LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria and Benin have submitted a joint bid to stage the Africa Cup of Nations in 2025, so joining Algeria, Morocco and Zambia in having expressed an interest in hosting the finals. Three-time African champions Nigeria are looking to stage for the third time, having co-hosted with Ghana in 2000 after being…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Brazil has pulled out of the race to host the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup just two weeks before the successful bid is announced. The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), the country’s national soccer body, said its government did not want to sign guarantees required to hold the event owing to Covid-19. Brazil…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS) — Last month, Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, H.E. Chief Timipre Sylva declared 2020 as the Year of Gas for the West African Nation. In line with this initiative, the Minister and the Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kolo Kyari, led by Nigeria’s…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The 2019 All Nigeria Editors’ Conference (ANEC), the annual flagship conference of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), will hold at the international conference centre, Sokoto, from Wednesday, November 27 to Sunday, December 1. Acting President of the Guild, Mr. Mustapha Isah, said Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has confirmed the readiness of…