LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Israeli couple has killed seven Hamas militants to save their children after the Hamas fighters came to their home. The woman and her husband were killed too. Oleh Vyshniakov, Israel’s consul in Ukraine’s Western Region, shared the couple’s story. On his Facebook page. Adar and Itay Berdychivsky from the Kfar Aza…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A wave of water from a burst dam has killed at least 23 people in Cameroon’s capital Yaounde following heavy rains, the army’s rescue unit says. A colonial-era dam gave way on Sunday afternoon, releasing water from a small lake, said Assola Joseph, a local leader in the Mbankolo neighbourhood. Residents and…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As efforts to resolve the Niger crisis continue, overtures by the head of the military junta in that West African country, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, to have direct access and discussion with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been outrightly rejected by the Nigerian leader, Empowered Newswire reports. According to diplomatic sources, consenting to…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said the military has taken into custody Muhammad Abu Ghali, deputy commander of the Palestinian terrorist movement Hamas’ Southern Naval Division. Abu Ghali was captured by the Shayetet 13 unit, a special forces unit of the Israeli navy. It was not specified under what circumstances it…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, has regained freedom after over two years of incarceration in the Republic of Benin. A video clip showing Mr Adeyemo announcing his freedom and appreciating his supporters circulated on social media platforms on Sunday. “I am now free to return to Nigeria…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources during the first tenure of former President Muhammadu Buhari, Ibe Kachikwu, has been mentioned in the criminal charges levelled against Diezani Alison-Madueke. The Herald reports that Alison-Madueke, who was Nigeria’s minister of petroleum resources between 2010 and 2015, is charged with receiving bribes in…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Israel formally declared war on Sunday and gave the green light for “significant military steps” to retaliate against Hamas for its surprise attack. At least 700 people have reportedly been killed in Israel — a staggering toll on a scale the country has not experienced in decades — and more than 400…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The naked body of a woman was paraded through the streets in the back of a pick-up truck on Saturday as Hamas fighters sat on her corpse. A celebrating crowd surrounded the armed men in combat fatigues, who shouted “Allah Akbar” from the open back of the truck. Some in the crowd,…