LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 45 people were arrested in Paris on Saturday after celebrations over Paris Saint-Germain’s Champions League victory descended into chaos, with fires set, businesses vandalized and crowds clashing with police. Police detained dozens of people as crowds gathered across the French capital following PSG’s victory. Large crowds gathered near the Arc…
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian singer, Burna Boy, recently linked up with Real Madrid stars, Vinicius Jr, Eduardo Camavinga, Antonio Rüdiger, Aurélien Tchouaméni, David Alaba, and Ferland Mendy in Paris. The stars enjoyed dinner together at a restaurant in Paris, with Burna later gifted signed jerseys by Vinicius Jr after the link-up. LinderIkeji For media advert…
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Tobi Amusan, women’s 100m hurdles world record holder and Nigeria’s gold medal hope at the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympics, has missed out on qualifying for the final. In a semi-final race that was held on Friday, Amusan returned a time of 12.55 seconds to finish third behind Grace Stark of the United…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Carrying backpacks and small children, hundreds of people sleeping on the streets of Paris climbed aboard buses surrounded by armed police on Thursday, the latest group of migrants and homeless people to be driven out of the city ahead of the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics. The group of largely African…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Music legend Michael Jackson was 50 when he died from complications of a drug overdose in 2009, leaving behind his three young children. Prince, Paris and Blanket (who later changed his name to Bigi) moved in with their dad’s mother, Katherine Jackson, who became their legal guardian. As she raised the trio,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A stowaway has been found alive hidden inside a plane’s landing gear after a two-hour flight to Paris. The unidentified man was found inside an Air Algerie plane which had flown from the northern Algerian city of Oran to the French capital. The total flight time was two hours and 12 minutes,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-This list reads 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2021, and now 2023. Lionel Messi won the men’s Ballon d’Or for a record-extending eighth time on Monday after fulfilling his life’s ambition by leading his country to the World Cup title in Qatar last year. Adding to his silverware the one major…
By Yushau Shuaib LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-“Ladies and Gentlemen. This is your Captain speaking. We regret to announce that because of a technical problem, we have to return to Paris for safety and security.”_ That was the announcement made by the Captain of the Abuja-bound Air France flight on Monday, October 23, 2023, that had…