Wagner Boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, Nine Others Presumed Dead In Plane Crash Outside Moscow

LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led a brief armed rebellion against the Russian military earlier this year, was presumed dead Wednesday after a plane crash north of Moscow that killed all 10 people on board. Prigozhin was on the plane, according to Russia’s civil aviation agency, which cited the airline. The crash…

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Twenty One Passengers Escape Death In Plane Crash In Houston, USA

LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A private jet carrying 21 people crashed and burst into flames Tuesday while attempting to take off from a Houston airport – but, miraculously, only two people were reported injured. The twin-engine MD-87 rolled through a fence and ignited in a field at Houston Executive Airport in Brookshire, about 28 miles from the city, about 10 a.m., Federal Aviation Administration…

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Buhari Appoints New Chief Of Army Staff

LAGOS MAY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Major General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff. This was contained in a statement issued on Thursday by military spokesperson Brigadier-General Onyema Nwachukwu. Major General Yahaya replaces Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru, who died in a military plane crash last Friday. Prior to his appointment,…

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