LAGOS APRIL 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The 2025 World Athletics Championships are fast approaching, with seven Nigerian athletes already securing their spots in eight events at the prestigious competition set to take place from September 13 to 21 in Tokyo, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. As the countdown begins, Nigeria’s elite athletes are gearing up for the world’s most…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ugandan weightlifter Julius Ssekitoleko failed to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics this week. Then, on Friday, he disappeared. A note has been discovered, CNN reports, written by the 20-year-old insisting he went missing on purpose and does not want to return to his home country because life there is too difficult. Ssekitoleko…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Luke Loucks isn’t exactly sure what his long-term future will be as a basketball coach. But the former Florida State point guard, who helped lead the Seminoles to the 2012 ACC Championship, knows exactly what his immediate future is: He will be heading to the Olympics in Japan next week as an…
LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)- — One of the world’s most expensive fish just got pricier. A 278-kilogram bluefin tuna sold for 333.6 million yen ($3.1 million) at a Tokyo fish market Saturday. The record price — which equates to about $5,000 a pound — is more than double the previous high set in 2013, according…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Come March 5, 2018, Nissan will launch its first public trial of a self-driving taxi service in Tokyo, Japan. The service, called Easy Ride, will see a handful of self-driving Nissan Leaf electric cars ferry passengers on a set route between Nissan’s headquarters and the Yokohama World Porters shopping center. Nissan, which…