Archive for: January, 2022

AFCON: Eight Dead, Scores Injured In Deadly Crush At Cameroon Stadium

LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer  eight people are reported to have been killed and dozens hurt in a crush outside an Africa Cup of Nations match in Cameroon. Video footage showed football fans struggling to get access to the Paul Biya stadium in a neighbourhood of the capital Yaounde. One child is among the dead, […]

Suspected Coup:Burkina Faso President Kabore ‘Detained’ By Mutinous Soldiers

LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Burkina Faso’s President Roch Marc Christian Kabore was detained by mutinying soldiers, security officials said, with troops leading the apparent coup saying his government failed to support them during the country’s years-long conflict with armed groups. The news reports on Monday came a day after soldiers staged mutinies at several army barracks, […]

Stowaway Survives Flight From Africa Country To Amsterdam Airport

LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dutch police say they have found a stowaway alive in the wheel section of a plane that landed at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport from South Africa. Flights from Johannesburg to Amsterdam take about 11 hours, with the cargo plane believed to have made one stop, in Nairobi, Kenya. It is very unusual for […]

Lagos Gas Seller Flees After Allegedly Beating Apprentice To Death Of MissingN1,000

LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A businessman, identified simply as Uchechukwu, aka Alloy Omo Jesu, is on the run after allegedly torturing his 11-year-old apprentice to death in the Ogba area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the apprentice, Sunday, was accused of stealing N1,000 when Uchechukwu, who was bent on making him confess to the […]

AFCON: Why Nigeria Super Eagles Lost To Tunisia -Eguavoen

LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Super Eagles interim coach Augustine Eguavoen on Sunday said his team did not deserve to lose against Tunisia in their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations round of 16 game. Nigeria crashed out of the AFCON on Sunday in Garoua, Cameroon after a 0-1 loss to Tunisia. The North Africans now advance to […]

Augustine Eguavoen Steps Aside As Super Eagles Coach After AFCON 2021 Exit

LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Augustine Eguavoen has stepped down as the interim coach of the Nigeria national team. This follows the Super Eagles’ 1-0 defeat to Tunisia in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations round of 16 clash on Sunday. Eguavoen had led the three-time champions to three straight wins against Egypt, Sudan and Guinea-Bissau. However, […]

Contrary To Speculations, Buhari Shuns Suspended NPA MD, Hadiza Bala-Usman

LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Contrary to speculations that the suspended Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Hadiza Bala-Usman met with President Muhammadu Buhari on the recently concluded two-day visit to Kaduna, Pointblanknews.com authoritatively gathered that she was shunned by the President. It was further gathered that attempts to get President Muhammadu Buhari’s attention immediately […]

Anti-Corruption War: U.S Senator Frowns At Charges Against Human Right Group

LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the numerous but lingered legal battles against corrupt practices perpetuated by some persons in Nigeria, between some state actors and Human & Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) with its attendant charges and counter- charges, a United States Senator, Patrick Joseph Leahy, has expressed concern over the charges filed by the Attorney General […]

Toga Shopping: Nigerians Express Anger At Peter Obi, Urge Him To Join 2023 Presidential Race

LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Many Nigerians have expressed their anger at the former Governor of Anambra State and former Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Peter Obi, following his shopping experience at Toga Fashion House, Awka, which he shared on his Twitter page.  Many Nigerians who thought that the fashion house was domiciled […]

Tunisia Knocks Out 10-Man Super Eagles Out Of AFCON

LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Super Eagles of Nigeria are out of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. They lost 1-0 to Tunisia in their Sunday encounter in the Round of 16. Barely two minutes after he was brought into the game, Alex Iwobi was sent off for a bad tackle. This is after Tunisia shocked […]

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