LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A West African bloc mediator sent to meet Niger’s junta leaders following a July 26 coup says a peaceful way out of the crisis remains possible. Last week’s visit to Niger “has opened an avenue to start talking,” Abdulsalami Abubakar, a former Nigerian president, told reporters in the capital, Abuja. “Hopefully diplomacy…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Didier Drogba has signed a four-year contract as the new head coach of the Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire, and the objectives of the contract are clear; winning the next two Africa Cup of Nations ( 2024 and 2025) and leading Cote d’Ivoire to win the 2026 World Cup. It’s the first experience…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than five persons were electrocuted while trying to mount a billboard in the Obiri-Ikwerre area of Rumuosi in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the Rivers State on Monday. Also, four others who received life-threatening burns are currently battling for their lives at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Nyesom Wike, newly sworn in Federal Capital Territory minister, says open cattle grazing in the capital city will no longer be allowed and Fulani herders will have to take their cows for grazing outside the city centre. “We will consult with the herdsmen and talk to them to see how we will…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A senior officer in the Nigerian Army, Brigadier General I. M. Ahmadu has died while running during the Second Annual Physical Training Test for 2023. SaharaReporters learnt that Ahmadu was an Artillery Officer serving in the Army Headquarters Department of Special Services and Programmes. The General fell while running and was confirmed…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-THE presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi on Monday stormed Benin City, the Edo State capital ahead of the September 2 local government election in Edo State where he said that the development of any country is domiciled in the local government areas which…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The World Athletics Record holder in 100m hurdles, Tobi Amusan, has declared that some Nigerian sports journalists are horrible in their profession, just as she revealed that she has put behind her the trauma of her suspension by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU), over the Whereabouts Failures charge. Amusan began training for…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, on Monday, seemingly responded to a report that he was in talks with Atiku Abubakar and Rabiu Kwankwaso for a possible merger to wrest power from the All Progressives Congress (APC), assuring supporters of his commitment to the party….