LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has overtaken India as the country with the largest number of people living in extreme poverty, a new report by the World Poverty Clock has said. According to the report, extreme poverty in Nigeria is growing by six people every minute, the highest number in the world. India on the other…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Croatia sent one of its players home Monday after he refused to take the pitch during the team’s opening World Cup match. Head coach Zlatko Dalić confirmed forward Nikola Kalinić was sent packing from the team’s base camp in Roshchino, Russia. The drastic move comes after Kalinić apparently cited a back injury…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Leaders of Islamic State (IS) are sneaking battle-hardened extremists from Syria into Nigeria, UK Sun reported Monday, saying some of the fighters are reportedly sent to the Middle East for training in a “chilling exchange programme”. Muslim fundamentalists massed in the Boko Haram sect had held Nigeria by the jugular since 2009,…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Super Eagles midfielder, Austin Okocha has slammed Coach Gernot Rohr for his tactical approach in Nigeria’s 2-0 defeat to Croatia. Okocha also blamed the team’s poor defending which led to the two goals conceded in each half. He added that Mikel was not creative enough in the midfield, adding that the…
By Victor Ebimomi LAGOSJUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ilaje youths under the aegis of Ilaje Advancement Forum (IAF) has taken a swipe at the administration of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State for approving N807M OSOPADEC money for the rehabilitation of what they called ‘mere meagre wooden walkways’ for Ilaje and Ese Odo local governments areas at a…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Italy’s Supreme Court threw out an appeal by Shell and four of its former managers to stymie a trial on alleged corruption in Nigeria, which also sees Eni’s chief on the bench, legal sources said on Wednesday. The long-running graft case revolves around the 2011 purchase by Eni and Shell of Nigeria’s…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to the country after a two-day official visit to Morocco. The President arrived in Abuja on Monday evening, one day after he left the country to meet with King Mohammed VI, at the invitation of the Moroccan leader. At the meeting in Rabat, both leaders reaffirmed their…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari will begin a two-day working visit to the Kingdom of Morocco, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, has said. Shehu, in a statement in Abuja on Saturday, said the visit was at the invitation of King Mohammed VI of Morocco. He said the…