LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of Defense on Wednesday explained its reasoning for rejecting Poland’s recent offer to transfer MiG-29 fighter jets into U.S. custody for delivery to Ukraine, describing the proposal as “high risk.” “The intelligence community has assessed that the transfer of MiG-29s to Ukraine may be mistaken as escalatory and could result…
LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ukraine will repatriate troops and equipment, including helicopters, involved in U.N. peacekeeping missions in Africa and Europe to bolster defences at home in the face of Russia’s invasion, a U.N. official said. Russian troops invaded Ukraine nearly two weeks ago, shelling, bombing and besieging its cities and towns and forcing more than…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Embassy of Ukraine in Nigeria says Nigerians who are willing to travel to Ukraine to fight Russian forces must be willing to provide $1,000 for ticket and visa. The embassy stated this when scores of Nigerian men converged on its premises in Abuja on Thursday to express their readiness to join…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The first batch of Nigerian evacuees from Ukraine has arrived in Abuja. This is according to an update by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) on its Twitter handle. The passengers, numbering about 450 from Romania, landed at the private jet terminal of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport by 7:10 am (WAT)…
LAGOS MARCH 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday issued a dire appeal for help as Russia’s attacks across the country intensified. “The end of the world has arrived,” Zelensky said during a televised news conference in Kyiv. He appealed to Western leaders who have resisted calls to set up a no-fly zone over Ukraine….
LAGOS MARCH 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)- President Muhammadu Buhari has approved $8.5m dollars to the ministries of Foreign Affairs and Humanitarian, Disaster Management, and Social Development, towards the evacuation of over 5,000 (registered and unregistered) Nigerians stranded in Ukraine. This was disclosed on Wednesday by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Zubairu Dada. The minister told…
LAGOS MARCH 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The U.S. for the first time has approved the direct delivery of Stinger anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine as part of a package approved by the White House last week. During the Cold War, the CIA covertly supplied Stingers to Afghan guerrillas fighting Russian forces. Now Ukrainian forces locked in an intensifying fight…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Russian airstrike bombed the central square of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, right outside of the region’s administration building, terrifying video shows. In the video, cars can be seen driving on the street in Kharkiv’s Freedom Square before a rocket suddenly flies through the screen, striking just outside of the large administration…