LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Barcelona and Cameroon great led some of the continent’s stars to pay respect to the Argentine football icon who passed away on Wednesday. Samuel Eto’o, Yaya Toure, Didier Drogba and a host of other African football figures have paid tribute to late Diego Maradona. The 1986 Fifa World Cup winner passed…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Forex turnover dropped by 68.2%, as the Naira’s exchange rate at the NAFEX window depreciated significantly against the dollar to close at N393.25/$1 during intra-day trading on Wednesday, November 25. Also, the naira crashed further against the dollar, closing at N487/$1 at the parallel market on Wednesday, November 25, 2020, as the…
By Dr. Law Mefor LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)–A political thinker posited that politics is a concentric circle of conspiracies. It is such a conspiratorial game that while statesmen worry about development to cater for the present and coming generations, politicians are busy scheming how to retain power, return to power, or gain power. Nigerian politicians…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) has warned that if some urgent steps are not taken by the federal government, the cost of chicken during the yuletide might be as high as N10,000 per unit The association in a press release made available stated that with the increase in feed prices especially…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Assistant News Editor with the Sun Newspapers, Comrade Christopher Oji has lost his mother, Mrs. Josephine Oji. Mama Oji died at the age of 93 on November 7 after a brief illness. Oji in a statement made available to NewsRangers, said his mother, a devout Christian, would be buried on December 30…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Impatient fans were confronting police as thousands lined up to say goodbye to Diego Maradona on Thursday at the Argentine presidential mansion staging the funeral of one of football’s greatest stars. Fans threw bottles and metal fences at police near the Casa Rosada in the heart of Buenos Aires. Open visitation started…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Officials in Toronto, Baltimore and New York said they have intercepted over 900 stolen vehicles bound to be exported to Nigeria, Ghana and other West African countries. A statement by York and Toronto police said they made a “large” recovery of 73 stolen cars worth more $4.5 million in a joint investigation…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Marseille manager, Andres Villas-Boas, has called on the world football governing body FIFA, to retire the no.10 shirt in honour of the late Diego Maradona. Maradona, who is widely considered the greatest footballer of all-time, died on Wednesday afternoon at the age of 60. His health has been in decline in the…