LAGOS JANUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr, may be named the coach of Ghana’s national team ahead of their Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying play-offs against Nigeria in March. Rohr was sacked by the Nigeria Football Federation last month, after some unconvincing performances in the World Cup qualifiers, despite steering the three-time African…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Everton forward, Alex Iwobi, will be unavailable for Nigeria when they take on Ghana for a place at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. This is because of the red card he picked up during their 1-0 defeat to Tunisia. Iwobi, who came on as a substitute in the 2021 Africa Cup…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria, the top performers so far in the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon, were paired with arch rivals Ghana in the African World Cup play-offs draw in Douala on Saturday. Ghana will have home advantage first and both legs will be played between March 21 and 29 with the aggregate…
LAGOS JANUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Many people are feared dead after a huge explosion near a mining town in western Ghana. Police say a vehicle carrying mining explosives collided with a motorcycle near the town of Bogoso. Images shared by local media showed a large plume of black smoke rising above destroyed buildings and scattered debris as…
LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Singer Tiwa Savage recently travelled to Ghana and the mother of one attended an event that saw her rocking a cute dress. The dress had large holes by the sides and the lower parts, hence showing her body. While many hailed Tiwa for the dress, actor Uche Maduagwu had something else to…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nine junior high school students drowned , after two canoes capsized on a river in the Northern Region of Ghana, the Police confirmed on Saturday. Bernard Baba Ananga, Northern Regional Crime Officer of the Ghana Police Service, told Xinhua that about 31 students were on the canoes, which they used to cross…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Determined to checkmate the spate of criminality in Nigeria and the West African sub-region, the British Government on Tuesday, deployed a naval patrol ship to Nigeria to assist the country in tackling maritime and other security challenges facing it. The Royal Navy patrol ship known as HMS Trent began its sail to…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Nigerian Government have strongly condemned the coup d’état that took place in the Republic of Guinea Conakry on Sunday. President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana and Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, condemned the action in separate statements made available to Journalists…