LAGOS MAY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Two of the title favorites lost their opening games at the Under-20 World Cup on Sunday when Italy upstaged Brazil 3-2 and Japan produced a shocking 1-0 upset win over Senegal. Nigeria and Colombia won their matches in dramatic fashion, both by scores of 2-1 against much weaker rivals Dominican Republic and…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two kidnapped US embassy staff have been rescued unharmed in Nigeria, say police, days after seven other people travelling in the same convoy were killed. The attack happened on Tuesday in the south-eastern district of Ogbaru, which has been under curfew for the past year because of safety concerns. A local official…
LAGOS MAY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A STUDY conducted by Heinrich Boll Foundation has revealed that some hazardous pesticides banned in Europe are being used in Nigeria despite attempts by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to clamp down on the importation of harmful chemicals into the country. The report stated that Nigeria…
LAGOS MAY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, left Nigeria for Europe on a working visit. This is coming Two weeks after he returned to the country from a trip to London, Saudi Arabia and Paris. This was contained in a statement signed by his media aide, Tunde Rahman. According to the statement,…
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Ugochukwu Nene from Zaria, Kaduna, Nigeria makes wave in United States Navy. Nene who is attached to the “Golden Warriors” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 87, conducts routine maintenance on an F/A-18E Super Hornet in the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) hangar bay…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three Nigerian men have been charged in what investigators said was a sextortion scheme that resulted in the suicide of a 17-year-old Michigan boy. On March 25, 2022, 17-year-old Jordan DeMay, a student and football player at Marquette Senior High School, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. His death prompted…
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen in Nigeria have released 74 children out of more than 80 people who were abducted earlier this month in northwestern Zamfara state, after ransoms were paid, parents and a village head said on Saturday. Gangs of armed men have attacked hundreds of local communities across northwestern Nigeria in recent years, while…
LAGOS APRIL 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)The Federal Government has suspended plans to remove fuel subsidy by June this year. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Ahmed Zaniab gave the indication on Thursday, shortly after the National Economic Council, NEC, meeting, chaired by the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo. She said the NEC, which comprises State Governors deliberated…