LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 59-year-old businessman, Chijioke Nnanna Igbokwe, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the arrival hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos, seven days after ingesting illicit substances in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He was apprehended during the inward clearance of passengers on…
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 SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fresh Israeli strikes have killed more than 490 people — including 90 women and children — with 1,645 wounded according to Lebanese authorities. This represents the deadliest barrage between Tel Aviv and Beirut since the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war, which resulted in roughly 1,200 deaths over 33 days of fighting. The Israel Defense…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-BRITS have been told to leave Lebanon immediately as tensions soar between Hezbollah and Israel – with the IDF launching airstrikes on the country’s south. Foreign Secretary David Lammy warned the situation could “deteriorate rapidly” and urged Brits to flee the country while they still can. It comes after 37 people were…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 20 more people were killed and 450 injured in Lebanon on Wednesday after a series of new explosions of wireless devices rocked the South, the Bekaa and the southern suburbs of Beirut, according to the Ministry of Health and the Lebanese Red Cross. Ten Hezbollah members were among those killed…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A gunman was shot and captured by Lebanese soldiers after a shootout outside the U.S. Embassy outside Beirut on Wednesday morning, the military said. The attack took place as tensions continued to simmer in the tiny Mediterranean country, where months of fighting between Hezbollah militants and Israeli troops has displaced thousands along…
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Saleh al-Arouri, a top Hamas leader and a linchpin between the group and terrorist affiliates in Iran and Hezbollah, was killed in an Israeli strike in the Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh, according to Lebanon’s state-run news agency and the Hezbollah-linked al-Mayadeen media outlet. Arouri, who had a $5 million U.S. information bounty…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The head of Lebanon’s customs authority was formally arrested on Monday after being questioned over the massive explosion in Beirut earlier this month, the state-run National News Agency reported. The investigation is focused on why nearly 3,000 tons of explosive ammonium nitrate was being stored at the city’s port. The ignition of…