LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)- Former Ghana Football Association president Kwesi Nyantakyi was handed a life ban from all football-related activities by FIFA on Tuesday following various violations of the governing body’s ethics code, including bribery and corruption. Nyantakyi, a former member of FIFA’s General Council, was found guilty after being filmed by an investigative journalist…
LAGOS OCTOBER 31S (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday in the Presidential Villa held a closed-door meeting with four of the six South-south governors. The meeting which held between 3 and 4p.m., was attended by Governors Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Seriake Dickson (Bayelsa), Udom Emmanuel (Akwa Ibom) and Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta). After the meeting, Dickson who spoke on…
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGER)-An intelligentsia group comprising of no fewer than 200 Professors, going by the name of Anambra Consultative Forum, University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), has thrown its weight in support of the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and his running mate, the former Governor of Anambra state,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Donald Trump has announced he is going to terminate the right to citizenship for babies born on US soil to non-citizens. The US president, who is taking an increasingly hard-line stance on immigration, said the “process” to end birthright citizenship by executive order is underway, and denied such a fundamental change would…
LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and other passengers had an horrifying experience during a flight from Port-Harcourt, Rivers state capital to Lagos. It was gathered that the flight via Arik airline experienced a two hour turbulence mid-air, leaving the passengers frightened and in panic as they engaged in serious prayers and…
LAGOS OCTOBER 30 (NEWSRANGERS)-A 23-year-old man, Olalekan Ayoola, yesterday told police in Lagos how he hacked into people’s bank accounts with a software application to withdraw money. Ayoola’s confession led to the arrest of other suspects – Sodiq Olalere, Ayobami Adebayo (21), Muftau Ibrahim (25), Ogundiran Adeniyi (24), Emmanuel Chukwu (25) and Dare Oyetola (32)….
LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Cyprian Lwanga, Catholic archbishop of Kampala, has recommended that the Ugandan government deducts 10% from workers’ monthly salary as tithe for the church. According to Citizen Digital, the archbishop said he wanted Uganda to go the Germany route where Germans who are registered as Catholics, Protestants or Jews have a church tax…
LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peter Obi, running mate to Atiku Abubakar, presiedential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says the period Nigeria is in calls for sober reflection and not for dancing “Shaku Shaku.” “Shaku Shaku” is a popular dance step common among entertainers and young Nigerians. Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo had said he is learning…
