LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ligue 1 giants are rebuilding ahead of the 2021/22 season and have identified one of Nigeria’s precocious talents as being crucial to that effort Olympique de Marseille have reportedly made contact with Villarreal towards signing exciting Nigerian forward Samuel Chukwueze. It would be a massive coup for the French side to…
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nico Ali Walsh, the 20-year-old grandson of the late heavyweight icon, has signed a multi-fight contract with Top Rank and will make his pro debut in a four-round middleweight bout on Aug. 14. The fight will be televised on ESPN. Ali Walsh is the son of Rasheda Ali Walsh, the legendary champion’s…
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least one person was killed, 10 injured and a staggering 99 people are still missing in the aftermath of a 12-story apartment building that collapsed and “pancaked” early Thursday near Miami, prompting a massive search-and-rescue effort, officials said. The ocean-facing portion of the 136-unit Champlain Towers South Condo on Collins Avenue…
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of Ijegun Egba, Satellite Town in Lagos State have raised the alarm over the leakage and smell of gas in their community. The alarm was contained in an emergency note sent to inform Lagos State Fire Service of the happenings in the community on Thursday. They alleged that the leakage was…
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the allocation of three-bedroom houses to members of the victorious Super Eagles squad of 1994, which won the Tunis 94 edition of the African Cup of Nations. A statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, the approval was contained…
LAGOS JUNE 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has rewarded Nigeria’s only individual Olympics gold medallist Chioma Ajunwa with a three-bedroom flat. The Lagos State Governor on Thursday announced that Ajunwa – an Assistant Commissioner of Police – would get a three-bedroom flat at the Babatunde Raji Fashola Housing Estate, Iponri. The reward comes 25…
LAGOS JUNE 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 21-year-old undergraduate of the University of Lagos, Chidinma Ojukwu, has narrated how she stabbed the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, to death in the Lekki area of Lagos State. She spoke at the Lagos State Police Command headquarters in Ikeja on Thursday after she was paraded as a…
LAGOS JUNE 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will on Friday proceed to London for medicals. His Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a two-paragraph statement on Thursday. The statement titled ‘President Buhari off to London Friday for medical follow-up,’ read, “President Muhammadu Buhari will proceed to London,…
