LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Presidential candidate of 2023 Presidential election Mr Peter Obi has condemned the attack on GUO Transport service, killing of its driver and abduction of passengers bu gunmen along Ore-Benin Expressway, Edo State. Obi in his twitter platform said he received the devastating report of the violent attack on a GUO…
LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A passenger train travelling from Abuja to Kaduna derailed on Tuesday morning, leaving several carriages overturned and triggering panic among those on board. PUNCH Online gathered the incident occurred along the popular corridor shortly after the train departed Abuja around 11 a.m., en route to Kaduna. The incident has caused passengers fleeing…
LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A passenger suffering from delirium tried to break into the cockpit of an Easyjet flight from France to Portugal, forcing the jet to return to Lyon airport, police and the company said Saturday. The man was subdued by other passengers and restrained until the jet landed again, French police said. The Easyjet…
LAGOS AUGUST 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Activities around the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos were disrupted on Monday as hundreds of physically challenged individuals staged a protest over the closure of a government-run school for people with disabilities. The protesters, armed with a banner of the Farmcraft Centre for the Blind, blocked major access roads to the airport,…
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 22 persons lost their lives while 20 others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a lone accident involving a trailer along the Lapai–Lambata road in Niger State on Monday. SaharaReporters gathered that the vehicle was said to be heading to Lagos from Kano, was reportedly conveying both passengers and…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A London-bound passenger plane crashed in the Indian city of Ahmedabad on Thursday and all 242 people on board were believed killed, with the jet smashing into buildings housing doctors and their families. An AFP journalist saw people recovering bodies and firefighters trying to douse the smouldering wreckage after the Boeing 787-8…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi was among the over 100 passengers reported to have escaped plane crash at the local wing of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport on Tuesday. Aviation sources confirmed that Obi who was in Economy Class was in the…
LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A large advertising billboard collapsed on several tricycles carrying passengers at Salad Market junction near the GIA Event Centre in Aba, Abia State, on Wednesday afternoon. The collapse happened during heavy rain and strong winds, trapping and injuring numerous people. Eyewitnesses reported that the billboard suddenly gave way, crushing the tricycles beneath…