LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)- Former Ghana Football Association president Kwesi Nyantakyi was handed a life ban from all football-related activities by FIFA on Tuesday following various violations of the governing body’s ethics code, including bribery and corruption. Nyantakyi, a former member of FIFA’s General Council, was found guilty after being filmed by an investigative journalist…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-In June 2016, about 13 months after he was sworn in as Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari published a commentary on the Wall Street Journal; he titled it The Three Changes Nigeria Needs. The then 73-year-old was voted into power on the mantra of change and it was a right move to tell…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At the last count, no fewer than 14 members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have indicated their intention to seek the presidential ticket of the party. The aspirants are a former vice president, Atiku Abubakar; the Senate President, Bukola Saraki; his predecessor, David Mark; Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal;…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, has alleged that the federal government was “deliberately corrupting the elections process in the country,” fingering the newly launched ‘Trader Moni.’ Ezekwesili, co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) Movement, specifically said that the scheduled governorship election in Osun State expected to take…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A former President of Brazil’s Soccer Federation was sentenced on Wednesday by a U.S. judge to four years in prison after being convicted on corruption charges related to the bribery scandal at FIFA, the sport’s governing body. Jose Maria Marin, 86, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge, Pamela Chen, in Brooklyn, New…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a popular Abuja socialite who is also a top official of the Nigerian Prisons Service, Dr (Mrs) Imaobong Akon Esu-Nte. According to Nigerian Monitor, the suspect, a Grade Level 14 Officer with the Federal Ministry of Finance seconded to the Nigerian Prison Service…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-I Go Dye writes on his Instagram page “When pensioners protested this is what they got. When we protested for fuel pump hike this is what we got. When we protested against bad leadership this is what we got. When we protested on power failure or increase of minimum wage this is…
LAGOS JULY 10TH (NEWRANGERS)-World soccer governing body, FIFA, have fixed this Tuesday for their decision on the latest crisis to rock Nigeria Football Federation, with the possibility of an announcement also expected on the matter. This follows a formal notification given FIFA by the NFF about details and true situation of the latest leadership tussle…