LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two senior Hamas members, Jawad Abu Shamala and Zakariya Abu Moammar, have been killed in Israeli airstrikes, according to the military. Abu Shamala was responsible for managing the group’s finances and directing terror activities, while Abu Moammar was a key decision-maker and coordinator between terror groups in Gaza. In response, Hamas has…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Israeli warplanes pounded downtown Gaza City, home to Hamas’ centers of government, with relentless bombardments into early Tuesday, after Israel’s prime minister vowed retaliation against the Islamic militant group that would “reverberate for generations.” The 4-day-old war has already claimed at least 1,600 lives, as Israel saw gun battles in the streets…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The news of President Bola Tinubu’s son, Seyi, flying a presidential jet to attend polo games in Kano State has sparked mixed reactions on X (formerly Twitter). The discussion started when a journalist, Jaafar Jaafar, on Monday, criticised Seyi’s use of a presidential jet for non-official purposes, citing a similar instance when…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the governor of Lagos, has announced that 310 pilgrims have been airlifted back to Nigeria from Jerusalem. On October 8, the Hamas militant group infiltrated Israel in what was an unprecedented assault that has ended the lives of over 700 Israelis. At the time of filing this report, over 1,500…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has stated that it will soon issue an order, compelling airline operators to commence payment of compensation to passengers for delayed and cancelled flights not ‘caused’ by natural occurrences. The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, said this during a meeting with airline operators in Abuja on…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The price of 12.5kg cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) also known as cooking gas has skyrocketed to N13,500 in Lagos. A gas retailer, who spoke to New Telegraph yesterday, said the increment was attributed to the high depreciation of the naira to the dollar. He lamented that last month, they sold…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Donatus Okorowo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, in a judgement delivered on Monday, disqualified the Bayelsa State All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the November 11 governorship election, Chief Timipre Sylva. Justice Okorowo ruled that Chief Sylva having been sworn in twice and ruled for five years as governor of…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has said Nigerians will have their passport delivered to their homes, offices, and other locations of their choice from February 2024. Speaking on Monday at the opening ceremony of the International Week of the University Of Lagos titled, ‘Breaking the Borders of Partnership,’ Tunji-Ojo said…
