LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Israel will enter a three-week nationwide lockdown starting on Friday to contain the spread of the coronavirus after a second- wave surge of new cases, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday. During the lockdown, which comes during the Jewish high-holiday season, Israelis will have to stay within 500 metres of their…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Norwegian far-Right politician Christian Tybring-Gjedde made the nomination following a “historic peace agreement” between the United Arab Emirates and Israel. The leader also praised Mr Trump for resolving other protracted conflicts worldwide and said he has made “tremendous efforts” in brokering peace. “For his merit, I think he has done more trying…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Israel is reportedly threatening to remove GOD TV channel just one week after its launch, claiming it is proselytizing. The Christian network that broadcasts in at least 200 countries, responded in a statement saying, “if we were doing something sneaky, we would not have announced it to the world.” GOD TV began airing the 24/7 Hebrew-language “Shelanu TV”…
LAGOS APRIL 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The coronavirus death toll in Israel reached 200 on Sunday afternoon, with one woman dying since the previous evening, as the number of COVID-19 cases in the country rose to 15,398, an increase of 250 over the previous 24 hours. The woman died at Sheba Hospital in Tel Hashomer, outside Tel…
LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Israel cabinet will convene on Saturday night to approve a series of measures aimed at rolling back of some coronavirus restrictions in order to restart the economy, with steps likely to be significantly more widespread than health officials wanted. With the statistics on the number of new cases and the number of…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Less than 48hours after the death of Qasem Soleimani was announced by the Trump administration, hundreds of Nigerians in the northern part of the country took to the streets to protest his death. Armed with a banner showing shots of Soleimani in military wear and mufti, and inscribed with hateful texts against…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Israeli municipality in Safed has turned Al-Ahmar Mosque into a bar and events hall, Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported yesterday. As one of the most historical mosques in the Arab city, which was occupied by the Jewish gangs in 1948, the building was first turned into a Jewish school, then into a centre…
LAGOS SPTEMBER18TH (NEWRANGERS)-A Russian reconnaissance aircraft was brought down by a Syrian missile over the Mediterranean early Tuesday, killing all 15 people on board, the Russian defense ministry said. It blamed Israel for the crash, saying the plane was caught in the crossfire as four Israeli fighters attacked targets in northwestern Syria. The Russian military…