LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Super Eagles head coach Finidi George has named a 23-man squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches. The Eagles will face the Bafana Bafana of South Africa and the Cheetahs of Benin Republic after drawing their first two games of the qualifiers. Here’s the full list of players invited: Goalkeepers:…
LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Government of Benin Republic has been ordered to pay Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Igboho, 20 million CFA. The Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, sitting in Abuja ruled that the sum was compensation for violating Igboho’s fundamental rights and unlawful…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 34 people have died as a result of an explosion at a fuel depot in Benin Republic, Alarabiya is reporting. Citing an unnamed government official, the newspaper reported that the explosion happened on Saturday at a contraband fuel depot leaving dozens of charred bodies at the site. The depot…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The junta in Niger on Tuesday said it would end a military pact with neighbouring Benin, accusing it of authorising the deployment of troops on its territory for a possible military intervention against Niger by the West African regional bloc. The ECOWAS bloc is trying to negotiate with the leaders of…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will, on Tuesday, August 1, 2023, grace the 63rd independence anniversary celebration of the Republic of Benin. The confirmation came via a statement released by Presidential Spokesman Dele Alake on Monday. As the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of…
LAGOS JUNE 22MD (NEWSRANGERS)-Sunday Igboho, the prominent Yoruba freedom fighter, has declared his intention to return to Nigeria and resume his agitation efforts. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that Igboho reassured his followers that he would soon be back in Ibadan, Oyo State, where his campaign for a Yoruba nation has gained significant traction. In a viral…
LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sitting on top of a yellow jerry can of fuel, Jeannine waits for customers on a sidewalk in Benin’s economic capital Cotonou, but business is slow. The motorbikes and cars she normally supplies are no longer stopping to stock up on her cheap gasoline, which is smuggled in from neighbouring Nigeria. Since…
LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians celebrated Democracy Day yesterday. A day set aside to mark the annulment of June 12, 1993 presidential election, won by the late Chief MKO Abiola. One of those in the trenches to actualize the mandate then was Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO). He is now the President….