LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A passenger on an Air India flight has raised concerns about the aircraft’s condition, which later crashed in western India. Akash Vatsa reported issues while on board the same Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner during a prior journey from Delhi to Ahmedabad, just hours before its scheduled departure from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick. Vatsa…
LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Two bridges have collapsed overnight in separate incidents in Russian regions bordering Ukraine, killing at least seven people and injuring dozens more. State media said the collapses were being probed as “acts of terrorism”. A road bridge came down in Bryansk, bringing several heavy trucks onto a moving passenger train late on…
LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Royal Caribbean passenger died after being detained for allegedly assaulting crew members and threatening other travelers in a drunken fit of rage, according to a report. Michael Virgil, 35, died Friday onboard the Ensenada-bound cruise after his family claims security injected him with some kind of sedative, FOX 11 reported. Virgil…
LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) promptly attended to a fatal accident early today, involving a commercial motorcyclist (Okada rider) and a Dangote truck at Area B, near Point Road heading towards Airways, Apapa, Lagos. The unfortunate incident allegedly attributed to reckless driving by the Dangote truck driver, led to the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A crazed man yelling “Allahu Akbar” tried to open a door in the middle of a flight from Israel to England Monday — before a brave passenger stepped up and tackled him. Victor Troboloni, an Albanian who was on his way to visit his ailing mother in London, grabbed the hulking, unidentified…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Akwa Ibom State Government-owned Ibom Airline has announced the arrest of an in-flight passenger who stole the laptop of a co-traveller, adding that he is currently being prosecuted. According to a press statement made available to Journalists in Uyo on Thursday by Aniekan Essienette GM, Marketing and Communication Ibom Air, ”…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hell was let loose along Lasu- Igando road today after a bus conductor murdered a passenger over an old N500 notes argument, iwitnesslive.com can exclusively report. The passenger, named Michael was heading toward Lasu Ojo road on assignment when he met his untimely death following a heated argument with the bus conductor…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Yusuf Ogunmefun, a commercial biker has been detained by officers from the Alagbado Police Station of the Lagos State Police Command after he stabbed Balogun Adeyemi Musa to death for failing to pay his N100 transit charge. The victim, also known as Baba Rokiba was a well-known welder in the Lagos neighbourhood of Alagbado on AIT Road….