Southampton FC and Royal Antwerp have announced the death of former academy player Victor Udoh at the age of 21. Udoh spent six months in Saints’ academy from February 2025, featuring in eight games for their under-21 side in Premier League 2. Before his move to the south coast of England, he played in Belgian…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Manchester United legend Anderson has been ordered to serve prison time over failing to pay child maintenance. The 37-year-old former midfielder has been warned he can be held behind bars for 30 days unless he hands over the £142,000 he is said to owe. The decision was taken on September 3 by…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-There are strong indications that as the federal government continues to tax everything possible, it has concluded plans to rely on Nigeria Insurance Industry Reform Act (NIIRA) 2025 to tax every landed property in the country and raise IGR therefrom. Business Hilights gathered that under the new NIIRA 2025, “Landlords in…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The federal high court in Lagos has awarded N10 million in damages against the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) for violating the rights of #EndSARS protesters during a memorial rally in 2024. Officers of the Lagos state police command arrested at least 20 demonstrators at the site and detained them in a police…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After a brilliant 13-year career and 28 titles with Real Madrid, Luka Modrić is expected to soon confirm his move to AC Milan, now that Los Blancos have wrapped up their participation in the 2025 Club World Cup. At 39 years old, the Croatian midfielder will sign a contract to continue…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In St Peter’s Square, 250,000 mourners attended the funeral of Pope Francis to pay their final respects. The powerful and the marginalised were brought together to say a final farewell to a man who “touched minds and hearts” and wanted to “build bridges, not walls”, as Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re said of…
LAGOS APRIL 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Governor of Anambra State and 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, joined thousands of mourners, global dignitaries, and clergy yesterday at St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City, to pay his final respects to the late Pope Francis, who passed away on April 21. The solemn lying-in-state ceremony marked the beginning of a series…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-World leaders pay tributes as The Pope Franci’s death comes fewer than 24 hours after he made an appearance at the Vatican’s St Peter’s Square for Easter Sunday. He came out in a wheelchair and waved from the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica to cheering crowds and said: “Dear brothers and sisters,…