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…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A human rights activist, Paul Njoku, has said that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, lacks the right to stifle angry Nigerians from expressing their opinion about good governance. Recall that Obi had in a statement urged his supporters not to respond to any politician or presidential candidate that…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians, including three presidential candidates, basked in the glory of the country’s first world athletics gold medal, welcoming a respite from bad news about economic hardships and deepening insecurity. Tobi Amusan, 25, won gold in the women’s 100m hurdles on Sunday in the World Athletics Championships after breaking the world record in…
LAGOS JULY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has felicitated with all the Muslim Faithful in Nigeria on the celebration of Eid el Kabir, while urging Nigerians to sustain hope in the nation. In a message made available to the Press, Obi said the Eid el Kabir celebrations reminded Muslims,…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, His Lordship, Bishop Paulinus Ezeokafor, has advised Nigerians irrespective of state of origin or religion to look inwards and consider the future of the country before casting their votes for the new President of Nigeria. He said that from his knowledge of Mr. Peter Obi, his…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians have come hard on a Catholic priest and Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry Enugu, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, for describing Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, as a “stingy man”. While condemning his statement, Nigerians on micro-blogging site, Twitter, claimed that the cleric tagged the presidential candidate a “stingy man” because…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Former Governor Peter Obi, has reminded Nigerians that the future of the nation’s democracy remains in their resolve to hold unto and advance the very ideals on which a democratic nation is built. In his Message to mark Nigeria’s 2022 Democracy Day, Obi encouraged Nigerians…