LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Real Madrid striker Vinicius Junior risks a suspension of four to 12 matches for pushing the opposing team’s goalkeeper Stole Dimitrievski during the 79th minute of the match against Valencia (2-1). After the incident, the Brazilian player was sent off. According to Spanish La Liga regulations, such aggressive behavior without an attempt…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Jimmy Carter’s nearly week-long public farewell began Saturday in the tiny Georgia town where he launched the political career that took him to the White House. The 39th president’s American flag-draped casket was carried in a motorcade heading to his hometown of Plains where he died Dec. 29 at the…
LAGOS JANAURY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The camp of Atiku Abubakar, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has announced that a merger between opposition parties to defeat the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2027 “is sealed.” Abdulrasheed Shehu, the special assistant on media to the former vice president, made the announcement via his verified…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A huge fire that erupted at a clothing market in Ghana’s capital Accra has destroyed hundreds of livelihoods and businesses. The fire at Kantamanto Market – one of the world’s largest secondhand clothing markets – has since been fully extinguished with no reported injuries or fatalities, Ghana’s National Fire Service said on…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There is no end to the list of accolades that Barcelona legend Lionel Messi has won and the number of times he has been crowned the best in the world over the past few decades. Having won it all with Barcelona, the player left Catalonia against his will and conquered the French…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-South Korea’s presidential guards and military troops prevented authorities from arresting impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday in a tense six-hour stand-off inside Yoon’s compound in the heart of Seoul. Yoon is under criminal investigation for insurrection over his Dec. 3 martial law bid that stunned South Korea and led to…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Real Madrid moved top of La Liga in their first game of 2025 after a 2-1 win over Valencia on Friday, but all attention will be on Vinícius Júnior moving forward. Instead of Vinícius Júnior, Kylian Mbappé and Jude Bellingham running the show, the man of the night was initially Thibaut Courtois…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A judge has ordered that Donald Trump will be sentenced on 10 January in his hush-money case in New York – less than two weeks before he is set to be sworn in as president. New York Justice Juan Merchan signalled he would not sentence Trump to jail time, probation or a…
