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ENUGU RANGERS YET TO RECEIVE LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP PRIZE MONEY – OWUMI The Chief Operating Officer of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL), Davidson Owumi, has confirmed that Enugu Rangers have not received their prize money. Enugu Rangers emerged winners of the 2023-2024 NPFL campaign on matchday 37, a week to the end of the season following their home victory over …

HOW I MET CHIOMA – DAVIDO Davido Adeleke, the Nigerian pop star, has clarified the origins of his relationship with his newly wedded wife, Chioma. In a short video posted on X while preparing for their wedding, the pop star was seen hugging his close friend Lati. During their conversation, Davido said, “You know it was Lati who introduced me …

RANGERS CROWNED LEAGUE CHAMPIONS, FINISHED SEASON WITH 70 POINTS Rangers International of Enugu have been crowned champions of the Nigerian Premier Football League (NPFL) after beating Gombe United 2-1 in their final game of the season in Jos, the Plateau State capital, on Sunday. The dramatic final day of the season saw Remo Stars finished second behind champions Rangers with …

ENUGU RANGERS VETERANS TRUST: PRESERVING MEMORY, HONOURING A LEGACY By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Umuawulu, a sleepy settlement in Awka, the capital of Anambra State in the south-east, is the unlikely origin of one of the greatest sporting resumes ever to come out of Nigeria. In the bowels of this village lies Holy Cross High School, the site from which story …

WIN OR LOSE, RANGERS WEAR LEAGUE CROWN TODAY Enugu Rangers can afford to lose 56-0 this Sunday to Gombe United and erase the record negative goal difference of the already relegated side. Such a scoreline will not change the destiny of both sides as Rangers will merely enter the pitch to fulfill the fixtures for formality sake. They will be …

ENUGU RANGERS SIT PRETTY ON TOP OF PREMIER LEAGUE, DEFEAT BAYELSA UNITED 3-0 Enugu Rangers may have broken loose from the pack following their comprehensive 3-0 victory over Bayelsa United on Sunday. As if to aid Rangers’ hold of the top position, their closest rivals, Remo Stars who were initially just a point behind fell like papers blown by the …

JUNIOR POPE: TEARS FLOW DURING FUNERAL SERVICE IN HIS HOMETOWN, UKEHE It was a moment of grief, sorrow and tears on Friday during the funeral service at St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Ukehe, located in Igboetiti Local Government Area of Enugu State, for the late Nollywood actor, John Paul Odonwodo, fondly known as Junior Pope. The 43-year-old actor died on April …

‘OVULARIA’ OF NEW MASQUERADE FAME DIES AT 82 EXACTLY four and a half years after her rumoured death on November 5, 2019, Madam Elizabeth Evoeme, popularly known as Ovularia in the 80s TV sitcom, ‘The New Masquerade’, has passed on aged 82. A statement by the Evoeme Emekalam family on her expiration read: “Friends, fans, colleagues, the family of the …

JNR POPE WAS PROVIDED LIFE JACKET BUT REJECTED IT BECAUSE IT WAS DIRTY – PRODUCER Adanma Luke, the producer of the movie Junior Pope was shooting before he drowned has claimed that the later actor was given a life jacket but rejected it. Luke has been under heavy fire following the death of actor Junior Pope and three others after …

UNTOLD STORY OF BOAT MISHAP THAT KILLED JNR POPE, FOUR OTHERS Veteran actor and SA to the President of Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, Military Relations, Mr Steve Eboh has provided graphic details on the boat mishap which claimed the lives of Nollywood actor Jnr. Pope and four others at Anam River, in Anambra State and how they have been …