LAGOS JULY 5TH(NEWSRANGERS)-The former President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, has been appointed as 1st Vice President of the Confederation of African Football. This was contained in a press statement signed by the continental body’s General Secretary, Amr Fahmy, on Thursday. The statement reads: “Following the resignation of the 1st Vice President Mr…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Vice President of Ghana, Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, died on Friday during his early morning exercise in Accra. Local media reports that the former number two man of the country under the John Mahama led National Democratic Congress collapsed at a gym at the Air Force base where he had gone to exercise….
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria and South Africa have remained unmoved in the May edition of the FIFA World Rankings, although Ghana are one of several nations to have climbed after a relatively quiet month of international football. There are no movers inside the world’s top 47 places, and therefore Africa’s top six remain as they…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A survivor, families of the disappeared and human rights organizations are seeking the extradition and prosecution in Ghana of Gambia’s former leader Yahya Jammeh for allegedly ordering the killing of more than 50 West African migrants in 2005. The murdered migrants are from Ghana, Nigeria and other West African countries. Human Rights…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The 2018 All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) annual calendar of programmes will be unveiled on Monday, May 21, 2018 by the African Union Commission (AUC) in collaboration with Government of the Republic of Ghana, and the International Committee of AFRIMA during a world media event and music conference scheduled for Accra, the…
LAGOS MAY 12 (NEWSRANGERS)-An Australian grandmother on Thursday lamented the $480,000 (N173m), she lost to three different online scammers, who happen to be Africans. The grandmother identified as Suzie admits to being ‘gullible’ and ‘brainwashed’ in the past – having sold her home and parted with close to half a million dollars in order to…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian Senator Shehu Sani took a swipe on American rapper, Kanye West’s statement on transatlantic slave trade. Kanye West is facing immense criticism following his remarks during an interview with TMZ live this week in Los Angeles, where he said the slave trade was a “choice”. Consequently, Shehu Sani has invited Kanye…
LAGOS APRIL 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Ghanaian president, Jerry Rawlings, has distanced himself from President Muhammadu Buhari’s controversial statement about Nigerian youths’ alleged warped sense of entitlement. The ex-Ghanaian strong man said this in reaction to some trending tweets accusing him of supporting President Buhari’s London allegation about Nigerian youths, which had attracted public opprobrium to office…
