LAGOS FEBRUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Italy’s national anti-doping tribunal has banned Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba for four years after a drug test in August showed levels of testosterone that could not be created naturally. Should Pogba serve the full length of the suspension, it seems likely that his career is over. Pogba, who turns 31 next month,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has agreed to restore electricity supply to Niger Republic as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) yesterday lifted the sanctions on Niger, Mali, Burkina-Faso and Guinea. The sanctions were lifted after the extraordinary summit of ECOWAS on the political, peace and security situation in the sub-region held at the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-According to Ethiopia’s Transport Minister, Alemu Sime, the country spent €6 billion alone last year importing gasoline and diesel. Apart from being financially unsustainable, the pollution levels in the cities are out of control. The only way out of the conundrum, according to Minister Sime, is an immediate ban on non-electric vehicles…
LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has lifted its two-year-old ban on cryptocurrency, replacing it with a comprehensive regulatory framework aimed at harnessing its potential while mitigating risks. The policy shift was announced on Friday in a circular signed by CBN Director of Financial Policy and Regulation, Haruna Mustapha. The full statement…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barcelona face a bribery case in the Spanish courts over a refereeing scandal that could potentially lead to the club being banned from football, at a time when their finances are at their most precarious and the Nou Camp has been demolished. The last obstacle to a jury trial for Barcelona’s alleged…
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has given it’s nod to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike to deal with herders that are allowing their cows to graze in the city centre. It, however, raised concerns that the areas mapped out for the herders to graze…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-NIGERIAN Muslim faithful have taken to the social media to condemn singer David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, and his signee, Olamilekan Taiwo, known as Logos Olori, over his new music video. As follow up, Kano and Sokoto States have banned listening to Davido’s music in public over disrespect of Logos Olori…
LAGOS JULY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Amid controversy surrounding Ejimeme Joy Mmesoma’s UTME results, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has barred the student from sitting for the examination for three years. JAMB, on Tuesday morning, also said that it stopped using the print-out currently being paraded by ths Anambra candidate as her authentic result in 2021….