LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian boxer Cynthia Ogunsemilore was removed from the Paris Olympics women’s tournament after testing positive for a banned doping substance, the International Testing Agency said Saturday. The 22-year-old African Games lightweight champion tested positive for the diuretic furosemide in a sample taken Thursday, the ITA said. Furosemide is a masking agent that […]
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Labour Party Presidential Candidate during the 2023 election, Mr. Peter Obi, on Saturday emphasized Nigeria’s leadership deficiencies, echoing the sentiments of late iconic writer, Prof. Chinua Achebe. He argued that Nigeria’s challenges are not due to a lack of resources but rather a severe leadership deficit. Obi made these remarks at […]
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Pastor of New Reservation Area Baptist Church, Iyaganku, Ibadan, Oyo State, Rev. Kayode Oyedemi, on Friday disclosed that late Justice Adegboye Ayinla Gbolagunte of the Oyo State Judiciary knew he would die and so had planned his funeral by choosing the cemetery his remains would be buried, and had paid for […]
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As momentum continues to gather ahead of the planned nationwide #EndBadGovernance protest, some organisers, who all the while were tagged ‘faceless’, have revealed their identities, Saturday PUNCH reports. They also insisted that they remained undaunted and would hit the streets on August 1 to demonstrate against bad governance, hardship and hunger. The […]
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of the New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP), has spoken out about the planned nationwide protest set for August 1st. In a statement released on Saturday, Kwankwaso said he acknowledged the hardships faced by Nigerians, which he attributes to leadership failures since 2007. He believes these hardships […]
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Olympic Games organizers said they “deeply apologize” for introducing South Korea’s athletes as North Korea during the opening ceremony in Paris. As the South Korean athletes waved their nation’s flag on a boat floating down the Seine River on Friday evening, they were announced in both French and English as the Democratic […]
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Carrying backpacks and small children, hundreds of people sleeping on the streets of Paris climbed aboard buses surrounded by armed police on Thursday, the latest group of migrants and homeless people to be driven out of the city ahead of the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics. The group of largely African […]
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria women’s basketball team wasn’t allowed to board the delegation’s boat for the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, said a person familiar with the situation. The person spoke to The Associated Press on Friday condition of anonymity because the Nigeria delegation has not publicly commented. Once the team made it […]
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Labour Party Presidential Candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi has said that the sudden death of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah is shocking and devastating. Writing on his X handle on Saturday the LP standards bearer recalled his last discussion with the Distinguished Senator early this month, how he showed eagerness to […]
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian Senator from Anambra South, and an All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, is dead. SaharaReporters learnt that Ubah died in a hotel in London, the United Kingdom. He had left for London two days ago. His death was also confirmed on a group chat of senators who had started […]
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