LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)- A fire sparked by a Ukrainian drone attack on a huge diesel depot in Russia’s southern Rostov region on Sunday has engulfed more fuel storage tanks, news agencies reported on Tuesday citing local authorities. Ukraine often says it is retaliating against Russia’s attacks on its energy infrastructure, while Moscow calls drone…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Authorities in the city of Moscow are offering a record signing-on bonus for new recruits to fight in Ukraine, in the latest sign of a scramble to boost Russian troop numbers. The financial sweetener comes as President Vladimir Putin struggles to recruit soldiers for his army as Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine…
LAGOS MAY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-In its quest to fill the dwindling ranks of its infantry, Ukraine has turned to recruiting prisoners to join the fight against Russia, and more than four thousand have applied so far. Under a deal offered to inmates by the government, prisoners will have their remaining sentences cleared – regardless of length…
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some Ukrainian prisoners will be able to apply for early parole and join the army under a new law aimed at boosting Kyiv’s manpower in its fight against the Russian invasion. The new law will apply only to prisoners who have no more than three years left of their original sentences and…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Militant Islamist group Islamic State claimed responsibility for Friday’s rampage but there were indications that Russia was pursuing a Ukrainian link, despite emphatic denials from Ukrainian officials that Kyiv had anything to do with it. In a televised address, Putin said 11 people had been detained, including the four gunmen, adding that…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Volodymyr Zelensky was targeted by alleged Russian missile strike during a visit to Odesa in what appears to have been an attempt to assassinate the Ukrainian President. Mr Zelensky’s motorcade, which was 150 metres from that of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, was attacked by what is believed to have been a…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Mr Peter Obi, has said that he was not desperate to be Nigeria’s President, but that he desired the country to work. Obi spoke while reacting to his award as the LEADERSHIP Politician of the Year 2023 at the…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Labour Party Presidential Candidate in 2023 General election, Mr Peter Obi said it is disheartening that Nigeria that is once economically confident nation, blessed with vast arable land and abundant natural resources, now relies on a war-torn Ukraine for food assistance. Recall that Ukraine donated 25,000 tons of wheat to assist in…