. Please, let us bury this hatchet. The only time we remember who is Igbo and who…
LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Coalition for Peter Obi (CPO) made up of 17 support groups for the Labour Party’s presidential candidate has warned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against disenfranchising millions of Nigerians ahead of the 2023 general elections. CPO also called on the Electoral body to extend the deadline for collection of Permanent Voters…
By Dr. Prosper Ahworegba LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The events of the past few weeks on the national scene and in Delta State including the outrageous and provocative N100m APC’s expression of interest and nomination forms for the office of the President, the nauseating dollar bazaar of the PDP at its national convention to buy the…
LAGOS MAY 31st (NEWSRANGERS)-Militants of Ambazonia, a separatist group in South West Cameroon, have killed at least 20 people in a community in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State. Chief Cletus Obun, a former member of Cross River House of Assembly and an aspirant of House of Reps for Boki/Ikom federal constituency, confirmed…