LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thousands of people were left trapped on trains or stranded overnight after the theft of copper cables halted high-speed services between Madrid and southern Spain’s Andalusia region. Authorities opened an investigation on Monday after Sunday’s theft, which Transport Minister Óscar Puente called a “serious act of sabotage”. He added that the cable…
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 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police in Australia have charged a 17-year-old who got on a plane with a shotgun and ammunition. He was filmed being wrestled to the ground by passengers and crew as the aircraft prepared to take off from Avalon Airport, near Melbourne, carrying 160 people bound for Sydney on Thursday afternoon. Police believe…
LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Hundreds of passengers are facing Christmas travel chaos as 90 flights from Heathrow Airport are cancelled and 200 more delayed amid weather warnings for strong wind. A Heathrow spokesperson said ‘a small number of flights’ have been cancelled on Saturday due to ‘strong winds and airspace restrictions’. They added: ‘This will ensure…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed bandits have blocked the ever-busy Zaria Gusau – Funtua highway, kidnapping unspecified number of travelers. For nearly two hours,passengers were unable to cross Tazane, as bandits took control of the busy Zaria-Gusau highway Speaking, one of the stranded passengers, Yusuf Tsafe, narrated how the bandits stormed the highway in the early…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria is grappling with increasing economic pressures as intercity bus fares rise sharply, driven by surging fuel prices. The latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reveals that the average fare for intercity bus journeys jumped by 20.23% to N7,117.17 in July 2024, compared to N5,919.49 in July 2023. The…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The driver and passengers of a commercial bus scampered for safety when the vehicle conveying them burst into fire at the Falomo Bridge inward Ikoyi axis in Lagos on Thursday. Luck however smiled on the commuters as they all escaped unhurt from the bus as the inferno raged from the vehicle. Popular…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election Peter Obi and his running mate Baba-Ahmed Datti have awarded a university scholarship to a tricycle rider for returning N15m to the owner. Auwalu, 22, had last year returned N15m forgotten by a passenger in his commercial tricycle better known…