LAGOS SEPTEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Libya forced a 0-0 draw with South Africa in Durban Saturday to remain Group E leader in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying competition. When the mini-leagues draw was made, former African champions Nigeria and South Africa were installed as favourites to fill the two places available for the finals in…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Super Eagles picked up their first points in the qualifying campaign for the 2019 African Cup of Nations after defeating Seychelles 3 – 0 at the Stade Linite on Saturday. Goals from Ahmed Musa, Chidozie Awaziem and Odion Ighalo saw the Super Eagles pick their first win of the qualifiers, with…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, says Nigeria will export marijuana if he gets elected as president of the country. He said people are making billions from the plant while Nigeria lags behind. The presidential aspirant for the 2019 election said this while speaking at an event organised by Centre for…
LAGOSSEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s partnership with China through the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) has resulted in the execution of vital infrastructure projects across the country, valued at over $5 billion in the last three years of the current administration. President Muhammadu Buhari disclosed this on Tuesday in Beijing at the FOCAC Round Table meeting, attended…
LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has decried the increasing rate of poverty in the country. He said this during his appearance on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily. “Poverty is increasing, children out of school have moved from 10 million to about 12 million,” Mr Obi said on Wednesday. He…
LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A civil rights organisation under the aegis of Coalition for Nigeria Movement (CMN), on Wednesday warned President Muhammadu Buhari to cancel any reciprocal visit by President Donald Trump of United States that might have been planned or suggested in connection with his visit to US in April. According to the organisation, the…
LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahead Of her visit to Nigeria, British Prime Minister, Theresa May, says 87 million Nigerians, about half of the country’s population, live below “$1 and 90 cents a day”. Speaking in Cape Town, South Africa, on Tuesday, May said Nigeria is home to highest number of very poor people, more than any…
LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As British Prime Minister Theresa May visits Nigeria and two other African countries this week, the country reported it had returned £70 million recovered from a Nigerian, who was convicted of fraud by an Italian court. The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Paul Arkwright, said in Abuja: “There was an Italian…