LAGOS APRIL 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The two members of the Iran football team who remained in Australia after the Women’s Asian Cup are beginning their new lives away from the spotlight, even if their dream is to return to elite football. Fatemeh Pasandideh and Atefeh Ramezanisadeh issued a statement on Friday saying they “respectfully ask” for…
LAGOS APRIL 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo) has teamed up with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) and the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) to deliver a Geosciences Centre of Excellence at the University of Lagos, a world-class learning and research hub in a critical sector of the…
LAGOS APRIL 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A kidnapped member of the Edo State Security Corps, Yusuf Kazim, has escaped from the den of his abductors along with two other victims. The daring escape was said to have occurred after he engaged the gunmen in a fierce battle and disarmed them in the process. A source told PUNCH…
The founder of Omega Power Ministries, Chibuzor Chinyere, has announced the suspension of the marriage plans for his 21-year-old adopted autistic daughter, Chiemeka Chibuzor. Disclosing this in a Facebook post on Thursday, the pastor said the suspension followed an overwhelming number of over 1,000 applications from prospective suitors. He noted that the process had been…
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Ikeja Special Offences Court in Lagos State has sentenced Remilekun Temitope Balogun-Okedeyi to one-year imprisonment for fogery after she was found guilty of submitting forged employment records and bank statement in a bid to secure a United Kingdom visa. This was disclosed by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences…
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-World Athletics has rejected the applications of 11 elite athletes to switch their nationality to Turkey. The governing body said the requests were “part of a coordinated recruitment strategy” by the country’s government “to attract overseas athletes through lucrative contracts”. The 11 athletes included five Kenyans – including former women’s marathon world…
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former deputy governor of Virginia and his wife were found dead at their home on Thursday morning, in what authorities described as a murder-suicide. Investigators say Justin Fairfax shot his wife multiple times before turning the gun on himself at their Annandale home. Both of the couple’s teenage children were at…
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu on Thursday declared that he is ready to contest the 2027 election to seek a second term in office as Nigeria’s leader. According to him, he is ready to break the shackles of ignorance and poverty, put freedom in the hearts of Nigerians and ensure democracy survives. Taking a…