LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Egypt has filed a complaint with the African soccer confederation against the appointment of a Gambian referee for the Pharaohs’ game against Cameroon in the African Cup of Nations semifinals on Thursday. The Egyptian Football Association did not give reasons for its complaint against Bakary Gassama, one of Africa’s best-known referees. He…
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some ex- football international on Tuesday unanimously crowned Moses Simon as Super Eagles Most Valuable Player (MVP) at the ongoing 2021 Cameroon Africa Cup of Nations championship. In separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) shortly after Super Eagles superlative performance defeating the Pharaohs of Egypt 1-0 in AFCON Group…
By Ifreke Inyang LAGOS NOVEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-On Tuesday evening, Nigerians squirmed for 90 minutes, as their national team played out a 1-1 draw with Cape Verde in their final 2022 World Cup qualifying. The result was enough to send the Super Eagles into the playoffs in March 2022. But it wasn’t enough to fill fans…
LAGOS AUGUST 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Algeria, defending champion of the African Cup of Nations (CAN), will face Sierra Leone, Equatorial Guinea and Ivory Coast, in the clash of Group E of the 2022 edition (January 9-February 6), according to the draw made in Yaoundé on Tuesday. Cameroon, host country of the competition and second most titled nation…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Having witnessed its worst recession in half a century in 2020, Africa’s economy is forecast to grow at a healthy pace of 3.8% in 2021 driven by rising global demand as restrictions are eased, untapped market opportunities, a rebound in commodity prices and a rise in oil prices. Leading data and analytics…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-More than 13 million people from around the globe — the applicants and their family members or “derivatives” — tried to legally immigrate to the United States through the 2022 Diversity Immigrant Visa Program, better known as the visa lottery. U.S. Department of State statistics released this week in the Visa Bulletin…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Minister of Women Affairs of Nigeria, Aisha Jummai Al-Hassan, popularly known as Mama Taraba is dead. Her media aide, Bala Maina, confirmed the incident to Channels Television via the telephone on Friday. The ex-minister was said to have passed away at an undisclosed hospital in Cairo, Egypt. She was 61 years…
LAGOS APRIL 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Egypt could be lining up a $1bn claim in damages after the 20,388 teu Ever Given giant container vessel caused a headline grabbing traffic jam in the Suez Canal for almost a week. Ossama Rabei, the head of Suez Canal Authority, told Egypt’s Sada ElBalad news channel he estimates the $1bn figure…
