LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Discussions to scrap extra time from Champions League knockout rounds are gathering speed within Uefa in what would be a new step to reduce the number of minutes played by top clubs. The Guardian understands the topic of taking ties in Uefa’s club competitions straight to penalties is being given serious consideration,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United Nations World Food Programme (UN WFP) has allocated $2.5 billion under its 2023-2027 Nigeria Country Strategy Plans (CSP) to achieve zero hunger and improve nutrition nationwide. Seriene Loum, head of programme at WFP, spoke on Wednesday at the organisation’s co-creation workshop held in collaboration with the National Social Investment Programme…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The dates for the first two of the remaining six 2026 World Cup qualifying matches for the Super Eagles have been confirmed. Nigeria will travel to Rwanda on March 21 before returning home for the second leg of the encounter against Zimbabwe. “Work begins. Éric Chelle’s first two games as Super Eagles…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A police constable attached to Mada Station Division of Nasarawa command of the Nigerian Police Force has shot and killed himself. The police constable identified as Dogara Akolo-Moses, was reportedly seen going about his duty in Nasarawa Eggon local government area where the division is located, on the day he took his…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Jose Fonte has slammed Chelsea over their failure to sign ‘the next Didier Drogba’ Victor Osimhen in the January transfer window. The Blues have been heavily linked with the Nigeria international forward since the summer but didn’t bring him in before last night’s 11pm deadline. Osimhen, still one of the most sought…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Palestinian president has said he strongly rejects President Donald Trump’s proposal for the US to take over Gaza and resettle the 2.1 million Palestinians living there. “We will not allow the rights of our people… to be infringed on,” Mahmoud Abbas stressed, warning that Gaza was “an integral part of the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the United States “will take over” the Gaza Strip — possibly with the help of American troops — while the Palestinians who live there should leave, a stunning proposal that would dramatically reorient the Middle East and subject a population of more than a million…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Donald Trump will make history this weekend by becoming the first sitting president of the United States of America to attend the Super Bowl. The Kansas City Chiefs take on the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. The city was devastated by a terror attack on New…