LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Italians celebrated the European Championship soccer title as a new beginning not only for their youthful national team but for a country that’s been yearning to return to normalcy after being hit hard and long by the coronavirus pandemic. A cacophony of honking cars, fireworks and singing fans filled the night in…
LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS) -Manchester City were confirmed as Premier League champions for the third time in four seasons after second-placed rivals Manchester United lost 2-1 at home to Leicester City on Tuesday. United’s defeat means City are 10 points clear with both sides having three games left to play. City’s coronation had been delayed…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST Today, Microsoft announced that it has received a contract to outfit the United States Army with tens of thousands of augmented reality headsets based on the company’s HoloLens tech. This contract could be worth as much as $21.88 billion over 10 years, the company says. Microsoft will be fulfilling an order for…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Few days after Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala assumed office as the first female head and first African to lead the World Trade Organization her sister, Dr. Njideka Udochi, has emerged as the family doctor of the year 2021 in Maryland, USA. Udochi,who is a graduate of medicine from the University of Nigeria, with over…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday won his legal battle against being extradited from the UK to face espionage charges — after a British judge decided he would likely commit suicide if sent to the US. District Judge Vanessa Baraitser ruled that it would be “oppressive” to extradite the 49-year-old Australian because…
LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Bayern Munich star won the fifth edition of the annual awards after helping the Bundesliga giants to a historic treble. Robert Lewandowski has been named The Best FIFA Men’s Player of the Year for 2020, with the Bayern Munich star beating Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to the coveted prize. The…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Joe Biden has won the 2020 presidential election, the Associated Press projected Saturday, sending President Trump to a bitter defeat four years after he shocked the world by winning the White House with a victory over Hillary Clinton. Biden crossed the 270-vote threshold in the Electoral College on Saturday after the AP…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Godwin Obaseki, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, has scored the highest number of votes in Saturday’s Edo State governorship election and has been declared the winner. The result of the election, held in all Edo’s 18 local governments, was declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday…
