LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Taliban beheaded an Afghan soldier, then chanted praise to their leader while holding the severed head of their victim by his hair in a video posted in a private Taliban chat room. The 36-second video, which was obtained by the Washington Examiner, was posted a week ago. It’s unclear when it…
LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country without notifying aides and allies as he feared Taliban militants had gained entry to the presidential palace and planned to execute him, The Washington Post reported. The Post on Sunday reported on the chaos that engulfed the Afghan government in Kabul as militants swept…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The results of Iran’s presidential election show the world must act to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said at the opening of his government’s first Sunday cabinet meeting. Ebrahim Raisi, a judge responsible for tens of thousands of executions and who is under US sanctions for human-rights abuses,…
LAGOS MARCH 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Christian cleric, Bulus Yikura, who was kidnapped by Boko Haram, has been freed. Mr Yikura was freed Wednesday evening by the terror group, security sources told PREMIUM TIMES. Our reporter saw Mr Yikura on the outskirts of Maiduguri as he was being conveyed to the office of the State Security Service…