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…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Nigeria international Ifeanyichukwu Chiejine has died, the country’s football governing body confirmed on Thursday. According to the NFF, the former Super Falcons forward passed on at the age of 36 following a brief illness on Wednesday. Chiejine had featured for several clubs across Europe, USA before her final professional stint with…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGRS)-Oil prices rose to their highest level since November 2018 on Monday, driven by OPEC supply cuts, U.S. sanctions against Iran and Venezuela and fighting in Libya as well as strong U.S. jobs data. International benchmark Brent futures were at $70.66 per barrel at 1000 GMT on Monday, up 32 cents, or…
LAGOS MARCH 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)— The man seeking to oust Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called on residents of poorer areas south of the capital to protest his rule, as three blackouts in less than a month have virtually shut down the country. Many schools and businesses have been closed for five days. “We will continue to…
LAGOS JANUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Vladimir Putin has got 99 problems and rap is one of them, hence his move to declare war on rap music. Vladimir Putin who declared war on hip-hop on Saturday, claimed that “rap is based on three pillars: sex, drugs and protest,” which will lead to “ the degradation of the nation.”…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force on Wednesday paraded a 43-year-old man suspected to have made scary threats asking former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to either withdraw from the 2019 presidential race or have his plane blown up mid-air. According to police spokesman, Jimoh Moshood, an Acting Deputy Commissioner of Police, the suspect…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he is seriously considering a request from Poland for US troops to be permanently based in the strategically important country on Europe’s flank with an “aggressive” Russia. At a joint press conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda in the White House, Trump said Poland is offering…
LAGOS SPTEMBER18TH (NEWRANGERS)-A Russian reconnaissance aircraft was brought down by a Syrian missile over the Mediterranean early Tuesday, killing all 15 people on board, the Russian defense ministry said. It blamed Israel for the crash, saying the plane was caught in the crossfire as four Israeli fighters attacked targets in northwestern Syria. The Russian military…
