LAGOS DECEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-It happens everywhere in Nigeria. And all the time.You reach the airport. And you have to use the toilet. You reach the toilet. And there are some young men loitering there. They welcome you with effusive greetings. The sort of greetings you know you may have to pay for in Nigeria. They …
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lebanese security forces briefly arrested five youths, including three minors, for allegedly pulling down a sign for the president’s political party, sparking outrage Sunday on social media. Defence lawyers said the five were taken into custody on Saturday evening in the town of Hammana east of Beirut over claims they tore down…
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on Thursday, told the Federal High Court, Abuja, that he was ready to face trial if his safety would be guaranteed by the court. Kanu told the presiding judge, Justice Binta Nyako, through his counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor. Ejiofor told the court that…
LAGOS OCTOBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There cannot be meaningful economic development in a country bedeviled by insecurity. This was the submission of discussants at the Third Annual Conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers, GOCOP, held on Friday at the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos. The discussants, Mr Mike Ejiofor, a former Director General of the Department…