LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Yoruba Nation activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has called on President Bola Tinubu to intervene and restrain Vice President Kashim Shettima from further criticising Kemi Badenoch, the leader of the British Conservative Party. Igboho made this appeal in a statement obtained in Osogbo on Sunday, responding to Shettima’s…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Italian Serie A side Napoli has confirmed the price tag of Nigeria’s Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen, BSNSports.com.ng reports. Osimhen is currently on loan to the Turkish Super Lig club Galatasaray and his performance has earned more admiration from the top clubs across Europe. He had a season-long loan deal, but…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No matter how grey the skies above Carrington, Amad Diallo walks around Manchester United’s training complex with a smile. “I am one of the lads with energy and joke with everyone, with a smile every time,” says this season’s surprise package of the Premier League. He has been a smiling assassin for…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Leaders of the West African regional grouping, Ecowas, have approved the withdrawal of three countries ruled by the military from the bloc, but have offered a six-month grace period for them to reconsider. Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger plan to withdraw from Ecowas in January after refusing the bloc’s demand to restore…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man from Ghana has told the BBC how he was seized at gunpoint by jihadists in neighbouring Burkina Faso, before being taken to their vast desert camp where he gained a rare insight into their lives – from the children he believed were trained as suicide bombers, to the tunnels they…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Finnish authorities have frozen assets belonging to Simon Ekpa, a controversial pro-Biafra agitator over his alleged terrorist activities. A Finnish newspaper reported that Keskusrikospoliisi (KRP), which is the Finnish name for the National Bureau of Investigation, has frozen Mr Ekpa’s assets and those of other suspects. “The KRP has frozen the assets…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Despite it happening less than a month ago, Mike Tyson has little recollection of his boxing match against Jake Paul, and his memory regarding the fight is hazy. Fans pleaded with the 58-year-old to pull out of his fight against ‘The Problem Child’ but the boxing legend didn’t listen. Instead, Tyson risked…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Central Bank of Nigeria has announced that it will slam a fine of N150m per branch on Deposit Money Banks found guilty of facilitating the illegal flow of mint naira notes to currency hawkers and unscrupulous agents. The apex bank disclosed this in a circular issued on Friday, December 13, 2024,…
