LAGOS JANUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Atletico Madrid pulled off a stunning turnaround to beat FC Barcelona 3-2 in an enthralling Spanish Super Cup tie in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Thursday. They thus booked their place in the final of the revamped competition where they will face Real Madrid on Sunday. Argentine forward Angel Correa struck the decisive…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A commercial motorcycle rider, Kingsley Madukwe, has beaten his wife, Glory Madukwe, to death for refusing to breastfeed her crying one-month-old baby. The incident happened, on Wednesday night, at the Egando, Atan-Ota, area of Ogun State. The traditional ruler (Baale) of the area, Chief Rafiu Gbadamosi reported it to the Police and…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 282 people were arrested in France after unrest following the Algerian football team’s qualification for the final of the Africa Cup of Nations, the interior ministry said Monday. Riotous celebrations erupted across the country after Algeria beat Nigeria 2-1 in the semi-final. The arrests were made nationwide on Sunday…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senegal enjoyed a morale-boosting Ismailia triumph with a 1-0 win over Nigeria before their 2019 Africa Cup of Nations opener versus Tanzania. Aliou Cisse’s side remain unbeaten in their last seven outings, begin their Group C campaign against Emmanuel Amuneke’s men on June 23 and looked primed and ready on the evidence…