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U-20: Brazil Trounces Dominican 6-0, Nigeria Stinks Italy 2-0 To Leads Group D

LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Brazil trounced Dominican Republic 6-0 on Wednesday to keep alive its chances of advancing to the knockout stage of the Under-20 World Cup. The Brazilians are 1-1 and three points behind unbeaten Group D leader Nigeria, which beat Italy 2-0. Nigeria will next face Brazil on Saturday and Italy will take on […]

May 25 2023 | Posted in National,Sports | Read More »

Under-20: Flying Eagles Dare Italy Today, Say They Are Not Scared Of The Youthful Azzuris

LAGOS MAY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Flying Eagles will fancy their chances against Italy on Wednesday (today) in Group D of the ongoing U-20 World Cup in Argentina. Both sides battle at the Estadio Malvinas Argentina from 3pm local time (7pm Nigerian time). The Nigerians managed a 2-1 win over debutants Dominican Republic in their opening game […]

May 24 2023 | Posted in National | Read More »

Rape: Court Bars Ex-Soccer Star, Robinho From Leaving Brazil

LAGOS MARCH 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former soccer star Robinho was ordered to hand over his passport while Brazilian judicial authorities determine whether he should serve his nine-year sentence for rape in Brazil. Robinho was convicted in Italy in 2017 for his part in the group sexual assault in Milan that took place four years previously, when he […]

Mar 26 2023 | Posted in National,Sports | Read More »

Nigerian Woman On Wanted List For 12 Years For Running Prostitution Ring Extradited To Italy

LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian woman who has been wanted in Italy since 2010 has been flown from Abuja back to Rome where she has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for crimes including running a prostitution ring, Italian police said on Wednesday. Joy Jeff, who is 48, was one of the few women […]

Mar 9 2023 | Posted in International,National | Read More »

Nigeria Woman Excretes 41 Wraps Of Heroin In Bologna Airport, Italy

LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian woman has been arrested after being caught with 600 grams of heroine at Alghero Airport, Sardinia, Italy. The unnamed lady was said to be at the airport’s arrival lounge having just disembarked from a flight from Bologna, Northern Italy, when she was spotted by officers of the Guardia di Finanza, […]

Feb 20 2022 | Posted in National | Read More »

Italy Cracks On Nigerian Women Trafficking Syndicate For Prostitution, Arrest 40 Suspects

LAGOS NOVEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Italian customs police on Monday dismantled a Nigerian organized crime syndicate that forced dozens of young women into prostitution and begging on the streets of Italy and then smuggled out millions of euros in ill-gained revenues to Nigeria, with cash hidden in suitcase handles or pasta packages. The police said raids in […]

Nov 22 2021 | Posted in International,National | Read More »

Rescued 800 Migrants Disclose Sad Tale On How They Were Beaten By Libya Smugglers

LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Two Italian ports faced an influx of hundreds of migrants on Saturday, as a charity ship sailed toward a Sicilian port with 236 people rescued in the Mediterranean from traffickers’ boats, while Italian coast guard and border police brought 532 others to a tiny island. The maritime rescue group SOS Mediterranee said […]

May 2 2021 | Posted in International,National | Read More »

A Labourer In Italy Arrested With N564m Worth Of Cocaine At Abuja Airport

LAGOS APRIL 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A drug trafficker, Goodluck Igbineweka Odeh, has been intercepted at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, NAIA, with 2 kilogramme of heroin, which has a street value of N564 million, concealed in the lining of false bottom of his suitcase. The 40-year-old suspect from Ikpoba Okha Local Government area of Edo State […]

Apr 5 2021 | Posted in National | Read More »

Court Acquits Eni, Shell In Nigerian $1.3bn Corruption Case

LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Milan court acquitted energy company Eni, its chief executive and Royal Dutch Shell on Wednesday in the oil industry’s biggest corruption case revolving around the $1.3 billion acquisition of a Nigerian oilfield a decade ago. The sentence, read out in court by judge Marco Tremolada, came more than three years after […]

Mar 18 2021 | Posted in Business,International,National | Read More »

Ghanaian Employee Rapes, Kills Ethiopian Migrant In Her Goat Farm In Italy

LAGOS JANUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-An Ethiopian migrant who became a symbol of integration in Italy, her adopted home, has been killed on her farm where she raised goats for her cheese business, police said on Wednesday. A Ghanaian employee on her farm in the northern Italian region of Trentino has admitted to killing Agitu Ideo Gudeta, […]

Jan 1 2021 | Posted in International,National | Read More »