LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Manchester United and Chelsea coach, Jose Mourinho may replace Tottenham Hotspur manager, Mauricio Pochettino. According to Calciomercato, Mourinho is among the top candidates to replace Pochettino. The newspaper reports that Tottenham have identified Mourinho along with former Juventus boss, Max Allegri as the top contenders to replace Pochettino, who is under…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana (UG), Professor Ransford Gyampo, has vowed to initiate legal action against BBC over its “Sex for grades” documentary. In the documentary, released on Monday, October 7, BBC Africa Eye investigation torchlight sexual harassment from Dr. Paul Kwame Butakor, a lecturer at the College…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A young man, identified as Obotti Zion E., who was undergoing his one year National Youth Service Corps in Ebonyi State, has slumped and died at Peace Mass Transit park, Abakaliki. He reportedly slumped and died on Wednesday, October 2, 2019, in the motor park, located along Afikpo Road, Abakaliki, the state…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former acting managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Ibim Semenitari, has said she was sexually harassed by a male lecturer while she was doing her undergraduate programme in a Nigerian university. Mrs Semenitari’s revelation followed the trending #SexForGrades conversation among Nigerians, prompted by a BBC undercover investigative report…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Ethiopian Airlines plane was forced to make an emergency landing minutes after taking off in Senegal on Tuesday because an engine had caught fire, an airport spokesman said. None of the 90 passengers or crew were injured, spokesman Tidiane Tamba told Reuters. The airline confirmed on Twitter that its Boeing 767…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An $875 million (716.7 million pounds) Nigerian government lawsuit against U.S. bank JPMorgan is clear to move forward after a London-based appeals court on Tuesday rejected the bank’s bid to have the case dismissed. The bank had asked the court to quash the Nigerian government’s case, arguing that it had no prospect…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The first joint session of the National Assembly is underway for the presentation of the 2020 Appropriation Bill. President Muhammau Buhari has arrived the National Assembly Complex. Welcome to our live update. 14:55pm: President Buhari says the goal is for the 2020 Appropriation Act to come into effect on January 1, 2020….
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Board of Inquiry set up by the Defence Headquarters, Abuja, put together at the instance of President Muhammadu Buhari has recommended sanctions for five personnel of the Nigerian Army and the police over the killing of three policemen and one civilian in Ibi, Taraba State, on August 6. The board, in…
