LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A small plane crashed at a Florida mobile home park on Thursday, killing several people aboard the plane and in one home, fire officials said. The pilot of the single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza V35 reported an engine failure shortly before the aircraft went down at about 7 p.m., the Federal Aviation Administration reported….
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A US military aircraft with eight people onboard crashed into the sea in western Japan on Wednesday, with several media outlets reporting one crew member had died and the condition of at least two hauled from waters was unclear. Japan’s coast guard said what appeared to be wreckage from the tilt-rotor V-22…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A yet-to-be-identified woman was crushed to death alongside her two-year-old daughter in the Ikotun area of Lagos on Thursday. PUNCH Metro reports that another trader was injured as a bus rammed into some shops along the roadside opposite Toluwalase Hall, Governor’s Road, Ikotun. An eyewitness, who gave his name as Tayo, said…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A fighter jet belonging to the Nigerian Air Force on Friday crashed in Makurdi, Benue State capital, The PUNCH has learnt. Details about the incident are still sketchy as of the time of filing this report. A military source said two personnel of the Nigerian Air Force onboard ejected unhurt. The source…
LAGOS MAY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three civilians were killed on Monday when a MIG-21 military aircraft crashed into a house in the western Indian state of Rajasthan. The Indian Air Force said in a statement that the plane had taken off for a a “routine operational training sortie” from a nearby base. “Soon thereafter, the pilot experienced an…
LAGOS MARCH 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The value of used vehicles imported into Nigeria decreased by 47 percent in 2022 to N325.05 billion from N617.48 billion in 2021, according to data from foreign trade from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). NBS reports that used cars with diesel or semi-diesel engines cost N72.32 billion to import in the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps vehicle conveying election materials from Abuja to Lagos crashed on Friday evening, election eve. The accident reportedly occurred at the Giri Roundabout bridge in Abuja. The vehicle was also carrying operatives of the NSCDC to Lagos. In a video on social media, people are seen rendering…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After almost two hours of outage on Tuesday, Meta has restored WhatsApp services. WhatsApp had reportedly crashed a couple of times in the past. A report by India Times says WhatsApp crashed in 2017 and the outage lasted over two hours. No official communication from WhatsApp regarding the reason for the outage….