LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Each player of Palancas Negras, the Angolan national team, will get the princely sum of five million kwansas, which is about N5.4 million, if they succeed in beating the Super Eagles in the quarterfinal of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations. Nigeria and Angola will meet on Friday at the Houphoet Boigny…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-African player of The Year, Victor Osimhen and other two Super Eagles players, Moses Simon and William Troost-Ekong passed the Confederation of African Football (CAF) random anti-doping tests and are free to take part in their quarter-final clash with Angola on Friday, BSN sports.com.ng reports. CAF picked Nigeria international striker Victor Osimhen,…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen on Monday struck at Ohii Junction on the Owerri-Orlu Road in Imo State. The attack left no fewer than four persons dead. Sources said that two of the victims were reportedly policemen reportedly on duty in the area. Our correspondent saw a video clip circulating on various social media platforms…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected herdsmen were reported to have shot dead two monarchs in Ekiti State. The monarchs, Elesun of Esun Ekiti and Onimojo of Imojo Ekiti were shot dead yesterday in Ekiti State. The incident was said to have happened between Oke-Ako and Ipao-Ekiti in Ajoni Local Government Area of the state. Sources, according…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria on Monday said the “unelected” military authorities in Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso were letting their people down with their joint decision to leave the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Nigeria, which is the current chair of the political and economic bloc, was commenting for the first time on…
LAGOS JANUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An aggrieved soldier of the Nigerian Army has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to address the issue of poor treatment of military personnel sacrificing their lives daily for the country. According to the unnamed soldier in an open letter written on behalf of his colleagues to the President, the reason why some soldiers…