LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Riyad Mahrez described Algeria reaching the Africa Cup of Nations final as “unbelievable” after setting up a showdown with Senegal thanks to his stunning last-gasp free-kick. Mahrez was the hero in Cairo, where the Manchester City star curled a 95th-minute set-piece past Nigeria goalkeeper Daniel Akpeyi to seal a dramatic 2-1 victory…
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 500,000 volunteers from across the 774 local government areas of the country and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are being prepared for the community policing programme, the presidency said. This followed the proposal of the federal government and the 36 state governors to recruit the N-Power volunteers for the…
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-All Progressive Congress {APC } National Leader Asiwaju Tinubu, former APC Interim Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande and Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu paid condolence visit to Afenifere’s Leader Pa Fasoranti over the killing of his daughter, Mrs Funke Olakunrin by suspected armed bandits. In a letter signed by Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu made available to…
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Foxes’ bid to beat Gernot Rohr’s men to the 2019 Afcon final has received a massive boost from the Algerian government. Algeria will not be lacking support when they face Nigeria in Sunday’s Africa Cup of Nations semi-final. The North Africans are bidding to reach their first final in 29 years,…
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWRANGERS)-Power outages struck much of Manhattan for five hours Saturday evening, plunging subway stations, Broadway theaters and skyscrapers in the heart of the Big Apple into darkness on the 42nd anniversary — nearly to the hour–of the 1977 blackout. Officials said some 73,000 residents were without power at the height of the…
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWRANGERS)-Senator Ishaku Abbo has alleged that security forces were aware of the hideouts of bandits that killed his uncle at Muchalla ward in Mubi Local Government Area of Adamawa State. The senator, Abbo, representing Adamawa North District in the National Assembly, alleged that the military and police personnel know the kidnappers’ hideout,…
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGRS)-A legal practitioner, Wahab Shittu, has described as falsehood and fake news, claims in the social media that he was disappointed in the anti-corruption crusade of the Federal Government which withdrew the charges against ex-governor Danjuma Goje of Gombe State. He therefore challenged any journalist to provide evidence that the criticisms against…
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force says it has started a “massive manhunt” for the killers of Mrs Funke Olakunrin, daughter of the leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, Reuben Fasoranti. Mrs. Funke Olakunrin was shot by armed men on Friday afternoon while travelling along the Benin-Ore Expressway in South-Western Nigeria. According to…
