Nigerian champions Rangers were eliminated from the CAF Champions League by Angola’s Sagrada Esperanca on Sunday. Rangers lost the second preliminary round reverse tie 3-1. The Flying Antelopes exited the competition 3-2 on aggregate. The country’s other representative in the competition, Remo Stars, was eliminated in the first round. Nigerian clubs have failed to reach the lucrative group stage of …

Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) champions Rangers International will begin their defence of their title with a fixture against El-Kanemi Warriors on the opening day of the campaign at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium in Enugu on Saturday. Rangers will be hoping to ape the last two champions, Enyimba and Rivers United, before them, who began their title defence on a …

He cuts a towering image in Nigeria’s financial industry; looming over the landscape like a monument on an iconic location. It is not so much a result of his imposing frame as it is about his overwhelming influence. Yes, if the saying, never judge a book by its cover ever needed a symbol, Ike Chioke is a perfect stand-in for …

Newly crowned Nigerian topflight league champions, Rangers International Football Club of Enugu landed in a private jet in the early hours of Thursday at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport to the thunderous applause of fans, excited air travellers and airport staff. Rangers had won the 2023/24 Nigerian Premier League (NPFL) on the penultimate Matchday of the season when they beat …

With a game to spare, Rangers have emerged the 2023/24 domestic league champions! The Enugu side are winning the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) title for the first time since 2016. In all, the Flying Antelopes have now won the topflight, which have had several names, for the eighth time, only one short of record holders Enyimba. Rangers confirmed the …

Rangers and Enyimba have been charged and fined for several infractions of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) rules arising from their respective conducts in the Matchday 35 fixture in Enugu on Sunday. Enyimba were charged with a slew of breaches and fined a total of N10 million, including forfeiture of three points and three goals as well as a …

Rangers’ title quest experienced a hiccup in Port Harcourt where they got spanked 0-2 by Rivers United in a Matchday 31 fixture on Sunday. A goal in either half of the highly entertaining fixture saw the Pride of Rivers claim all three points from an Alex Oyowah nodded goal on 34 minutes and Deputy Echeta’s 79th minute strike after a …

It may be his first season in the top league but Ejike Ugochukwu has been quite outstanding in the defensive midfied position which has hugely contributed to Rangers International competitive run in the 2023/2024 season of the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL). For the opportunity to be part of a potentially successful season for the Flying Antelopes,  Ugochukwu is full …

Rangers midfielder, Ugochukwu Ugwuoke is back to full training after a knee surgery he underwent five months ago. Information from the Club’s media has it that the player rejoined team mates in training after they returned from Kaduna where they claimed all three points in the 2-0 win over hosts, Niger Tornadoes. Ugwuoke has been out of action following the …

After a win on the road against Doma United, their first away win this season, Rangers coach, Fidelis Ilechukwu said he would rather worry over their next game than celebrate Saturday’s triumph in Gombe. A determined display by the Flying Antelopes, deflated the hitherto high-riding Savannah Tigers with a the only goal of the Matchday 21 fixture inside Pantami Stadium, …