Passengers Stranded As Protesting Physically Challenged Persons Block Lagos Airport Roads

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,…

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Thousands Stranded After Theft  Of Copper Cables Halts Trains Activities  In Spain

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…

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Commuters Stranded As  Gunmen Besiege Zaria-Gusau-Funtua Highway, Abduct Scores 

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…

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Ghana –New York Bound Passengers Stranded On  Island Lament Sad Ordeal From Delta Airlines Officials

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Delta Air Lines passengers took to social media to vent their frustrations with the airline after they found themselves unexpectedly stranded for over 12 hours this weekend on an island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Just a few hours after taking off from Ghana on Friday, Flight 157 was diverted…

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Italy Airport  And Airline Staff Strike Left Thousands Of Tourists Stranded Across Europe

LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Strikes by airport and airline staff grounded hundreds of flights and left thousands of travellers stranded in Europe on Saturday at the height of the busy summer tourism season. In Italy, some 1,000 flights, both domestic and international, were cancelled as a result of the strike by ground crew, according to airport…

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140 Europe Bound Nigerians Stranded In  Niger Republic Return To Nigeria

LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Saturday received another batch of 140 Nigerians stranded in Agadas, Niger Republic. The NEMA Coordinator, Kano Territorial Office, Dr Nuradeen Abdullahi, confirmed this while receiving the returnees in Kano. According to him, the returnees were brought back to Kano at about 9.38 p.m in three…

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