LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Jeju Air pilot told air traffic control the passenger plane had suffered a bird strike before it crashed while landing at an airport in South Korea, transport officials revealed on Monday. Following the strike, the pilots declared mayday and signalled their intention to go around. But the Jeju Air Boeing 737-800…
LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Jimmy Carter, the oldest living president of the United States, has died at the age of 100. Carter, who was president between 1977 and 1981, died on Sunday at his home in Plains, Georgia, according to The Carter Center. “Our founder, former US President Jimmy Carter, passed away this afternoon in Plains,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A California woman is out tens of thousands of dollars after sending the money to a scammer she thought was actor Keanu Reeves. Katherine Goodson, 67, said she sent thousands of dollars to the scammers through bitcoin, gift card transactions, and wire transfers over two years, according to KNSD, a local NBC…
LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kenyan President William Ruto has promised to stop abductions of government critics, in an apparent change of stance for a leader who has previously called the wave of disappearances “fake news.” Ruto, his government officials and police have maintained for months that there were no abductions. Ruto has also demanded names of…
LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 120 people have been killed when a passenger plane caught fire after skidding off a runway and crashing at an airport in South Korea’s Muan city, the country’s National Fire Agency said. The accident occurred on Sunday at 9.03am local time (00:03 GMT) as the Jeju Air flight, carrying 175…
LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 69 people, including 25 Malians, have died after a boat bound for Spain from West Africa capsized off Morocco, Mali’s authorities have confirmed. The “makeshift boat” was carrying about 80 people, but only 11 people survived, said a statement from the Ministry of Malians Abroad. At least nine of the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 26TH (NEWSRAGERS)-Hundreds of inmates have escaped a prison riot in Mozambique’s capital which has left 33 people dead and 15 injured. About 1,534 people managed to flee the jail in Maputo on Wednesday, but 150 of them were recaptured, according to the country’s general commander of police, Bernardino Rafael. Mozambique is experiencing escalating…
LAGOS DECEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dozens are feared dead after a passenger plane carrying 67 people from Azerbaijan to southern Russia crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau on Wednesday, local authorities said. At least 28 people survived, authorities said, noting that at least two are children. All 28 have been taken to hospital, they said. Azerbaijan…