LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Many questioned Israel Adesanya for coming back to fight Alex Pereira so quickly after Pereira had knocked him out on Nov. 12 in the main event of UFC 281 in New York. Adesanya dismissed all the critics. He called for the rematch, he made the adjustments he needed after losing three consecutive…
LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Real Madrid suffered a 3-2 defeat by Villarreal in La Liga in a thrilling clash ahead of their Champions League showdown against Chelsea next week. The champions remain 12 points behind leaders Barcelona, who face Girona on Monday, with Villarreal winger Samuel Chukwueze scoring twice in a sensational individual display. Pau Torres’s…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Utah father who killed his five kids, wife and mother-in-law and then shot himself left a suicide note saying he’d rather “rot in hell’ than “put up” with his “manipulative” spouse another day. Michael Haight, 42, was being investigated for child abuse when he shot his family earlier this year and…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The OBIdients and the party’s vice presidential candidate Datti Baba-Ahmed, according to a support organization in the Labour Party (LP) operating under the name The Obi-Datti Movement, are prepared for the TV debate challenge issued by Nobel laureate Professor Wole Soyinka. As previously reported by TRIBUNE ONLINE, the eminent dramatist recently challenged…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Pope Francis presided at one indoor service on Good Friday, but doctors ordered him to skip an outdoor evening “Way of the Cross” procession at Rome’s Colosseum after being hospitalised last week for bronchitis. Francis was following the service from his residence in the Vatican as a precaution after the temperature fell…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGANGERS)-The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has urged Nigerians never to despair in the face of tribulations and provocations because Easter is about hope and promise for all who believe. Obi who also noted that Muslims are in the middle of their 30 days of special prayers and…
By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo Why has Soyinka ignored INEC and Yakubu to focus on Datti Ahmed, who reacted to Mahoomd’s bizarre handling of the presidential elections and suspiciously hasty collation of results? Wole Soyinka is my idol. Besides his illuminating literary works, he has been the embodiment of hope through the dark ages of oppressive and crassly…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Without a doubt, one of the most topical issues in Nigerian football at the moment is the continuous decline of the men’s senior national team, the Super Eagles under Technical Adviser Jose Vitor dos Santos Peseiro and whether or not the Portuguese should be handed a fresh contract in May. Following the…
