LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-With the 2026 World Cup in mind, Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi could be loaned back to former club Barcelona in a sensational move. The Argentinian will celebrate his 39th birthday during a tournament which could be expected to herald his retirement from the game, so one last hurrah at the club which…
LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Palestinians burst into celebration across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday at news of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, with some shedding years of joy and others whistling, clapping and chanting “Allahu akbar” (God is greatest). “I am happy, yes, I am crying, but those are tears of joy,” said Ghada, a…
LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Rwanda said Wednesday it had made its first oil discovery, with confirmation of 13 reservoirs in Lake Kivu, which makes up part of its border with DR Congo. “The good news is that we have oil,” Francis Kamanzi, CEO of the Rwanda Mines, Petroleum and Gas Board, told a parliamentary hearing according…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-All is set for Nigerian Maritime Journalists (NMJ) award to be conferred on the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, MFR, as the “Iconic Maritime Personality of the Year 2024”. The need for the Nigerian maritime media practitioners to honour the CGC is a unanimous decision by all…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a clear message of zero tolerance for cash flow disruptions, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has sanctioned Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) for failing to make Naira notes available through automated teller machines (ATMs), during the yuletide season. Each bank was fined ₦150 million for non-compliance, in line with the CBN’s…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The DG/CEO of NIMC, Engr Abisoye Coker-Odusote, was conferred with an honourary doctorate by the African University of Science and Technology, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory. Statement signed by Head, Corporate Communications Unit of NMC Kayode Adegoke (PhD) made available to NewsRangers disclosed that Engr Abisoye Coker-Odusote received the honourary doctoral at the…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A United States District Court, Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division has dismissed Ambassador Lilian Onoh’s defamatory suit against Sahara Reporters Media group, INC., Sahara Reporters, INC., and Comrade Omoyele Sowore for lack of subject- matter jurisdiction. Judge Jane J. Boyle granted the Defendants’ motion to dismiss and subsequently dismissed Onoh’s complaint…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lagos Arabic teacher who is also a cleric, Oladosu Sakiru,has been sentenced to 21 years imprisonment for attempted sexual assault on a 13-year-old student. Sakiru was jailed by Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court after he was found guilty on an amended two-count charge of attempted sexual assault by penetration,…
