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…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A bank executive and at least one other passenger have been pulled alive from the wreckage of an Airbus A320 which crashed after an engine failure in Pakistan today with 98 people on board. Bank of Punjab president Zafar Masood was dragged from the smoking debris of the Pakistan International Airlines flight after…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari Monday responded to the drastic crash of crude oil in the international markets by constituting a presidential committee to review the 2020 budget and the oil benchmark and recommend realistic options that will make the document significantly implementable. The Nigerian blend, Bonny Light closed at $46.33 Monday from about…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A plane used in fighting Australia wildfire has crashed leaving all passengers on board dead. The water bomber plane crashed while fighting wildfire A water tanker plane battling infernos in Australia has crashed in New South Wales. Three crew members said to be inside the plane have died. The New South Wales…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A helicopter belonging to the Nigerian Air Force crashed after a routine flight on Thursday evening, November 14, in Enugu State. A statement released by the Nigerian Air Force Director of Public Relations and Information, Ibikunle Daramola revealed that there was no fatalities or injuries to any crew member or other persons. The statement reads “A…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A chopper belonging to Caverton Helicopters has made an air return shortly after taking off from the football field of Edo State University, Iyamho. Onboard were the Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, the Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu and some other very important personalities (VIPs) who attended the first…
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Rice buyers should expect a crash in the commodity’s price to about N9,000 per 50kg bag in three weeks’ time as rice farmers record a bumper harvest. Farmers and millers of rice say they will soon flood the markets with the commodity and drastically cut the price following a bumper harvest. This…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)– China and Indonesia grounded their fleets of Boeing’s 737 MAX 8 aircraft on Monday as witnesses recalled the terrifying spectacle of smoke and debris trailing from an Ethiopian Airlines plane before it crashed killing 157 people. The disaster came just months after a jet of the same model came down in…