LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Real Madrid won’t be going a second consecutive season without a title. After failing to lift a trophy under Zinedine Zidane last season, Carlo Ancelotti’s Madrid secured the Spanish Super Cup with a 2-0 win over Athletic Bilbao on Sunday in Saudi Arabia. Luka Modric and Karim Benzema scored a goal in…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers hailed the “historical achievement” of his side in beating Chelsea 1-0 on Saturday to lift the FA Cup for the first time in the club’s 137-year history. Youri Tielemans’s sensational winner was witnessed by 22,000 fans at Wembley. The largest crowd for a sports event in England since…
LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-VIRAL posts on Sunday, March 14, 2021, claimed that Nigerian artistes Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, and Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, otherwise called Wizkid, were the first Nigerians to bag Grammy Awards. A Twitter user, Ibe, with the username @meettheRichard, tweeted that Burna Boy was the first Nigerian artiste ever…
LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria Afrobeats stars Burna Boy and Wizkid have both won awards at the 2021 Grammys. Burna Boy won the Best Global Music Album category while Wizkid won the Best Music Video for his song with Beyoncé; Brown Skin Girl, from Lion King: The Gift album. Beyoncé’s daughter Blue Ivy was also a…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Democratic nominee Joe Biden addressed the nation Friday, after his growing lead in the presidential election’s key battleground states appeared to have placed him on the verge of victory. “The numbers tell us a clear and convincing story: We’re going to win this race,” Biden said in remarks delivered from inside the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Wednesday afternoon all but declared victory as some key swing states were declared for him, even as President Trump’s campaign filed lawsuits in others. “After a long night of counting it is clear that we’re winning enough states to reach 270 electoral votes needed to win…
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tiger Woods collected his 15th major win, and his fifth Masters, at the 2019 Masters Tournament on Sunday. The 43-year-old hadn’t won a major championship since 2008, when he triumphed at the U.S. Open. Besides donning the coveted green jacket, Woods earned a sizable paycheck: $2.07 million, which is the standard 18…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An unemployed New Jersey man won a $273m (£210m) Mega Millions lottery jackpot last week after a stranger found and returned the winning ticket he had left behind on a shop counter. The man, Michael J Weirsky, told reporters on Thursday he lost two tickets immediately after he bought them at a…
