LAGOS JANUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has officially announced the appointment of Eric Sékou Chelle as the new Head Coach of Nigeria’s senior men’s national football team, the Super Eagles. The decision was ratified by the NFF Executive Committee following the recommendation of its Technical and Development Sub-Committee. Chelle, a former Malian international…
LAGOS JANUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A trailer driver has reportedly fled with 900 bags of Golden Penny Classic Flour, disabling both trackers and turning off his phones. This was revealed in a post shared on the popular social media platform X (formerly Twitter) by a user identified as @EmekaEzeibe. The post provided the driver’s name and a…
LAGOS JANUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford reportedly turned down an approach from Turkish giants Galatasaray this week. Rashford has fallen out of favour under Ruben Amorim, who recently left him out of four consecutive matchday squads for “training and selection reasons.” Although Rashford was reinstated for the 2-0 loss to Newcastle last week,…
LAGOS JANUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) yesterday said that it received 573,519 applications for 3,927 job positions for its 2024/2025 recruitment exercise, just a week after opening the portal. Recall that Finance Minister Olawale Edun had earlier confirmed that the Federal Government approved the recruitment of 3,927 officers into the NCS. Providing an update…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi, has raised the alarm that he, his family and those around him have been receiving threats over his New Year message on President Bola Tinubu. His supporters, under the auspices of Obidient Movement, also yesterday implored Nigerians…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has reacted to the alleged threat to the life of the Labour Party’s Presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Atiku condemned the inflammatory remarks made by the All Progressives Congress (APC) spokesperson, Felix Morka, against Obi. Atiku described Morka’s…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-More than 170 inmates on death row were flown from Congo’s capital to a high-security prison in the north where they will be executed, Congolese authorities said. Seventy of the convicts were transported on Sunday, Congolese Minister of Justice Constant Mutamba said, adding to 102 other prisoners who have already been sent…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-According to La Repubblica, Victor Osimhen infuriated Napoli by refusing to leave Galatasaray in January, even with Manchester United making an approach. The striker had signed a new contract in December 2023 with the express intention of leaving six months later for his €120m release clause. However, when no club went anywhere…