LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRNAGERS)-Paul Pogba broke down in tears as he signed a two-year contract with Monaco that sealed a return to competitive football following a doping suspension. The former Manchester United and Juventus midfielder, 32, was provisionally suspended after being randomly tested following Juventus’ opening game of the 2023-24 season against Udinese. He…
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna, who died in Russian captivity, was tortured and had organs removed before her body was returned, according to a joint media report published Tuesday through Forbidden Stories, a nonprofit media organization. In February, Russia returned Roshchyna’s emaciated body with signs of torture and some organs removed, possibly to…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order withdrawing Washington from a number of United Nations bodies, including its Human Rights Council (UNHRC), and setting up a broader review of US funding for the multilateral organization. The executive order said it withdrew Washington from UNHRC and the main UN relief…
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Lithuanian Football Club, FK Dembava, has signed no fewer than 23 Nigerian footballers to compete in the Lithuania II Lyga. Apostle Chibuzor Chinyere, the General Overseer of Omega Power Ministry (OPM), said in a statement in Port Harcourt on Saturday that OPM brokered the signing of the footballers. He said that the…
LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Russian President, Vladimir Putin, on Monday signed a bill banning sex reassignment surgeries into law. The legislation, aimed at tighter regulation of what Members of Parliament described as the “transgender industry,” bans legal sex changes and medical interventions associated with transitioning except due to serious medical grounds, RT reports. Administration of drugs…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Stephen Mouka, a popular Labour Party (LP) supporter and the man behind the popular “Eluuu-P” chant has reportedly landed a five year Ambassador deal worth a whooping N100 Million from a real estate firm. News Direct had reported how the Eluuu-P crooner, was recently spotted in his workshop where he labours for…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lionel Messi has officially signed his contract with Inter Miami CF, marking the highly anticipated start of his time playing in Major League Soccer. The Argentine signed with the Miami franchise on Saturday, three days after arriving in Fort Lauderdale on a private plane from the Bahamas where he was vacationing with…
LAGOS APRIL 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has signed a memorandum of understanding with the United States Consulate and a United States-based firm, Atlanta Global Resources Inc., AGRI, to build a railway network that will connect the nine states of the Niger Delta region. The ceremony, which was a part of the one-day…