2022 May | NEWS RANGERS

Barcelona Ends Turbulent Season With 2-0 Defeat By Villarreal, Granada Go Down

LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Barcelona finished 13 points behind La Liga champions Real Madrid after ending their turbulent season with a whimper on Sunday by losing 2-0 at home to Villarreal. Atletico Madrid secured third place by winning 2-1 away at Real Sociedad, retaining their one-point lead over Sevilla, who won 1-0 at home to Athletic […]

May 23 2022 | Posted in National,Sports | Read More »

WWE Suspends Two Female Wrestlers Indefinitely For ‘Monday Night Raw’ Walkout

LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Sasha Banks and Naomi are paying the price for walking out on “Monday Night Raw” earlier this week. WWE announced on “Friday Night SmackDown” that their women’s tag team champions have been “suspended indefinitely” and stripped of their titles after refusing to wrestle in the main event six-pack challenge match and that […]

May 21 2022 | Posted in National,Sports | Read More »

Lagos Court Sentences Danish To Death By Hanging For Killing Nigerian Wife, Child

LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lagos High Court on Friday sentenced a Dane, Peter Nielsen, to death by hanging for killing his Nigerian wife and daughter. Justice Bolanle Okikiolu-Ighile convicted Nielsen, 54, on two counts of murder brought against him by the Lagos State Government. The judge sentenced Nielsen to death by hanging on both counts. […]

May 21 2022 | Posted in National | Read More »

Over 7,256 Nigerian Nurses Relocated To UK In One Year – Report

LAGOS MAY 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-No fewer than 7,256 trained nurses in Nigeria relocated to the United Kingdom between March 2021 and March 2022, The PUNCH has learnt. The figure is contained in information obtained from the Nursing and Midwifery Council of the United Kingdom on Thursday. The PUNCH reports that Nigeria has continued to witness an […]

May 21 2022 | Posted in Health,National | Read More »

Nigerian Navy Ship NNS KADA Pays Port Visit To Luanda Port, Angola

LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-As part of scheduled port calls on her homeward voyage, Nigeria Navy Ship (NNS) KADA on Sunday, May 15, 2022 paid a port call to Luanda Port, Angola. This comes 13 days after the ship had paid a similar visit to the Port of Cape Town, South Africa. On arrival at […]

May 21 2022 | Posted in National | Read More »

San Francisco Archbishop Denies Speaker Pelosi Holy Commuinion Over Stand On Abortion

LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will no longer be able to receive communion in her hometown of San Francisco after the local archdiocese said her vow to make abortion legal crossed a line the Catholic church could not ignore. In an announcement that he also tweeted out, Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone notified Pelosi that […]

May 21 2022 | Posted in International,National | Read More »

‘We Are Going To Die’, Sri Lankan Cries Out As Food Shortages Add To Country’s Woes

LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister has warned of a food shortage as the island nation battles a devastating economic crisis and vowed the government will buy enough fertiliser for the next planting season to boost harvests. A decision in April last year by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to ban all chemical fertilisers drastically cut […]

May 20 2022 | Posted in International,National | Read More »

Gabon Striker, Aubameyang Retires From International Football

LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSANGERS)-Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has retired from international football, his country’s federation has confirmed. Barcelona’s Aubameyang, who is Gabon’s all-time top scorer with 30 goals in 72 appearances, sent a letter to the federation on Tuesday, confirming his decision. “After 13 years of pride in representing my country, I announce I am […]

May 20 2022 | Posted in National,Sports | Read More »

Tragedy: Five-Year-Old Pupil Drowns During Swimming Lesson In Lagos

LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A five-year-old pupil of the Redeemers Nursery and Primary School, Ogba, Lagos State, Chidera Eze, has drowned during a swimming lesson organised by the school in the Ikeja area of the state. PUNCH Metro gathered that some teachers and caregivers of the school took Chidera and his colleagues for the swimming lesson […]

May 19 2022 | Posted in National | Read More »

Nigeria Army Battalion Commander ‘Commits Suicide’ 3 Days To Court-Martial Verdict

LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Battalion Commanding Officer who led the fight against Boko Haram in the North East, Major UJ Undianyede, is said to have committed suicide. According to sources, he killed himself less than 72 hours to the verdict of a court-martial trying him for alleged military infractions during the war. The sources, who […]