LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has flown back to the UK after a fatal car crash that killed two of his close friends in Nigeria. The 36-year-old was a passenger in a Lexus SUV that collided with a stationary truck on a major expressway near Lagos on Monday. Joshua’s close…
LAGOS JULY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has responded to the allegation that he worked for a former Head of State, the late General Sani Abacha. In a post on X on Wednesday, Obi released a document from 1996 to debunk the allegation that he worked for…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Five governors of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have reportedly firmed up plans with the party’s presidential candidate in the last elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to sink the party in favour a Nasir el-Rufai/Peter Obi ticket in the 2027 Presidential Election. El-Rufai, the immediate past governor of Kaduna state and latter-day…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Founder of Mountain Top University (MTU), Dr. Daniel Olukoya, says the institution “is always at the back of the poor” to ensure they had access to quality education through a scholarship scheme. Olukoya, also General Overseer of Mountain of Fire (MFM) worldwide, disclosed this at the weekend at the Federal University of…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organization, Afeifere, has voiced its support for the planned August 1 nationwide protest against President Bola Tinubu. Although the organization said it will not be actively participating in the demonstration, Afenifere’s Publicity Secretary, Justice Faloye, emphasized the importance of defending citizens’ fundamental human rights and their right to express…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria is bringing foreign-exchange trading back into public view, the latest step in its bid to narrow the gap between the official and unofficial rate of its naira currency. The country’s financial crimes watchdog has given the Association of Bureaux de Change Operators of Nigeria the go-ahead to publicly post the buying…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Captain of the senior national team of Nigeria Ahmed Musa is back in the Super Eagles squad for the upcoming friendly game against Saudi Arabia and also the World Cup 2026 qualifiers against Lesotho, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal. Already talks have been concluded for a friendly game against Saudi Arabia on the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu has recalled all ambassadors, both career and non-career. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf Tuggar, stated this through his media aide, Alkasim Abdulkadir, on Saturday. Former President Muhammadu Buhari had in July 2020 appointed 41 non-career ambassadors and 42 career ambassadors to man the nation’s foreign diplomatic missions. The…
