LAGOS APRIL 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A US man has been shot dead after hijacking a small passenger plane and injuring two passengers in the Caribbean nation of Belize. Fourteen passengers were onboard the aircraft when the hijacker, identified as Akinyela Sawa Taylor, took control of the flight at knifepoint. Two passengers were injured, including one who was…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-I write this from a point of pain and gratitude. Pain because of the death of a hardworking and honest man, Rotimi Olaleye, who is both a great father, as attested to by his children who he has been taking care of single handedly since his wife died about five years ago,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The newly deployed Commissioner of Police to Anambra State, CP Ikioye Orutugu has summoned the commander, Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Awkuzu, CSP Ifeanyi Iburu over the escape of two out of the 10 suspects arrested in connection with the murder of the member representing Onitsha-North 1 constituency in Anambra State, Hon. Justice…
LAGOS JANUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A passenger plane caught fire before takeoff at an airport in South Korea late Tuesday, but all 176 people on board were safely evacuated, authorities said. The Airbus plane operated by South Korean airline Air Busan was preparing to leave for Hong Kong when its rear parts caught fire at Gimhae International…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Around 300 passengers onboard a Boeing 787 had a narrow escape at the Melbourne Airport in Australia after the landing gear of Etihad flight EY461 caught fire while taking off. According to the reports, the fire erupted after two of the tyres exploded when the plane was rolling on the runway to…
LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, said it had rescued occupants from a fire that gutted the 11th floor of the Ultimate Apartment in Ikoyi. The Permanent Secretary of the agency, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, made this known on Saturday in Lagos. Oke-Osanyintolu said LASEMA received a distress call at 10:16 pm on…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Allied Air cargo aircraft with registration number 5N-JRT has crash-landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), in Abuja. SaharaReporters learnt that the air mishap happened on Wednesday due to the failure of one of its landing gears. The incident occurred at approximately 10:05 a.m., involving an E-Cargo aircraft carrying six…
LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Borno State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Umar Usman Kadafur, and over 100 passengers narrowly escaped a tragic incident when a Max Air aircraft experienced an engine fire shortly after takeoff from Maiduguri International Airport. The incident occurred around 7 p.m. on Wednesday when the aircraft, en route to Abuja, suffered engine failure caused…