LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Belgium tactician, Tom Saintfiet is said to be the front-runner to replace Jose Peseiro as Super Eagles coach, reports owngoalnigeria.com. Seven years ago, he claimed the Technical Committee of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) picked him as the coach of the team but then president of the federation, Amaju Pinnick turned his…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A video review official who played a key part in the controversial decision to award Paris Saint-Germain a stoppage-time penalty against Newcastle has been removed from his Champions League game on Wednesday. The decision contradicted Uefa’s own advice to referees, and PSG scored from the spot in a late equaliser which has…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Balogun of Eko, Abisoye Oshodi, has faulted the claim by the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, that Lagos was founded by Binis. The Oba of Benin, who was in Lagos State on Sunday, had claimed that according to history, Lagos was founded by the Binis. The monarch, who was in…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Super Eagles Coach, Samson Siasia, is worried that the present Super Eagles players lack what it takes to be African Champions. Siasia said this much in an interview on Sportsville. The ex-international, in his first official interview after the expiration of his FIFA ban, said ‘’though the current team comprises of…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A major accident was averted on Sunday after a Boeing 737 aircraft with the registration number: 5N-BYQ belonging to Aero Contractors nose-stucked after landing at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja. The serious incident occured at about 10:47am after the plane, which departed the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos in the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Appeal Court sitting in Lagos State on Tuesday dismissed the petition filed by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Patrick Tonye-Cole, against Governor Siminalayi Fubara of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The APC candidate, who was present in…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian boxer, Elizabeth Oshoba, is delighted to have won the International Boxing female super-featherweight title after she defeated Italian, Martina Reighi, on Saturday, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. In her debut title fight during her sixth professional bout, the 2022 Commonwealth Games silver medalist exhibited sheer determination, clinching a resounding unanimous decision victory…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (Nimet) has given reasons for the continuous rainfalls at this time of the year in the country. Nimet through its Central Forecast Office (CFO), which was signed by Prof. Mansur Matazu, its Director-General, attributed the rainfalls to an opening that linked mid-latitude trough with the thermal-lows over West-Africa….