LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Argentina’s 2026 FIFA World Cup campaign turned out to be one of the most controversial in the nation’s history. Lionel Messi‘s side reached the final but suffered a 1-0 extra-time defeat to Spain, falling short of becoming just the third nation to win back-to-back World Cups. Several aspects of Argentina’s run…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former presidential candidate of Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has raised the alarm over what he described as a disturbing pattern of cancelled university engagements across Nigeria, warning that intellectual freedom in the country’s institutions of higher learning is increasingly under threat. Obi, in a statement released on Saturday via X.com said…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The US and Israel’s war on Iran has disrupted supply chains, trapping oil in storage facilities across the Middle East. That has caused the price of oil to rocket past $100 a barrel, and its availability to diminish. Jet fuel prices, as a result, reached $195 at the end of March, up…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four months after the disputed 2026 FIFA World Cup African play-off final between Nigeria national football team and DR Congo national football team, FIFA has sanctioned the Nigeria Football Federation and the DR Congo Football Federation following disciplinary incidents that occurred during the match, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. DR Congo beat Nigeria…
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested three suspects in connection with the killing of a legal practitioner, Chigbo Princess, allegedly linked to “one-chance” armed robbery operations in Abuja. In a statement on Sunday, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, said the arrests followed directives by the Commissioner of…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has paid a condolence visit to a former President of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), Dr. Maureen Chigbo, following the killing of her sister, Princess Nwamaka Mediatrix Chigbo, by one-chance robbers. The Eagle Online recalls that Princess Chigbo, a lawyer, was killed…
LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Bar Association and the International Federation of Women Lawyers, Nigeria, Abuja Branch, have raised the alarm over what it described as the disturbing resurgence of “one chance” criminal operations in the Federal Capital Territory, following the killings of a nurse, Chinemerem Chuwumeziem, and a lawyer, Chigbo Mediatrix. PUNCH Metro…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) on Thursday sealed the headquarters of Ikeja Electric over alleged refusal to comply with regulatory directives relating to a protracted consumer rights dispute. Officials of the commission, accompanied by security personnel, shut the Alausa office after what the FCCPC described as repeated engagements that…
