LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-France manager Didier Deschamps missed his team’s group stage match Friday against Norway at the 2026 World Cup due to the death of his mother. The French Football Federation intended to honor their absent manager’s mother by wearing black armbands during the match, but FIFA declined the request according to The Athletic’s…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 22 military personnel were killed when a Pakistani army helicopter crashed in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, security sources told news agencies, as the region holds mass ceremonial funerals for the victims. The Russian-built Mi-17 transport helicopter went down near the regional capital of Muzaffarabad on Wednesday. Videos showed thick plumes of…
LAGOS MAY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Brazilian man who recorded himself burning a Bible and then posted it online has been found shot dead. Antonio Rocha de Sousa’s body was discovered on Wednesday, May 14, riddled with bullet wounds. Police are treating his death as a homicide… Just 10 days before his death, Antonio uploaded a clip…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)A South Korean appellate court judge who presided over a high-profile case involving former first lady Kim Keon-hee was found dead early Wednesday morning, police said. Shin Jong-oh, who had overturned a lower court’s not guilty verdict and imposed a harsher sentence on Kim, was discovered with severe injuries in a…
LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)]-The body of a Republican Oklahoma state Senate candidate reported missing earlier this week has been discovered inside a truck parked in a rural area. Barry Christian, a 54-year-old Senate candidate from Sayre, mysteriously vanished Tuesday and was found dead two days later, his campaign said in a statement obtained by KOCO….
LAGOS OCTOBER 14TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Renowned Nigerian evangelist and spiritual leader of Uma Ukpai Evangelistic Association, Rev. Dr. Uma Ukpai, is dead. This was confirmed in a statement on Monday by his family, who said he passed away on October 6 2025 at the age of 80. The family described his passing as a “glorious transition” from…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former world champion boxer Ricky Hatton has died at the age of 46, just weeks after announcing a comeback to the sport. According to the Daily Mail, the Manchester native was found dead at his home in Greater Manchester on Sunday, September 14, with a police cordon currently in place around the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has confirmed the loss of four lives in a fatal motor vehicle accident that occurred on Wednesday, September 3, 2025, at about 1:30 p.m., along the Nnamdi Azikiwe Expressway by Mabushi Underbridge. PUNCH Online earlier reported that a family of three had died after some louts…