LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chernobyl nuclear power plant has been captured by Russian forces, an adviser to the Ukrainian presidential office, Mykhailo Podolyak, said on Thursday. “It is impossible to say the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is safe after a totally pointless attack by the Russians,” he said. “This is one of the most serious…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kremlin this week warned that Americans will feel the “consequences” of sanctions against Russia, with the country suggesting that they will cause strain on global financial energy markets. “There is no doubt that the sanctions introduced against us will hit global financial and energy markets. The United States will not be…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Five Russian planes and one helicopter have been shot down in Ukraine’s Luhansk region, the country’s military claimed on Thursday. Luhansk is one of the separatist regions in Ukraine that was recognised as independent by Russia earlier this week. As per reports, Russia launched artillery attack along Ukraine’s northern border with Russia…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The President of Refugees International, Eric P. Schwartz has warned International community of impending crisis that risk displacement and suffering on a scale that could surpass any seen in Europe in decades should Russia go to war with Ukraine. Schwartz who gave the warning in a statement made available to NewsRangers said,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Russian President Vladimir Putin signaled the start of a military operation in Ukraine early Thursday morning local time, announcing that Russian troops would enter Ukraine’s Donbas region. The territory is held by Russian-backed separatists, and Putin declared it independent of Ukraine earlier this week. “I have decided to conduct a special military…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Four civilians were killed when the military-contracted helicopter they were on crashed near a Hawaiian naval facility on Tuesday morning, a report said. The Sikorsky S-61N was supporting a training operation when it went down on the outskirts of the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai at about 10 a.m., officials told…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Mohamed Cisse used to employ hundreds of workers in Mali’s capital Bamako before economic sanctions last month shut borders and cut the lifeblood of his construction business. Cement is scarce. Its key ingredient, clinker, comes from neighbouring Senegal, from which all but essential goods are blocked. Cisse has been forced to shut…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Seven children have been killed in Niger in an air strike by the Nigerian army targeting “bandits”, a local governor and state media have said. Five more were hurt in the apparently accidental strike, the governor of Niger’s Maradi region told AFP. Governor Chaibou Aboubacar said four were killed instantly and three…