LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Alpha Jet aircraft, returning from a successful air interdiction mission between the boundaries of Zamfara and Kaduna State, came under intense enemy fire which led to its crash in Zamfara State. Luckily, the gallant pilot of the aircraft, Flight Lieutenant Abayomi Dairo, successfully ejected from the aircraft….
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has denied social media reports that one of its aircraft crashed on Sunday. The Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, while reacting to reports of a NAF fighter jet crash in Kaduna, told LEADERSHIP that, “No crash in Kaduna.” He said he…
LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Stakeholders believes that the arrival of more indigenous airlines in Nigeria will continue to drop the prices of air tickets in the country as customers will have the choice of choosing those with better offers. Green Africa and the United Nigerian Airline are the two newest Airlines launched in 2021. The first…
LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Veteran fighter pilot, Air Commodore Abayomi Balogun, has said that with the increase in military combat due to the war against terror, more plane crashes involving the military are likely to happen. Reacting to the plane crash that happened few days ago at the Kaduna Airport in which the Chief of Army…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The prices of locally-made rice have trickled down across major markets in Lagos State on the back of sustained reduction in the price of foreign-made rice as other major food items such as; tomatoes, onions, pepper, and potatoes record further decline in price. This is according to the latest market survey, carried…
LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It appears Nigerians are in for good times in the new year, as the price of bags of local and foreign rice, onions, pepper, tomatoes, amongst others recorded a significant drop in price. This is according to the latest market survey, carried out by Nairalytics Research – the research arm of Nairametrics….
LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The third crew member in the Bell 206 B3 helicopter owned by Quorum Aviation Services that crashed into a building at Opebi, Lagos State, on Friday has died. Our source gathered that he died due to complications arising from the crash at an undisclosed hospital. The Lagos State Emergency Agency had earlier…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A light aircraft overloaded with cocaine crashed on take-off on its way to Australia, police said on Saturday, exposing a Melbourne-based crime syndicate and leading to the arrest of five men with alleged links to the Italian mafia. The Cessna aircraft, which was stuffed with more than 500 kilograms (1,100 pounds) of…