LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Aero Contractors flight travelling from Lagos to Abuja on Saturday morning returned to its departure airport after the crew reported a technical issue while the aircraft was airborne. The aircraft, which departed Lagos at about 7:30 a.m., had travelled part of the route mid air before the flight crew decided to…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate on Tuesday rescinded its earlier decision on the Electoral Act amendment in which it had rejected the mandatory electronic transmission of election results from polling units to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) Result Viewing Portal (IREV) after vote counting. The upper chamber consequently re-amended the Electoral Act to accommodate…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, has called for increased attention to mental health and elderly care across the nation. He made the call at the weekend after visiting the Seraphic Psychiatric and Elderly Home in Aguleri, Anambra State built by Evangelist Ebuka Obi. The former Anambra State Governor…
LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Officials say a plane made an emergency landing on a golf course in upstate South Carolina on Thursday. The Federal Aviation Administration said a Piper PA-46 made an emergency landing on the course at the Reserve at Lake Keowee around 11:50 a.m. Old Edwards Reserve at Lake Keowee said the plane was…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A regional jet made an emergency landing in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday evening after a passenger tried to open an emergency exit door and got into an altercation with a flight attendant. Delta Connection flight 3612, operated by SkyWest Airlines, was flying from Omaha to Detroit when the disturbance happened around…
LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A flight travelling from Cancun, Mexico, to London was forced to divert and land in Maine this week after two passengers on board began fighting. The emergency landing around 21:30 EST (01:30GMT) on Tuesday resulted in all 267 passengers on board being forced to spend the night in Bangor, Maine. By the…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRNAGERS)-The chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has revealed that the federal government makes 52 kobo from every N1 generated from the production and sale of Dangote Cement. Dangote disclosed this on Wednesday at the 2025 Taraba International Investment Summit, with the theme: ‘Unlocking Taraba’s Investment Potentials, Advancing Agriculture, Energy, Mining, and…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Spanish LaLiga giant Barcelona have contacted the agent of Super Eagles star Ademola Lookman over a potential transfer in the summer, Soccernet.ng reports. Barcelona have been keeping tabs on Lookman as a potential signing in the summer as they look to bolster their attack ahead of next season. The Super Eagles star…
