LAGOS MAY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Anambra State Governor Peter Obi, has lamented the worsening condition of Nigerians abroad, revealing that many citizens facing xenophobic attacks in South Africa would rather remain there than return home. He faulted Federal Government failure to support Nigerians facing hardship abroad Obi, who just returned to the country, raised the…
LAGOS MAY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peter Obi, a leading opposition figure and the sole presidential candidate for the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) in the upcoming 2027 election, has taken steps to ease the tensions between South African officials and Nigerian expatriates residing in the country. Obi arrived in South Africa on Friday to participate in an…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former presidential candidate Peter Obi has strongly condemned the resurgence of xenophobic attacks in South Africa, expressing concern over the safety of Nigerians and other Africans affected by the violence. In a statement shared on his official handle on X, Obi described the attacks as alarming and unacceptable, stressing that no African…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Seven players from the Eritrean football squad that scored a historic victory in Eswatini last week have failed to return home, a source close to the team has told the BBC. While some of their teammates flew back from Eswatini’s neighbour, South Africa, the seven are said to have absconded. There have…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Super Eagles escaped death yesterday as the aircraft which was bringing them back home from Polokwane, South Africa after their match against Lesotho to Uyo for their final World Cup qualifier had to make an emergency landing in Luanda, Angola. According to the NFF, “the ValueJet Airline plane conveying the…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A lot can happen in 24 hours. And such is life. For South African defender Gabriela Salgado, the semifinal between the reigning African champions Banyana Banyana and nine-time continental winners at the ongoing TotalEnergies WAFCON 2024 was an exciting opportunity for her to showcase her expertise. On Monday, July 21, Salgado had…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-An American pastor has been kidnapped by armed men after they stormed his church service in South Africa, local authorities say. Josh Sullivan had been conducting a service at Fellowship Baptist Church in Motherwell, a township in Gqeberra in the Eastern Cape, on Thursday evening when “four armed and masked male suspects…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service, Murtala Muhammed International Airport Command, said it intercepted a total of $578 000 falsely declared from an inbound passenger coming into Nigeria from South Africa. The Customs Area Controller in charge of the command, John Harrison announced this while addressing journalists at the command on Friday. He explained…
