LAGOS JULY 10TH (NEWRANGERS)-World soccer governing body, FIFA, have fixed this Tuesday for their decision on the latest crisis to rock Nigeria Football Federation, with the possibility of an announcement also expected on the matter. This follows a formal notification given FIFA by the NFF about details and true situation of the latest leadership tussle…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Arsenal right back Emmanuel Eboue was arrested on Saturday. Eboue, who played for the Gunners between 2005 and 2011, was spoken to by Metropolitan Police regarding an allegation of arson in Enfield. A statement published by the Met read: ‘Police investigating an alleged arson at a residential address in Enfield on…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Melvin Pinnick, has been confirmed as the match commissioner for the 2018 FIFA World Cup first semi final match between France and Belgium in Saint Petersburg tomorrow. The match, which will be the fifth match Pinnick would commission at the finals in Russia, will…
LAGOS JULY 5TH(NEWSRANGERS)-The former President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, has been appointed as 1st Vice President of the Confederation of African Football. This was contained in a press statement signed by the continental body’s General Secretary, Amr Fahmy, on Thursday. The statement reads: “Following the resignation of the 1st Vice President Mr…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Super Eagles’ skipper, John Mikel Obi, has revealed that the news of the kidnap of his dad, Pa Michael Obi, was broken to him two hours before their final World Cup Group D game against Argentina. Speaking after his dad’s release from the kidnappers den on Monday, Obi revealed that he was…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung’s directive that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) should comply with the Supreme Court judgment delivered on April 27, 2018, sacking Amaju Pinnick-led board, sport analysts and Festus Keyamo, a lawyer, said on Monday that the world football governing body, FIFA, may ban Nigeria from competitions….
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Joe Jackson, the father of pop superstars Michael and Janet and the patriarch of the world-famous Jackson family, died on Wednesday. He was suffering from cancer, and passed away at the age of 89, nine years after his famous son Michael Jackson died at 50. Fired as a manager by his children…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dr Kennis Ebirim, a family physician with the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, has been confirmed dead after watching Tuesday’s 2018 World Cup match between Nigeria and Argentina. Family members, colleagues and neighbours confirmed the death of Ebirim to journalists at his residence in Owerri. The deceased was reported to have slumped and…