LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Oleksandr Usyk confirmed his place in boxing’s pantheon with a stunning knockout victory over Daniel Dubois at Wembley Stadium in London. The Ukrainian is now an undefeated, three-time undisputed world champion. Usyk shook up his rival champion in the fifth round and dropped the Briton to his knees with a lead…
LAGOS JULY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Prophet Joshua Iginla, leader of the Champion Royal Assembly, has advised former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, not to accept a secondary role in any emerging political alliance ahead of the 2027 general elections. Speaking during a live church service on Sunday, July 6, Iginla said ongoing efforts to form a…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH 9NEWSRANGERS)-Bashir El-Rufai, son of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has expressed a change in perception about the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, describing him as “a great potential President or VP.” In a statement on Monday via X, Bashir admitted that his previous negative views about Obi were influenced…
LAGOS JANUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Leader of UK’s Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has renewed her onslaught against Nigeria. The Nigerian-born politician dominated the headlines towards the end of last year over controversial remarks about her birth country. While delivering her first speech of the year at an event organised by Onward, a British think tank producing research…
LAGOS DECEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Human rights activist, Dele Farotimi said he has never lied against anyone in his quest for a better Nigeria. He said this on Tuesday after his release from a correctional centre in Ekiti State upon meeting his bail conditions. Farotimi is being prosecuted by the police for allegedly defaming senior lawyer, Afe…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-“The day I gave birth to him, people celebrated and adorned themselves in powder, but I never imagined he would grow up to bring shame upon our family. “I sold bread alongside his father, who drives a taxi, to send him to secondary school. We even enrolled him in a program to…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peter Obi, the former governor of Anambra State and Presidential candidate of the Labour Party recently reacted to the death of the former chairman of Independent and National Electoral Commission, INEC Humphrey Nwosu and made it known that the legacy left behind by the former electoral umpire cannot be repeated. The statements…