LAGOS SEPTEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-When Lionel Messi walked off the pitch after the 2026 World Cup final, there was an air of finality to the moment. At 39, it seemed highly unlikely Messi would continuing playing with the team at the next World Cup. The legend confirmed as much Monday, announcing he has retired from international…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A jury found Duane “Keffe D” Davis guilty of orchestrating the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur, finally bringing a measure of resolution to a case that had gripped hip-hop fans and lingered in the public imagination for decades. The 63-year-old Davis was convicted Monday of a single count of murder…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)- The singer, 77, previously cut his St. Paul, Minnesota, performance short after complaining of dizziness. Lionel Richie has voluntarily checked himself into a St. Louis hospital’s intensive care unit out of precaution, according to TMZ. The 77-year-old Grammy Award winner, who performed at The Muny over the weekend, underwent preliminary tests…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The African Action Congress has asked the Department of State Services to immediately discontinue the prosecution of its presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore. The party made the demand in a statement issued on Sunday, following reports that the DSS had suspended its prosecution of Sowore until after the 2027 presidential election. PUNCH Online…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has celebrated his eldest brother, Dominic Ositadimma Obi, on his 75th birthday, describing him as an exemplary human being whose integrity, humility, contentment and sense of responsibility have remained a source of pride to the family. Obi, in a birthday…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted consignments of captagon, popularly known as the ‘Jihadi drug’, and millions of opioid pills worth more than N6.2 billion at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday….
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s records with United States law enforcement agencies has taken another turn with opposition parties demanding that the documents be made public. The African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) have questioned the President’s decision to oppose the release of the records, insisting that Nigerians…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, August 26, facilitated the extradition of the duo of Mudashiru Afeez Olawale and Adebola Festus Adekunle to the United States of America, U.S., to face prosecution for allegedly sexu@lly extorting two teenage boys in the U.S.,…
