LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Niger’s junta said on Thursday that it had thwarted an escape attempt by ousted President Mohamed Bozoum who has been imprisoned by the military since a July 26 coup despite international calls for his release. The interim authorities said that Bazoum and his family, with the help of accomplices in the security…
LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, has widened the scope of policing in Nigeria by embracing state-of-the-art equipment, improved intelligence, and reorientation of all personnel for attitudinal and behavioural change across the board. Consequently, the IGP has deployed more helicopters for aerial patrol in order to strengthen security in the country….
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Inhabitants of Adara community in the southern part of Kaduna State have said that about 32 persons lost their lives in an alleged helicopter-aided attack by terrorists, who razed houses, including Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) in the area. Adara leaders said more bodies were discovered in bushes around the villages attacked…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Four civilians were killed when the military-contracted helicopter they were on crashed near a Hawaiian naval facility on Tuesday morning, a report said. The Sikorsky S-61N was supporting a training operation when it went down on the outskirts of the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai at about 10 a.m., officials told…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A Philippine police helicopter crashed Monday as it was flying to pick up the country’s police chief on a resort island, killing a crew member and injuring the two pilots, officials said. The Airbus H125 helicopter went missing after taking off from Manila and was found two hours later to have crashed…
LAGOS OCTOBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A helicopter and a single-engine plane collided in midair Friday near a suburban Phoenix airport, sending the helicopter crashing into a field and killing both people on board. The plane landed safely, and the flight instructor and a student inside were not hurt. The collision happened in the city of Chandler near…
LAGOS AUGUST 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Troops of the Nigerian Army and military aircraft searching for Major Christopher Datong, abducted by bandits during an attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy in Kaduna State, are reportedly having a tough time, top military sources told SaharaReporters. SaharaReporters learnt that apart from the unfriendly weather which makes the terrain difficult for…
LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government through the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has grounded a private chopper belonging to Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God at the Lagos Airport. It was learnt that the aircraft, AgustaWestland AW139 chopper, with registration number 5N-EAA, was suspended from flying over two weeks ago, following…
