LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President, Dr Olusegun Obasanjo says without restructuring of Nigeria’s federating unit, the country “will remain insecure, unstable, non-progressive and stagnated at best or disintegrated at the worst.” Obasanjo noted that the Federal Government is overwhelmed with the spate of insecurity, making restructuring imperative. He spoke on Friday in Abeokuta, Ogun State…
LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 election, Mr Peter Obi, has described as a curse, Nigeria’s total dependence on oil revenue which, he said, has stopped people from critical thinking and innovating new ways to diversify the economy and generate more revenue. Obi made this known while…
LAGOS DECEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Federal Commissioner for Information, Edwin Clarke, has insisted that the restructuring of Nigeria remains the way out of the challenges confronting the nation. He said this when he received the presidential candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) and members of the party who visited him on Sunday at his…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South Leader, Chief Edwin Clark, yesterday, gave an insight into why leaders of the South-South and Middle Belt Leaders Forum are backing former Vice President and presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar as the country’s next President. According to him, it became…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Edwin Clark, a former Federal Commissioner of Information, on Wednesday stressed that restructuring remains the solution to Nigeria’s prevailing security challenges. The elder statesman made this point while faulting the centralised security architecture in the country which he said could not avert, or respond swiftly to security issues in all parts of…
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sequel to the order given by the Acting President Yemi Osinbajo for the overhaul of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has ordered its immediate overhauling to address complaints and allegations of human rights violations against some of its personnel. The Ag. President gave the order on Tuesday…
LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday, faulted President Muhammadu Buhari’s stance on the restructuring of the country, saying there was no alternative to restructuring if Nigeria must make progress. Atiku stated that he remained resolute in his support for the restructuring of the country, positing that there was “too much…
LAGOS APRIL 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has again added his voice to the call for the restructuring of Nigeria. Presenting the keynote address at the 2018 Annual Law Week of the Nigerian Bar Association, Owerri Branch, Obi said that since the present structure was not working, the need for…