LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Conservative Karol Nawrocki has won Poland’s weekend presidential runoff election, according to the final vote count. Nawrocki won 50.89% of votes in a nail biting final race against liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski, who received 49.11%. He will succeed conservative Andrzej Duda, whose second and final term ends on 6 August. The…
LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Oleksandr Usyk defeated Daniel Dubois on Saturday night at the Tarczynski Arena in Wroclaw, Poland with a knockout victory in nine rounds. He retained the unified WBO, IBF and WBA heavyweight belts, the titles that Usyk had won from, and defended against, Anthony Joshua. But Usyk had to weather immense pressure to…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The plane carrying the security personnel and press crew of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was detained due to the presence of “dangerous materials” and “undeclared persons” on board, the Polish Foreign Ministry said on Friday. The crew has been in Warsaw for the second day in a row due to alleged…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of Defense on Wednesday explained its reasoning for rejecting Poland’s recent offer to transfer MiG-29 fighter jets into U.S. custody for delivery to Ukraine, describing the proposal as “high risk.” “The intelligence community has assessed that the transfer of MiG-29s to Ukraine may be mistaken as escalatory and could result…
LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman Emeritus of DAAR Communications Plc, Raymond Dokpesi, on Saturday said one of the greatest errors of his life was going into polygamy. According to him, contrary to the impression that he entered into polygamy because of his wealth, he revealed that it was due to internal family challenges. Dokpesi stated…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-WHAT kind of President is Muhammadu Buhari? In moments of national crisis, he abandons his duty post in preference for foreign trips of dubious value. Showing scant interest in domestic affairs, the President has embarked on another international trip, this time, to Sochi, Russia, for a three-day summit on gas and trade….
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Paul Aigbogun’s men were dumped out of the youth global showpiece by their West African neighbours on Monday. Emmanuel Babayaro has called on the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to launch an investigation into the exit of the Flying Eagles in the ongoing Fifa World Cup in Poland. Despite starting the tournament impressively…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The French overcame an early U.S. goal, but two late strikes by Tab Ramos’s side led to a last-16 upset The United States pulled off one of the shocks of the Under-20 World Cup, knocking off tournament favorites and previously undefeated France 3-2 in a last-16 match on Tuesday. Justin Rennicks pounced…