LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A flight travelling from Cancun, Mexico, to London was forced to divert and land in Maine this week after two passengers on board began fighting. The emergency landing around 21:30 EST (01:30GMT) on Tuesday resulted in all 267 passengers on board being forced to spend the night in Bangor, Maine. By the…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Bayelsa State High Court Judge, RT. Hon. Justice E.G.Umokoro, has regained freedom after 12 days in captivity. According to the Nigeria Police Force and Department of State Service(DSS), he was released from kidnappers’ den without payment of ransom. Umukoro, who was kidnapped in controversial circumstances at a popular eatery in Yenagoa, was released on the day President…
LAGOS JULY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A mob of people have lined up outside government offices, demanding to know if their loved ones are among the nearly 400 dead found in a clandestine crematorium that kept the bodies for up to four years. The stench of decaying human remains led investigators to a nondescript building in Juarez, Mexico,…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A man who sneaked into a bank’s toilet during working hours and hid inside the ceiling overnight to hack into its computer systems, has been caught by security personnel. The incident, which has since gone viral, reportedly happened at a bank in Imo State. An X user, who shared details of…
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A helicopter used by an African Union peacekeeping mission has crashed at the international airport in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, killing five passengers, a Ugandan military spokesperson said. Another three of the helicopter’s eight occupants survived the incident on Wednesday but with severe injuries and burns, said the spokesperson, Felix Kulayigye. The…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Obisia Nwankpa, the legendary Nigerian boxer, has died at the age of 75. Rafiu Ladipo, president of the Nigeria Boxing Board of Control (NBB of C), confirmed the iconic boxer’s death to TheCable on Thursday. Nwankpa passed away in the early hours of Tuesday, a few months after it was revealed that he…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The father of Junior Pope, Ozor Luke Odonwodo, has died one year after the actor passed away. Junior Pope’s wife, Jennifer Awele, in an Instagram post, disclosed that her father-in-law died in his 80s. She described octogenarian as a caring and devoted father figure who lived a “good life”, prioritised his loved ones…
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Five people were killed on Saturday when two helicopters collided and crashed in a wooded area near Eura Airport in southwestern Finland, police said. Police said the mid-air collision occurred shortly after noon near the town of Kauttua, with the wreckage falling some 700 metres (yards) from the Ohikulkutie road. “Five people…