LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-An American military aerial refueling tanker that was involved in the U.S. military operation in Iran crashed in western Iraq on Thursday, according to multiple U.S. officials who spoke to CBS News. Recovery efforts are underway in the area where a Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker crashed. The status of the crew is unknown…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Several powerful Iranian-backed militia groups in Iraq are prepared to disarm for the first time to avert the threat of an escalating conflict with the U.S. Trump administration, 10 senior commanders and Iraqi officials told Reuters. The move to defuse tensions follows repeated warnings issued privately by U.S. officials to the Iraqi…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-That was the cry heard from an Iraqi man after he found his mother’s clothes on Wednesday (September 27), in the aftermath of a fire that ripped through a packed wedding hall in northern Iraq. His wife said they escaped through the kitchen door when the venue went up in flames. It…
LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Global Peace Index has rated Nigeria as the seventeen most dangerous country in the world in 2022.. The Group described Nigeria as home to multiple criminal syndicates like Area Boys and cultists, stressing that crimes of both violent and petty nature are common throughout the country, in addition to terrorist incidents…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Flight attendant, Yasser Saleh, died of a heart attack while working on a flight from Bahrain to Paris Charles de Gaulle. Dead On Arrival The Gulf Air flight attendant was confirmed dead on arrival at the hospital on Tuesday morning. Saleh was part of the cabin crew on flight GF 19 which…
LAGOS MARCH 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The 31 year-old priest said a feeling of overwhelming joy took a hold of him as he began cheering and swaying before the crowds, who were holding balloons and Vatican City flags amid blaring music. Father Momika is an active member of the church committee organizing festivals and activities for youth in…
LAGOS APRIL 28TH (NEWSRANGRES)-No fewer than 700 people have died in Iran after ingesting toxic methanol, erroneously thinking it can cure the new coronavirus. The national coroner’s authority said that alcohol poisoning killed 728 Iranians between February 20 and April 7. Last year there were only 66 deaths from alcohol poisoning, according to the report….
LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Iran was struck by two earthquakes near a nuclear power plant on Wednesday after a chaotic day that saw the country launch missiles at two U.S. military bases in Iraq before a passenger plane crashed and killed dozens in an unrelated incident. According to the Washington Post, a 4.9 magnitude earthquake hit…
