LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Backed by a barrage of rockets, Hamas militants stormed from the blockaded Gaza Strip into nearby Israeli towns, killing dozens and abducting others in an unprecedented surprise attack during a major Jewish holiday Saturday. A stunned Israel launched airstrikes in Gaza, with its prime minister saying the country is now at war…
LAGOS OCTOBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A North Dakota state senator, his wife and their two young children died in a plane crash as they were traveling through Utah, officials announced Monday. State Sen. Doug Larsen was piloting a plane as he traveled with his wife, Amy, and two of their sons Sunday evening in Grand County, Utah,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A London court, on Monday, granted bail to a former Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, who faces bribery charges filed against her by the United Kingdom (UK) government. District Judge Michael Snow granted her bail in terms and conditions including a curfew that ordered her to stay indoors between 11…
LAGOS OCTOBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)- – Islamist militants in Mali began a blockade of Timbuktu by cutting road access in August and then shut off river and air routes in an offensive that has put the city once again on the frontline of a jihadist insurgency. The bombing began soon after. On Sept. 21, witnesses said…
LAGOS OCTOBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Labour Party (LP) Presidential Candidate in the February 25, 2023 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has said that Nigeria is presently in captivity and that everything must be done to rescue her from her captors, insisting that he entered the presidential race to offer the country the type of leadership that can get…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGER)— A suicide bomb attack in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan on Friday killed at least 52 people and injured more than 50, authorities said. Officials declared a state of emergency after the blast near a mosque which occurred as Muslim worshippers gathered to join a procession celebrating Eid, the anniversary of…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a sign of the toll Moscow’s invasion is having on Russian troop levels, President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Saturday for the military to enlist 130,000 more recruits. In a decree dubbed “Reunification Day,” highlighting Russia’s unrecognized annexation of Ukrainian oblasts of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson last year, Putin…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sweden is preparing to deploy its military to tackle a wave of gang violence across the country after three people were murdered in 24 hours. Cooperation could involve the military providing equipment, logistical and forensic support, or sharing its expertise in bomb disposal. On Friday, Sweden’s prime minister said Sweden was facing…