LAGOS APRIL 19TH *NEWSRANGERS)-The head of European football’s governing body has insisted the Champions League will continue with or without the founders of the new competition UEFA president Alexander Ceferin has promised to punish participants in the Super League and says that any players involved “will be banned from the World Cup and Euros”. The…
LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nduka Obaigbena the founding Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of THISDAY Media, ARISE News Channel and ARISE Magazine, has been disqualified from serving as a director of a company in the United Kingdom for seven years. The application for disqualification was made under Section 6 of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 and arose…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of Justice in New York on Thursday charged four men in the alleged smuggling of banned catfish into the United States. Those charged were Mahmud Chowdhury, Shakil Ahmed, Belayet Hussain and Firoz Ahammad. According to the court complaint, the four worked with Asia Foods Distributor Inc. to smuggle large quantities…
LAGOS JANUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government on Wednesday banned trucks and trailers from plying roads in the state during day time. The government said trucks and trailers were now restricted to night operations on Lagos roads in order to avert rising carnage’s on roads during day time. The restriction order would soon be implemented…
LAGOS JANUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Edinson Cavani has been banned for three games due to an Instagram post and will now be unavailable for Manchester United’s games against Aston Villa, Manchester City and Watford. The FA found the Uruguayan guilty of misconduct over his social media activity after the 33-year-old used the word “negrito” in response to…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chinese authorities have temporarily suspended entry into China by Nigerians and other nationals in Nigeria holding valid Chinese visas or residence permits due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our correspondent learnt that the United Kingdom, Belgium, Luxembourg, Philippines and a few others were also affected by the policy. It was gathered that…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National President of Bilital Maroobe Pastoralists Association of Nigeria (BILMPAN), Alhaji Ali Muhammad Rimindako, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently intervene in a law enacted by the Government of Benin Republic to stop Fulani cattle breeders from entering the country, except an official approval is given. He made the…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Lionel Messi is an Argentine and Barcelona’s Professional Football star. He has since the beginning of his career, been playing a top-notch football in the Catalonia side. Having been outstanding over a decade, he has won close to a hundred awards, including six Ballon D’or, a feat that has placed him above…