LAGOS MARCH 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Pentagon on Tuesday identified four of the six American troops killed in the opening hours of the war with Iran. Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35, of Winter Haven, Florida; Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42, of Bellevue, Nebraska; Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor, 39, of White Bear Lake, Minnesota;…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a major attack on Iran launched by Israel and the United States, throwing the future of the Islamic Republic into doubt and raising the risk of regional instability. Iranian state television and the state-run IRNA news announced the 86-year-old’s death early Sunday. President…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ukraine says it has discovered the bodies of two Nigerians in its Luhansk region who were allegedly fighting on Russia’s side in the ongoing four-year war. In a statement on Thursday, Ukraine said military intelligence operatives made the discovery, identifying the two Nigerians as Hamzat Kazeen Kolawole, 42, and Mbah Stephen…
LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three siblings who died in a fire outbreak at the Great Nigeria Insurance (GNI) House on Martins Street, Lagos Island, were on Wednesday buried in their hometown of Uzoakwa community, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State. The victims — Steve Omatu (40), Casmir Omatu (39), and Collins Omatu (37) —…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As Nigerian youths commemorate those killed during the October 2020 #EndSARS protest in Lagos State, a human rights activists, Mark Chiedozie, has lambasted the federal government for the continued incarceration of some innocent protesters over four years after, describing the development as shameful. Nigerian youths have converged at Lekki Toll Gate…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Twenty-five people have died and others were hurt, when their bus overturned in Kenya while traveling after a funeral, officials confirmed. The fatal incident occurred on Friday, Aug. 8, in Kisumu, the Associated Press reported. “The vehicle lost control, veered, rolled onto the other side of the road,” said local traffic enforcement…
LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An attack by an armed group on a military base in northern Burkina Faso has left about 50 soldiers dead, according to accounts by a community leader and a resident on Tuesday. The Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin group, or JNIM, was suspected of carrying out the attack Monday on the base in…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRNAGERS)-Scores of persons were reportedly killed when a suicide bomber hit a local food joint in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State, on Friday. Confirming the incident, Police Public Relations Officer of the Borno State Police Command, ASP Nahum Daso, said investigation was ongoing to ascertain the actual number of casualties….