LAGOS DECEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Russia was banned from the Olympics and other major world championships on Monday after sporting officials decided to punish it for tampering with doping-related laboratory data in another blow to Russia’s already tarnished sporting reputation. The decision by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), imposed a four-year ban on Russia participating in a…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja on Friday to participate in the 5th Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) Summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. He noted that apart from the Nigerian leader, the one-day…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A tragedy was averted after a plane packed with tourists was forced to make an emergency landing after a pilot suffered a suspected heart attack in the cockpit before dying. The pilot who was a 49-year-old was flying the Russian state airline Aeroflot Airbus 320 on a domestic flight from Moscow at…
LAGOS OCTOBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Russia will supply 12 attack helicopters to Nigeria following a military deal struck in Sochi recently. Russia and Nigeria inked a deal that will bolster the West African nation’s resolve to defeat insurgents and bandits wreaking havoc in different parts of the country. A senior official at Russia’s federal military-technical cooperation service…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari and Russian President, Vladimir Putin Wednesday in Sochi, Russia, agreed to put Nigeria-Russia relations on a fast track, and pursue the completion of partially completed and abandoned projects initiated by both countries. At a bilateral meeting held on sidelines of ongoing Russia-Africa Summit, the two leaders agreed to start…
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 OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidency has said Nigeria will procure weapons including fighter helicopters from Russia to enhance the Nigeria’s ongoing fight against insurgency, banditry and violence crimes. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, made this known when he fielded questions from State House correspondents in Abuja…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari hopes to sign a military technical cooperation deal with Russia at talks with President Vladimir Putin this month that will help it fight Boko Haram militants, Nigeria’s ambassador in Moscow said on Friday. The Nigerian leader is due to meet Putin on the sidelines of a Russia-Africa summit…