LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Super-featherweight boxer John Cooney, 28, has died after his defeat by Welshman Nathan Howells in Belfast last Saturday. The Irish boxer suffered an intracranial haemorrhage and had surgery to relieve pressure on his brain following the bout at the Ulster Hall. Galway man Cooney was assessed by the medical team in the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Groups representing some of South Africa’s white minority responded Saturday to a plan by President Donald Trump to offer them refugee status and resettlement in the United States by saying: thanks, but no thanks. The plan was detailed in an executive order Trump signed Friday that stopped all aid and financial assistance…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)- A suspected jihadist attack on a convoy escorted by Malian soldiers and Russia’s Wagner mercenaries has killed dozens of people in northern Mali, officials said on Saturday. The attack took place on Friday between the northern cities of Gao and Ansongo, they said. The death toll was initially put at 10…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government has announced plans to enforce traffic rules against red light and speed-limit infractions across the state henceforth. The state Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, disclosed this on Thursday, February 6 at a media briefing and unveiling of the advanced technology initiative at Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos. According to the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The gunmen who abducted a former Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), retired general Maharazu Tsiga, have demanded a N250 million ransom for his release. A source close to the family who preferred anonymity, told Weekend Trust that the family was contacted and the amount requested. Tsiga was said to…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected kidnappers of late member representing Onitsha-North 1 State Constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon Justice Azuka, have confessed to killing the lawmaker but denied collecting ransom. The suspects, when paraded on Friday at the headquarters of the Anambra State Police Command, narrated that the deceased lawmaker was kidnapped…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Identity Management Commission has identified over 6,000 Nigeriens registered on its database with the National Identification Number. This was as President Bola Tinubu directed an inter-ministerial committee to ensure comprehensive data for the National Social Register for the Federal Government’s social investment programmes. Impeccable sources in the Presidency told Saturday…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is in a race against time to complete the international switch of allegiance of on loan Chelsea midfield duo Carney Chukwuemeka and Lesley Ugochukwu, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports. Both players were named in the provisional list of 31 players called up by the newly appointed coach of the senior…