LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Former FIFA officials Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini were charged with fraud and other offenses by Swiss prosecutors on Tuesday after a six-year investigation into a controversial $2 million payment. The 85-year-old Blatter and 66-year-old Platini now face a trial at federal criminal court in Bellinzona. They could be jailed for several…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-UBIS University in Switzerland has disowned the Doctorate Degree in International Relations being paraded by Nigeria’s Minister for State, Petroleum, Timipre Sylva. Aiko Juvet, the UBIS University’s Global Admissions Representative, in an email, said the school does not offer any program leading to the award of a Doctorate Degree in International Relations…
LAGOS DECEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Nigerian Ambassador to United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland, Ambassador Adamu Muhammad is dead. He died on Thursday around 9 am in Kaduna at the age of 83 after a long illness and his funeral prayer was performed at Yahaya Road GRA Juma’at Mosque around 1:am. His younger brother, Haruna Alhaji…
LAGOS DECEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A leading woman boxer has been arrested in Switzerland on suspicion of killing her husband, according to reports on Monday. Viviane Obenauf, a three-time challenger for world boxing titles, is reportedly being held on suspicion of beating her husband to death with a blunt object. The 34-year-old Ms Obenauf was born in…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Television Authority has been removed from the largest digital satellite television service platform in Europe, Sky Limited. A visit to Sky’s website showed that NTA had been barred indefinitely from airing on Channel 794. A message on Sky’s website read in part, “794: NTA International; currently temporarily removed from EPG…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Swiss authorities have filed a suit against Nigeria at the international court over the detention of its vessel, San Padre Pio. The Nigerian navy in Bonny, Rivers state, had arrested the ship on January 23, 2018 as the oil tanker, registered with canton Vaud shipping company ABC Maritime, and its crew members…
LAGOS AUGUST 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Celebrated United Nations diplomat Kofi Annan has died. He was 80. Annan’s foundation announced his passing in Switzerland on Saturday. It is with immense sadness that the Annan family and the Kofi Annan Foundation announce that Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations and Nobel Peace Laureate, passed away peacefully…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has topped the list of countries with the most trafficked women to Switzerland, a position it shares with Hungary, a new reports has shown, reports SwissInfo. Last year, the proportion of human trafficking victims who are also asylum seekers tripled in the Zurich region, according to annual figures released on Tuesday….