LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Russia says Ukraine has launched an overnight drone attack targeting Moscow for the second night in a row. All four of the capital’s major airports were closed for several hours to ensure safety but later reopened, Russia’s aviation watchdog Rosaviatsia said on Telegram. Moscow’s mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, said on social media at…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed “nothing will deter us, we will keep going until victory,” after a drone struck his vacation home in northern Israel Saturday as the military continued its operations in Lebanon and Gaza. Netanyahu, 74, was not in the area when the drone was fired from Lebanon at his…
LAGOS AUGUST 28TH (NEWWSRANGERS)-Acting swiftly on President Joe Biden’s promise to retaliate for the deadly suicide bombing at Kabul airport, the U.S. military said it used a drone strike to kill a member of the Islamic State group’s Afghanistan affiliate Saturday. The strike came amid what the White House called indications that IS planned to…
LAGOS DECEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The days of Boko Haram insurgents will soon be over as the Nigerian Army has introduced new technologies and application of drones in the fight against terrorists in the northeast. Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), disclosed this while fielding questions at a dinner and media interactive session…
LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)—United States Consulate General Lagos in collaboration with Baltimore-based Global Air Media, on Tuesday concluded a two-day drone technology workshop for students and women STEM leaders. The training was held at the Cedar STEM & Entrepreneurship Hub, and American Corner at Co-Creation Hub (CCHUB), both in Yaba, Lagos on Monday and Tuesday…
LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunfire was heard near Saudi Arabia’s royal palace Saturday, prompting widespread speculation as authorities said a toy drone was downed. “An official Riyadh district police spokesman said that at about 19:50 p.m. on Saturday, 5/8/1439 a security screening point in the Al-Khuzama district of Riyadh noticed a small, remote-controlled recreational aircraft (drone)…
LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Over the last few years, drones, sensors and satellites have started to be seen less as gadgets and more as tools for investigative reporting that would be hard to do through traditional newsgathering due to the lack of available data or restricted access to remote areas. Newsrooms in South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Bayelsa State Government has concluded arrangement to launch a crime control drone system to assist in the prevention of crime and criminality, the State Commissioner for Science and Technology, Chief Blessing Ipigansi-Igbagara, said on Wednesday. The mechanism was developed by an indigenous manpower and technology system in line with the present administration’s…