LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The 1980s Brazil international Walter Casagrande, a fearsome striker of the era and now a columnist with views just as robust, was unequivocal about the way in which Pele had been treated in death by his successors in the famous yellow shirt. “The vast majority resent the King,” Casagrande wrote in his […]
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LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some of Brazil’s best-known footballers have faced a furious backlash as fans and pundits questioned why they had failed to attend ceremonies bidding farewell to Pelé. Hundreds of thousands of people waited for hours under a burning sun on Monday to file past the recently deceased soccer legend’s coffin at Santos’ Vila […]
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LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The bodies of four people killed in a late December helicopter crash in the Gulf of Mexico have been recovered, company officials confirmed Tuesday. The helicopter crashed at around 8:40 a.m. Dec. 29 while carrying a pilot and three oil platform workers, according to the U.S. Coast Guard’s 8th District. The aircraft […]
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The lifeless body of the abducted son of the slain staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Kehinde Fatinoye, has been found in Ogun river. DAILY POST reported on Sunday that Fatinoye and his wife were murdered by yet-to-be-identified persons in their Ibara GRA residence in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. […]
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LAGOS DECEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A foremost Lagos Lawyer, Dr. Khrushchev Ekwueme, has died after slumping during his legal firm’s end-of-year party. The Enugu State-born lawyer, 56, was a Partner in the Dispute Resolution Practice of Olaniwun Ajayi LP. Though the tragic incident happened on December 21, 2022, it has been unreported by the serious online outfits […]
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LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Four persons, including the People Democratic Party (PDP) leader, has been reportedly killed by gunmen in Anambra State. A source who does not want to be mentioned in the print told Tribune Online that the incident occurred at Obi Maduka’s compound within Nodu town square, Nodu Okpuno, in Awka South Local Government […]
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LAGOS JANAURY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A two-year ban on some foreigners buying homes in Canada has come into effect. The ban aims to help ease one of the most unaffordable housing markets in the world. As of this summer, the average home price in Canada is C$777,200 ($568,000; £473,700) – more than 11 times the median household […]
LAGOS JANUARY RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo made a slip of the tongue over his megabucks new deal on Tuesday when he seemed to say he had moved to South Africa rather than Saudi Arabia, home of his latest club Al Nassr. “It’s not the end of my career to come to South Africa,” he […]
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LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)- At least seven people have been killed in a shoot-out in Mexico as officials searched for 30 inmates who staged a bloody prison break on Sunday. Gunmen opened fire on state investigators who were hunting the escapees, killing at least two of them. Five gunmen also died in the shoot-out, but […]
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRNAGERS)-Two opposition MPs in Senegal have been given six-month jail sentences for kicking a pregnant colleague in the stomach during a budget debate. The male lawmakers attacked Amy Ndiaye after she criticised an opposition religious figure. The judge also ordered Mamadou Niang and Massata Samb to pay Ms Ndiaye five million CFA […]
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