LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gracefully spinning among a group of dancers clad in pink, 11-year-old Anthony Mmesoma Madu stands out in black leggings, a white turtleneck and poise beyond his years. His parents in Lagos, Nigeria’s teeming lagoon city, wanted him to become a priest. Instead, he has captivated millions with his ballet. “When I am…
By Michael Owhoko LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Praying for Nigeria’s redemption from its current woes is like asking God to prevent a building with defective foundation located in the Lekki area of Lagos from collapse. Even intercessions by bestof prayer warriors cannot save such a building. As long as Nigeria continue with its current inapt political…
LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Transportation has again given reasons he asked the National Assembly not to probe the Chinese loans. The clause in the agreement signed by the Federal Ministry of Finance on behalf of Nigeria and Chinese Bank on September 5, 2018 has generated a lot of controversies in the country in…
LAGOS AUGUST 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Property developer Tayo Amusan is believed to be in the frontlines to buy the majority share of Africa’s largest food retailer Shoprite in its Nigerian subsidiary. Mr Amusan owns Persianas Nigeria Limited, a property development company, with some of his property housing Shoprite stores. The Nigerian is believed to be among three…
By Jerome-Mario Utomi LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There are in the words of the sage, important limits to human relations, knowledge, awareness, and technological state, economic and financial resource availability, social and cultural exposures. Political and Socioeconomic problems which are the product of human actions and reactions are not static. They change with time and place. What is…
LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general election, Mr. Peter Obi, has asked Nigerian Muslims to use the solemn period of Sallah to present Nigeria’s discomforting situation to Allah for divine intervention. Obi said in a message on Wednesday to mark the Eid-el-Kabir festivities by Muslims,…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of State Services (DSS) has raised the alarm over what it says is a plot by some prominent personalities and groups to ‘destabilise’ the country. The DSS said the unpatriotic groups are taking advantage of the existing security situations in some parts of the country to carry out their plan….
By Jerome-Mario Utomi LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It is globally recognized that every citizen of a modern nation is a subject of the state, and once a state is formed, the citizens formulate ethical principles or virtues to be pursued, vices to be avoided and values to be cherished-for the good conduct of the citizens. These…
