LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s external reserve has fallen below the $40 billion threshold it had maintained in over three months. This is according to data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The reserve had endured a continuous decline in recent months owing to the intervention of the apex bank in the official FX market…
LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former board member of the Nigeria Squash Federation (NSF), Gad Sambo Yuyu, is dead. Gad Yuyu, a coach and board member of the Bauchi State Squash Association, passed on on Sunday evening. A relative, Yuyu Sambo Nehemiah announced his brother’s exit via social networking service, Facebook, on Monday. “My brother, we…
LAGOS DECEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Sad news are coming from Egypt where El-Magd SC coach Adham El-Selhedar suffered a heart attack during celebrations of his side’s 92nd minute winner and passed away. The side from Alexandria, Cairo were facing Al-Zarka in Egypt’s second division on Thursday afternoon when the tragedy happened. Just when it looked like the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A lecturer at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Professor Abass Olajire is dead. The don died few minutes after he slumped. Our correspondent gathered that Olajire slumped during a Jummat service at a mosque in Ogbomoso. It was gathered that the don slumped at Ansarudeen Mosque at Oke Ado area…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, slumped at a programme at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday. The incident happened when Bawa was giving a goodwill message at the National Identity Day celebration. The EFCC boss suddenly stopped talking, staggered and later laid down. The Minister of Communications…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The naira fell further against the dollar at the parallel market on Wednesday after staying steady at 515/$ in recent days. The local currency fell to 517 against the US currency at the parallel market on Wednesday. At the Investors and Exporters’ window, the naira weakened by 0.06 per cent to close…
LAGOS AUGUST 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bordeaux striker Samuel Kalu collapsed on the pitch in a French Ligue 1 game at Marseille on Sunday where temperatures hit a sweltering 30 degrees. The 23-year-old Nigerian international fainted and slumped to the Stade Velodrome surface in the early stages of the match. Worried teammates gathered around the stricken Kalu and…
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former African champions, Nigeria’s Super Eagles, have dropped two places to the 34th position in the current FIFA ranking. The Gernot Rohr lads polled 1480 points to sit 34th in the world and fifth in Africa in the ranking released on Thursday. On the continent, Nigeria is behind Senegal, Tunisia, Algeria and…
