LAGOS MARCH 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The current World Boxing Federation, WBF, International Super Featherweight Champion, Ridwan Oyekola popularly known as Scorpion, has survived an alleged attempt on his life by unknown gunmen. It was gathered that the Oyekola was attacked by the gunmen shortly after receiving a cheque of 10 million from the Oyo state governor, Seyi Makinde…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lawyers to President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter; Mrs. Zahra Buhari-Indimi have ordered publishers of Sahara Reporters to make a retraction of their story in which the President’s daughter was said to have received the sum of N2.5billion out of N51billion allegedly defrauded Nigerian Government by a chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) and…
LAGOS MARCH 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Super Eagles of Nigeria Striker Victor Osimhen returned from injury to inspired Gennaro Gattuso led Napoli football club of Italy to a 3-1 victory over Bologna FC, at Diego Armando Maradona stadium on Sunday evening in the week 25 of the Italian serie A. The former LOSC Lille star who was injured…
LAGOS MARCH 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barcelona members elected Joan Laporta as club president on Sunday, turning to the man who oversaw one of their most successful periods to lead them out of an institutional and financial crisis. Laporta, who was Barca president between 2003 and 2010, won a resounding 54.28% of total votes, while Victor Font came…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Head of neurosurgery at Pineta Grande, Alfredo Bucciero has certified Victor Osimhen fit to return to action for Napoli, describing the Nigeria striker as a force of nature. Speaking on Radio Kiss Kiss on Tuesday and as reported by calcionapoli24, Bucciero said the 23-year-old who slumped and was rushed to hospital in…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Former FC Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu was arrested Monday in connection with “Barcagate,” the scandal in which the club allegedly paid a third-party marketing firm to defame its own players on social media. Catalan police raided Barcelona’s offices on Monday morning as part of a fresh investigation into accusations of a…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two Brazilian clubs have expressed condolences following the sudden death of the father of Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker. Fluminense posted on social media Thursday that it’s deeply sorry for the death of José Agostinho Becker. Alisson’s brother, Muriel, is a goalkeeper at Fluminense. Internacional, where both Alisson and Muriel played, also offered…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-More than 6,500 migrant workers have died in Qatar amid the nation’s preparation to host the 2022 World Cup, The Guardian reports. The report cites government data from the home nations of migrant workers, including India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The data have been compiled since Qatar was awarded the…
