LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Algeria head coach Vladimir Petković has said his players are disappointed with the defeat to Nigeria, reports Completesports.com. The Desert Foxes went down 2-0 to the Super Eagles in their quarter-final encounter at the Grand Stade de Marrakech on Saturday night. It was Algeria’s first defeat of the competition, and a…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman and Founder of BUA Group, Abdul Samad Rabiu, has pledged financial rewards to Nigeria’s Super Eagles following their 2-0 victory over Algeria in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final. In a statement posted on Saturday via his personal X handle, Rabiu congratulated the team, saying, “Congratulations to our Super…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria have become the third country to qualify for the semi-finals of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. The Super Eagles outclassed Algeria 2-0 on Saturday, to progress into the next round of the competition. Victor Osimhen and Akor Adams scored two quick-fire goals in the second half, to seal an emphatic…
LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has criticised the alleged non-payment of match allowances to Nigeria’s national football team, describing it as an embarrassment to the country. Obi expressed the concern in a post on X on Tuesday while reacting to reports that players of the Super Eagles were owed…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has disclosed that Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman settled their differences hours after both had an on-field spat during Nigeria’s 4-0 win over Mozambique in their AFCON round of 16 tie on Monday. The NFF, through the Super Eagles camp administrator Dayo Enebi Achor, disclosed this to…
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has flown back to the UK after a fatal car crash that killed two of his close friends in Nigeria. The 36-year-old was a passenger in a Lexus SUV that collided with a stationary truck on a major expressway near Lagos on Monday. Joshua’s close…
LAGOS DECEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nick Buckley, a British politician from Manchester, has railed against former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua for waving the Nigerian flag after beating Jake Paul, an American YouTuber turned boxer, in a heavyweight bout in Miami over the weekend. Mr Buckley berated Joshua for “waving a third-world country flag”, calling him “anti-White racist…
LAGOS DECEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Anthony Joshua is poised to relinquish a considerable share of his earnings after his knockout triumph over Jake Paul. Joshua sent Paul to the canvas in the sixth round of their heavyweight showdown at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida on Friday. Despite emerging victorious from the highly-anticipated encounter, the 36…