LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Amid controversy over impact on terrorists, fresh findings have shown that the Christmas Eve US airstrikes destroyed Lakurawa terrorist camps in Sokoto forests, with survivors fleeing the area, Sunday PUNCH can report. Residents of villages close to the terrorist enclaves, including Kawuri-Kandam, Malgam and Kahuri of Tangaza Local Government Area of…
LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least seven people have died in Conakry due to heavy overnight rain, exposing the city’s vulnerability to extreme weather. The downpour, which struck overnight from Wednesday 30 July to Thursday 31 July, brought chaos to numerous neighbourhoods, collapsing homes and sweeping vehicles into the floodwaters. The government said seven people had…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Junior Secondary School 3 student, Timothy Amosun, aged 14, has died after a rainstorm destroyed Mayigi Community Comprehensive High School in Ilase, Ogun. The Ogun government confirmed the incident on Wednesday, March 19, through a statement by Mr. Lekan Adeniran, Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Dapo Abiodun. Five other pupils, two…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)- A fire sparked by a Ukrainian drone attack on a huge diesel depot in Russia’s southern Rostov region on Sunday has engulfed more fuel storage tanks, news agencies reported on Tuesday citing local authorities. Ukraine often says it is retaliating against Russia’s attacks on its energy infrastructure, while Moscow calls drone…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dozens of Wagner mercenaries were killed and a Russian helicopter was destroyed in an ambush by al-Qaeda-allied rebels in Mali. Nikita Fedyanin, the editor and owner of the Grey Zone Wagner Telegram channel and a leading Kremlin propagandist, was also killed in the attack in the Sahara Desert. Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimeen…
LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRNAGERS)-Youths in Damaturu, Yobe State, have vandalised a billboard erected to welcome President Bola Tinubu to the state for the launch of the Yobe State Agricultural Empowerment Programme. On Saturday, July 20, Vice President Kashim Shettima represented President Ginubu at the launch of the programmed in Damaturu. However, after the launch, youths…
LAGOS JANUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Troops of 72 Special Force Battalion under 401 Special Brigade, commanded by Brig. Gen. A . Rabiu has rescued the kidnapped Ukum local government caretaker chairman Rev. Gideon Haanongon. The troops recovered the Council Chairman and his Personal Assistant who had been in the kidnappers’ den for about two weeks on Wednesday…
LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Manchester City on Wednesday demolished defending champions, Real Madrid 4-0 to qualify for Champions League final. City defeated Madrid 4-0 in the second leg semi-final at the Etihad Stadium and qualified for the final on 5-1 aggregate. The English side will now play Inter Milan in the final in Istanbul, Turkey. Bernardo…