LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The clamour for reparations is growing louder. Last month, Laura Trevelyan announced that she is doing penance for the sins of her slave-owning ancestors by giving £100,000 to an economic development fund in Grenada. Having left the BBC, she began her campaign by challenging King Charles to apologise for William III’s investment…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barcelona is celebrating winning the Spanish league — and this time without Lionel Messi. Barcelona lifted its first league trophy after Messi’s departure with a 4-2 victory at Espanyol on Sunday in a match marred by Espanyol fans storming the pitch at the end of the game and forcing Barcelona players to…
LAGOS MAY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A STUDY conducted by Heinrich Boll Foundation has revealed that some hazardous pesticides banned in Europe are being used in Nigeria despite attempts by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to clamp down on the importation of harmful chemicals into the country. The report stated that Nigeria…
LAGOS MAY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has described the many challenges facing Nigeria as surmountable, with right and purposive leadership. He was speaking yesterday at the public presentation of the compendium on him entitled “Many Voices, One Perspective” at Finotel Hotel, Awka, Anambra State. Obi, who reiterated his…
LAGOS MAY 14TH 9NEWSRANGERS)-The Chief Engineer of the Consulting firm handling the construction of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Park Scheme (NOGaPS) at Emeyal 1 Community in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Engr. Kelly Oduade has given last quarter of 2023 as the delivery date of the 24 hectares complex. Recall that the…
LAGOS MAY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Paris Saint-Germain closed in on a record 11th French league title with a 5-0 home win over Ajaccio on Saturday as Lionel Messi received a mixed reception on his return from suspension. Fabian Ruiz opened the scoring on 22 minutes at the Parc des Princes and Achraf Hakimi added a second goal…
LAGOS MAY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Real Madrid warmed up for their decisive Champions League semi-final visit to face Manchester City with a 1-0 win over Getafe on Saturday in La Liga. The champions’ slim victory ensured leaders Barcelona must beat city rivals Espanyol on Sunday in Cornella to be able to clinch the title this weekend. Marco…
LAGOS MAY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As the pressure to “decolonise” has grown throughout Britain’s educational and arts institutions, from showy renaming of buildings, whose benefactors have the slightest link with slavery, to trigger warnings about racial “slurs” in great works of literature, the move to send swathes of objects in British collections back to where they came from…
