LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ivory Coast footballer Moustapha Sylla, 21, has died after collapsing during a domestic league game on Sunday, with Chelsea legend Didier Drogba subsequently demanding that more must be done to protect the country’s footballers. Sylla, who represented 2020 domestic champions Racing Club d’Abidjan, fell to the turf at the Stade Robert Champroux…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Abdullahi, who is the second to the last son of the military dictator died on Friday night in Abuja. Abdullahi Abacha, the 36-year-old son of the late Nigerian military dictator, Sani Abacha, is dead. Abdullahi, who is the second to the last son of the military dictator died on Friday night in…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A judge of the Court of Appeal, sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, Justice Lokulo-Sodipe, is dead. He died at the age of 67. The judge was said to have slumped in his office while dressing up to attend a court session. It was gathered that all attempts to revive him…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) agent at the Benue North-East (Zone A) senatorial district collation centre in Katsina-Ala, Benue State, Mson Atseh, on Sunday, slumped and died during the collation and announcement of Saturday’s senatorial election results. LEADERSHIP gathered that the PDP agent was representing a former governor of the State and…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party Chairman for the FCT, Sunday Zaka, is dead. A family member who pleaded anonymity because he was not authorized to announced it confirmed the development to Vanguard on Saturday. He said, “Our brother, the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) Chairman in the Federal Capital Territory, died in a motor…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A Grade Level 13 officer with the Lagos State University(LASU) Ojo, Mr Ademola Adesola has reportedly slumped and died while queuing in a bank within the university to withdraw N5,000 of new notes as officially pegs by the bank for an individual account holder. The Head of the Publicity and Public Relations…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Belgian goalkeeper Arne Espeel collapsed on the field and died after saving a penalty kick, according to reports. The 25-year-old was playing for Sint-Eloois-Winkel Sport’s B team in a second provincial division match against Westrozebeke on Saturday evening, according to Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad. “Home goalkeeper Arne Espeel stopped Mohammed El Baghdadi’s…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Michael Adeniran, the father of a 12-year-old Chrisland International School student, Opebi branch, has taken to social media to cry out over the death of his daughter, Whitney Adeniran, who allegedly died during the school’s inter-house sports activities. According to posts making the rounds on social media on Saturday night, Adeniran said his…