LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS0-The Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN, were put under the spotlight on Friday night, after Tobi Amusan uploaded a clip on her social media page. Amusan recorded a video of the kits she received from the AFN ahead of the 2025 World Athletics Championship in Tokyo, Japan. The World record holder and…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS0-Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has criticised the Nigerian judiciary, saying it has been “deeply compromised” and that corruption among judges has turned courts into “a court of corruption rather than a court of justice.” Newspaper-inspired merchandise In his new book, Nigeria: Past and Future, Obasanjo laments the steady decline of the Nigerian…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has imposed stringent new entry restrictions on Nigerian travellers, tightening access to one of the most popular destinations for business and leisure in the Middle East. Multiple travel agents confirmed on Tuesday that under fresh directives from Dubai immigration authorities, Nigerians aged between 18 and 45 are…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State Deputy Governor, Obafemi Hamzat, has raised alarm over what he described as outrageous electricity billing by the power distribution company supplying his official residence. Speaking on Monday during a roundtable event in Victoria Island, Hamzat revealed that his power bill skyrocketed from N2.7 million in March to a staggering N29…
LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Donald Trump has said Volodymyr Zelensky shares the blame with Russian President Vladimir Putin for “millions of people dead” in the Ukraine war. The US president was responding to reporters’ questions during a meeting with El Salvador’s leader at the White House. “When you start a war you got to know you…
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-US President Donald Trump has slammed a 14 percent reciprocal tariff on all Nigerian goods entering the US as the much talked about “Liberation Day” tariffs comes into effect. Trump had said that countries would face a tariff rate at half the level they charge the US, as deemed by the White…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has reacted to the alleged threat to the life of the Labour Party’s Presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Atiku condemned the inflammatory remarks made by the All Progressives Congress (APC) spokesperson, Felix Morka, against Obi. Atiku described Morka’s…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-X boss accused British Prime Minister Keir Starmer of covering up sex crimes committed over a decade ago. Musk accused the British Prime Minister of covering up sex crimes and called for his resignation for being complicit in the “worst mass crime in British history” and leading his country into “civil war”….