LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Confederation of African Football, CAF, has denied reports the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations has been moved to early 2026. The 2025 AFCON finals is scheduled to hold in Morocco. Rumours, however, circulated about a potential postponement of the competition due to scheduling conflicts with the FIFA Club World Cup, set…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Violent protests in Senegal against the postponement of presidential elections have spread across the country, with the first fatality reported. A student died in clashes with police on Friday in the northern city of Saint-Louis, an opposition leader and a local hospital source said. In the capital Dakar, security forces fired tear…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Riot police in Senegal on Monday fired tear gas outside parliament in the capital Dakar, as crowds tried to gather to protest against the postponement of the presidential election scheduled for February 25th, according to BBC Africa. The members of parliament were due to debate a bill that would reschedule the poll…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Egypt called on Africa Cup of Nations organisers to delay this weekend’s final against Senegal to give them more time to prepare after overcoming hosts Cameroon on penalties in Thursday’s semi-final. “I want to state to all CAF authorities that Senegal have one extra day to train and therefore maybe we should…
LAGOS OCTOBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahead of the 2021 Anambra governorship election, a human rights lawyer, Jezie Ekejiuba, has dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) before the Federal High court over the security challenges in the state. In the suit, Ekejiuba said the conduct of the governorship election by INEC on November 6, 2021 will be…
LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate postponement of the National Sports Festival, NSF, Edo 2020. This is as a precautionary measure to curb spread of COVID-19. This is coming even as the Lagos State Ministry of Health early Tuesday confirmed the third case of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Lagos. The Minister of…