By Paul Kemp LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Champions League, as we know it, is becoming part of history. The current Champions League edition is the last time the tournament consists of eight groups with 4 teams each, as from the next season UEFA will change the format. 16 out of the 32 participating teams…
LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Victor Osimhen has won the Italian Footballers’ Association (AIC) Player of the Year award for the 2022/23 Serie A season. The 24-year-old Nigerian won the prize at the Gran Gala del Calcio held in Milan on Monday evening. The award was organised by AIC, which is the organisation that protects and assists…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senegal has temporarily closed its consulates abroad following attacks on diplomatic missions in Bordeaux, Milan, Paris and New York among others, the foreign affairs ministry said on Tuesday. The closures were announced in the wake of deadly unrest that broke out after a leading opposition figure, Ousmane Sonko, was handed a two-year…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called on the Federal Government to stop flights from countries most affected by the deadly novel coronavirus (Covid-19). An Italian, who arrived Lagos from Milan on Tuesday, tested positive to the virus, health officials said on Friday. In a message of hope also posted on Twitter,…