LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-France manager Didier Deschamps missed his team’s group stage match Friday against Norway at the 2026 World Cup due to the death of his mother. The French Football Federation intended to honor their absent manager’s mother by wearing black armbands during the match, but FIFA declined the request according to The Athletic’s…
LAGOS OCTOBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A London court, on Monday, granted bail to a former Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, who faces bribery charges filed against her by the United Kingdom (UK) government. District Judge Michael Snow granted her bail in terms and conditions including a curfew that ordered her to stay indoors between 11…
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has signed the Coronavirus Disease Health Protection Bill 2021 making the use of face masks in public places mandatory, among other measures to curtail the further spread of COVID-19. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, disclosed this while addressing journalists on Wednesday. He…
LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mask-wearing customers have been banned from entering a bar in Texas amid the coronavirus pandemic, local news outlets reported this week. A sign posted outside the Liberty Tree Tavern in Elgin, 25 miles east of Austin, reads: Due to our concern for our customers, if they FEEL (not think), that they need…