LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Organisation has asked Nigerians to reject those who are planning to rule the country by proxy, saying that Nigerians can no longer tolerate turning governance into family and friends business. The Obi -Datti Campaign was reacting to the challenge thrown to the Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Mr….
LAGOS OCTOBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thirty years ago, in July 1992, Joseph Ugochukwu from Imo State, who does not want to be identified by his real name, was denied visa by the United States Embassy. Back then No. 2, Eleke Crescent, Victoria Island, was the important diplomatic address in Nigeria and it received a daily stream of…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The 2023 election is being viewed around the world as not just a time to put people into offices but an opportunity for Nigeria to witness a turnaround and become a giver of opportunities instead of receiver. This is as some Asian countries may have quietly banned further issuance of visas to…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party for the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi, has restated his resolve to ensure that the education sector in the ‘New Nigeria’ receives the robust funding it needs to productively transform the nation. This resolution was revealed in his message to mark the International Literacy Day 2022….
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for calling on Nigerians to shun ‘money bags’ politicians. Obi made this commendation in a statement via his verified Twitter handle on Wednesday. He said, “I share fully in the sentiments and views attributed to H.E President @MBuhari on the…
LAGOS AUGUST 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has asked the electorate not to consider any of the presidential candidates speaking through proxies. Speaking to Nigerians that came to welcome him in Germany yesterday, Mr Obi said that every candidate must come and tell Nigerians his agenda to make Nigeria work….
LAGOS AUGUST 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State Commissioner of Police (CP), Abiodun Alabi, has blamed Nigerians for not being patient enough to get bail free and allow justice to take its course but prefer to buy their way out. Alabi, who stated this, yesterday, in his keynote speech, entitled “Community Engagement: Panacea for Effective Police Performance,” at…
By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The title ‘a nation governed by Strange Liberators’ was first used in my October 9, 2018 intervention. But I first encountered the phrase: “Strange liberators’ ‘, while studying the words and speeches of Martin Luther King Jnr, American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesman…