LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The UN mission in Mali has suspended all but medical evacuation flights in the war-torn country pending negotiations with Malian authorities, a United Nations spokesman said Monday. The move follows the implementation of new procedures that coincide with operations with the Malian army, a source close to the MINUSMA mission told AFP…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Cameroon captain Vincent Aboubakar scored his fifth goal of the Africa Cup of Nations as his already qualified side were joined by Burkina Faso on Monday in the second round. The Saudi Arabia-based forward, who turns 30 on Saturday, put Cameroon ahead and substitute Garry Rodrigues equalised for Cape Verde after half-time…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Novak Djokovic said he was disappointed that a court on Sunday dismissed his challenge to a deportation order and accepted his hopes of playing at the Australian Open were dashed. The top-ranked tennis star released a statement shortly after three Federal Court judges unanimously upheld a decision made on Friday by Immigration…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dozens of gunmen on motorbikes ransacked a village and killed more than 50 people in the latest violence in northwest Nigeria, residents said on Sunday. Gangs have been terrorising areas of the northwest in recent years, forcing thousands to flee and gaining global notoriety through mass kidnappings at schools for ransom. Local…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Real Madrid won’t be going a second consecutive season without a title. After failing to lift a trophy under Zinedine Zidane last season, Carlo Ancelotti’s Madrid secured the Spanish Super Cup with a 2-0 win over Athletic Bilbao on Sunday in Saudi Arabia. Luka Modric and Karim Benzema scored a goal in…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Reigning champions Algeria are in danger of an early exit from the Africa Cup of Nations after a shock 1-0 defeat at the hands of outsiders Equatorial Guinea in Douala on Sunday. Esteban Obiang’s 70th-minute goal gave Equatorial Guinea the victory and brought Algeria’s 35-game unbeaten record crashing to an end. The…
LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Billionaire businessman, Obinna Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana, has opened up on his encounter with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Daily Trust had reported how the popular club owner was grilled by detectives over alleged ties to drug barons in Asia. In a live Instagram chat with Daddy Freeze,…
LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Baptist Convention (NBC) has declared that it spent a whopping sum of N250 million to secure the release of its students who were kidnapped from Bethel Baptist College, Kaduna, last year. It scored the fight against insecurity by the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration as below par, considering the number of…
