LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As Super Eagles are primed to know their AFCON 2019 group stage opponents this evening at the draw ceremony in Cairo, Former Green Eagles Captain, Segun Odegbami, has asked handlers of the senior national to perish the thought of recalling John Mikel Obi to the team. Mikel has been absent from Eagles…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Israeli municipality in Safed has turned Al-Ahmar Mosque into a bar and events hall, Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported yesterday. As one of the most historical mosques in the Arab city, which was occupied by the Jewish gangs in 1948, the building was first turned into a Jewish school, then into a centre…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kenyan Police have arrested 33 Nigerian immigrants for illegally staying in the country, StandardDigital has reported. The news portal in Kenya reported that the immigrants were arrested on Thursday morning in Kasarani, a residential area in Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya. Also in the report, the Kasarani Officer Commanding Police…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A senior officer of the Nigeria Customs Service has died after he was attacked by a swarm of bees while on patrol duty. Abba Abubakar, an officer operating at the Seme customs command, along Ashipa axis of Badagry, Lagos, met his untimely death Tuesday after he was stung by the bees, the…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The organising committee for the Governor Akinwunmi Ambode farewell football match has confirmed May 18, 2019 for the high-profile game. The epoch match, according to the organisers, would see former World Footballer of the Year and President of Liberia, George Weah, play alongside notable world football legends, including Didier Drogba. The chairman,…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ogun state police command early this week, brought joy to three parents whose children were among the eight children stolen from various parts of the state by rescuing their children and arresting three suspects. A statement by the command spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi (DSP), said that a syndicate that specialized in stealing…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) , Atiku Abubakar has disowned campaign posters titled “The Pukka’’ that festooned some of the major streets of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. Atiku disowned the posters in a statement issued by his Media Adviser, Mr. Paul Ibe, Wednesday. Pukka, an…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGRS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has cut short his trip to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as he returned to Abuja Tuesday night, a day ahead of schedule. Investigations revealed that President’s decision to round hastily round off his official engagements in Dubai might not be unconnected with ravaging insecurity in Zamfara, Kaduna…
