LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian singer, Yemi Alade, was robbed in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire where she went to perform over the weekend. Alade took to her Instagram page on to lament how thieves got into her hotel room, ransacked her belongings and stole all the money they could find. She wrote: “A few minutes after I…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaore returned to Ouagadougou on Thursday after eight years in exile, members of his entourage and an airport source told AFP. Compaore, 71, flew in from Ivory Coast, where he has been living, for a summit of ex-presidents with the country’s new strongman, Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba,…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Confederation of African Football president, Patrice Motsepe, has announced the postponement of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations finals in Ivory Coast to 2024. Motsepe confirmed the postponement in Rabat, Morocco’s capital on Sunday. The tournament was to be hosted in June-July 2023, which is the height of the rainy season in…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Defending Champions Algeria may have gone after their early exit from the ongoing Nations Cup in Cameroon, they are however to cough out $5000 for bridging the rules according to CAF Disciplinary Board. In their report match officials reportedly indicted Algeria for invading the pitch during their match versus Ivory Coast. The…