LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Victor Osimhen has made history to finish in eighth place in the 2023 Ballon d’Or rankings. The striker beat the likes of Mohamed Salah, Robert Lewandowski, 2018 winner Luka Modric, 2021 winner Karim Benzema and treble-winning captain Ilkay Gündogan. This finish places him in African history alongside President George Weah, Nwankwo Kanu,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-This list reads 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2021, and now 2023. Lionel Messi won the men’s Ballon d’Or for a record-extending eighth time on Monday after fulfilling his life’s ambition by leading his country to the World Cup title in Qatar last year. Adding to his silverware the one major…
By Yushau Shuaib LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-“Ladies and Gentlemen. This is your Captain speaking. We regret to announce that because of a technical problem, we have to return to Paris for safety and security.”_ That was the announcement made by the Captain of the Abuja-bound Air France flight on Monday, October 23, 2023, that had…
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Legendary Constitutional Lawyer and one-time Secretary General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Professor Ben Nwabueze, is dead. A news flash this Monday afternoon by TheNiche quotes a “dependable source close to the family” as confiding that Prof. Nwabueze passed away yesterday evening, Sunday, October 29, 2023, in his home. A native of Atani,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-About 70 decomposed human bodies, including 20 headless ones and countless human skeletons, were discovered around Lokpanta Cattle Market in Umunneochi local government area of Abia State. The state governor, Dr Alex Otti, disclosed this late Sunday night during a monthly media chat for October tagged; ‘Governor Alex Otti Speaks to Abians’,…
LAGOS OCTBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Rivers State House of Assembly complex was on Sunday night rocked by explosion following alleged moves by some lawmakers to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara. It was gathered that some suspected arsonists threw an explosive into the complex around 9:25pm, causing a fire in the building. Though, the spokesperson for the state…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man has made headlines for dropping a whopping 1 million Dollars from a helicopter and allowing people to pick the money. In a widely circulated video, the man, Kazma Kazmitch, said what he did represented the first real money rain in the world. In the clip, Kazam dropped off the 1…
LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi State, including Senator Obinna Ogba who represented Ebonyi central zone between 2015 and 2023, and the former House of Representatives member, Chief Livinus Makwa, have resigned their party’s membership. Some state working committee including James Alaka, the organizing Secretary of the party;…