LAGOS APRIL 28TH (NEWSRANGERS0-Man Utd and Chelsea have reportedly dropped Osimhen chase due to €12M salary, character concerns. Saudi likely destination, say Ornstein, Romano. Premier League heavyweights Manchester United and Chelsea have stepped back from pursuing Nigeria’s Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen this summer, despite his remarkable 30-goal season at Galatasaray. Transfer experts David Ornstein…
LAGOS APRIL 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man suspected of killing a Russian general with a car bomb pleaded guilty to terrorism charges and said he was paid by the Ukrainian Security Service, Russian authorities said Sunday. The Investigative Committee said Ignat Kuzin admitted he was paid to kill Lt. Gen. Yaroslav Moskalik, a deputy head of…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As Nigeria moves closer to the 2027 general elections, former Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has expressed his intention to contest the governorship election of Nasarawa State. The former IGP reportedly declared his intention recently during a meeting with the members of the state working committee of the All Progressives…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least five persons were reported dead when an explosion occured at a place where illegal petroleum products were stored at a residential home. The Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC-Nigeria) confirmed the reports of the explosion and fire incident at a storage of illegally refined product in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was tension on Saturday in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, following gunshots that rang out at the venue of a mega rally organised by a political group, NEW Associates, loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. The rally, which was being hosted by George Turnah, a prominent…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In St Peter’s Square, 250,000 mourners attended the funeral of Pope Francis to pay their final respects. The powerful and the marginalised were brought together to say a final farewell to a man who “touched minds and hearts” and wanted to “build bridges, not walls”, as Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re said of…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Collor de Mello, Brazil’s first democratically elected president after a decades-long dictatorship, resigned in 1992 after Congress launched impeachment proceedings against him for allegedly taking bribes. His arrest stems from a conviction over bribes taken two decades later while a senator, part of the sprawling “Car Wash” corruption scandal. The 75-year-old was…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A popular liquor joint operator has slumped and d!ed in Oro town, an agrarian community in Odigbo Local Government area of Ondo State. The victim, identified as Orobola Akinduro, was reportedly seen earlier in the day, hale and hearty, attending to her customers. A few hours later, she was said to have…