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…