LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A second-half equaliser by Ferran Torres rescued Barcelona on Thursday as the Spanish giants were held to a 1-1 draw at Eintracht Frankfurt in the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final. Frankfurt, who had Brazilian defender Tuta sent off for a second booking late on, took the lead when Ansgar Knauff…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Lionel Messi will miss Paris Saint-Germain’s game away to Metz on Wednesday due to a knee injury which coach Mauricio Pochettino has said was the real reason behind his surprise decision to take the six-time Ballon d’Or winner off against Lyon at the weekend. The Argentine star underwent an MRI on Tuesday…
LAGOS AUGUST 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Manchester City again came unstuck against Lyon in the Champions League as a controversial 3-1 defeat saw Pep Guardiola miss out on a semi-final against his former club Bayern Munich. Lyon won away to City in the 2018-19 group stage – also drawing at home – and they again had the tournament…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Eight teams remain in the UEFA Champions League’s rapid-fire return, with one-legged ties promising high drama in Portugal. The quarterfinals begin Wednesday, the bracket distinctly split into one deadly half and another with upset potential. Because of this set-up, there’s a massive challenge in divining the true favorites to win the Aug….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Supreme Court has upheld its judgement which sacked David Lyon of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the governor-elect of Bayelsa State. It will be recall that the apex court, on February 13, sacked Lyon of the APC barely 24 hours to his inauguration. A five-member panel of the apex court…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senior lawyers on Friday backed the Supreme Court’s judgment on the governorship election in Bayelsa State. Senior Advocates of Nigeria ((SAN) Dr Paul Ananaba and Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa advised aggrieved persons to express their grievances lawfully. But a Lagos lawyer, Jiti Ogunye, said the judgment appeared to be punishing the All Progressives Congress…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the All Progressives Congress (APC), governorship candidate, Mr David Lyon, as the winner of Bayelsa State governorship election held on November 16. Mr Lyon won six out of the eight local government areas of Bayelsa State where the governorship election took place, polling a…
LAGOS FEBUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The driver of an armoured bullion van disappeared early on Monday along with an estimated one million euros, police sources said. “When they came back out, the van and the driver were gone,” one of the sources said. The 28-year-old man had stopped in front of a Western Union office, outside Paris,…