LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Anthony Joshua and his team remain hopeful that he’ll fight Tyson Fury on Aug. 14 but they already are making plans to fight someone else this summer, most likely Oleksandr Usyk. A deal was in place for Fury and Joshua to fight for the undisputed heavyweight championship on that date in Saudi…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Tyson Fury has signed a contract to fight Deontay Wilder for a third time and said he will knock the American out inside one round. The Gypsy King had seemed to prefer an all-British bout with Anthony Joshua for the WBO heavyweight title but a legal ruling seemed to put those plans…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Europe’s biggest bank, BNP-Paribas, has been charged with “laundering” tens of millions of euros worth of public money in France for the family of Gabon’s late leader Omar Bongo, in what plaintiffs have called a “historic first”. After decades of relative impunity, French courts have in recent years sought to clamp down…
LAGOS MAY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Sunday Dare, Nigerian minister of youth and sports, has promised to award “a full scholarship” to young Nigerian lady Jennifer Efemonghe under his DAD Foundation after being impressed by her hardworking spirit. The minister made this known on Thursday, May 20, in a statement via a series of tweets by his special…
CHIEF MALCOLM EMOKINIOVO OMIRHOBO 121 Okota Road Isolo, Lagos State omirhobo@yahoo.com 08033072453 António Guterres The Secretary General of the United Nations UN House Plot 617/618, Central Area District, Diplomatic Zone PMB 2851, Garki, Abuja FCT, Nigeria Dear Sir RE : SOS ON THE UNABATED, INTERNALISED, SYSTEMATIC AND INSTITUTIONALISED GENOCIDE IN NIGERIA: I am a Nigerian…
LAGOS MAY 22BD (NEWSRANGERS)-Top bandits’ leaders in Zamfara State are now forcing abducted persons including farmers from communities to work on their farmlands. The bandits’ leaders also threaten communities in the state that farmers must not go to their farms until they have gone to cultivate the farmlands of bandits’ leaders as this year’s planting…
LAGOS MAY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Defence Headquarters on Friday said bad weather was responsible for the crash of a Nigerian Air Force Beachcraft 350 aircraft at the Kaduna International Airport. The crash claimed all 11 souls onboard including newly appointed Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru. In a statement signed by DHQ Acting Director…
LAGOS MAY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has identified Kwara and Plateau as the states with the highest population who engage in open defecation. One of its officials also said Nigeria still has the highest number of persons defecating openly. The Director, Water Quality Control and Sanitation, Ministry of Water Resources, Emmanuel Awe, disclosed this at…
