LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Borno State immediate past Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Usman Jidda Shuwa, has died. Shuwa, who served under Governor Babagana Umara Zulum until May 28, passed away after a brief illness. Family sources that spoke with Daily Trust confirmed that he died at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital. Shuwa,…
LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tina Turner died after a long illness in her home near Zurich in Switzerland, her publicist confirms Tina Turner, whose volcanic voice and dynamic dance moves earned her the Queen of Rock crown over the course of a 60-year career, has died at age 83. The legendary singer died Wednesday, May 24…
LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Methodist Church Prelate Sunday Mbang is dead. The former prelate died Wednesday at 86. President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with all Methodists in Nigeria and the Diaspora, on his passing. The President, in a release by his Media Adviser, Femi Adesina, also extended heartfelt condolences to the Mbang family in particular,…
LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 300-level student of Petroleum and Gas Engineering at the Federal University, Otuoke (FUO) in Bayelsa State, has reportedly died from drug overdose. The 19-year-old deceased student, simply identified as Job Alawari Kei, allegedly took a drug known as Colorado (Colos). According to some students on campus, the drug known as Colos…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A veteran journalist and one of Nigeria’s most celebrated columnists, Peter Enahoro, is dead. Enahoro, popularly known by his pen name, Peter Pan, died in London, the United Kingdom on Monday, aged 88. The development was announced in a terse statement by Nigeria’s foremost female journalist, Ms Bunmi Sofola. The statement…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A yet-to-be-identified male meat seller has slumped and died while attending to a customer on Branco Street, in the Mafoluku area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt that the incident happened on Monday around 5pm when the deceased was attending to a customer in the community. An eyewitness who identified himself simply…
LAGOS APRIL 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chief David Obadofin, the traditional ruler of Aghara, Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area, Kogi State, has died in custody of his abductors. He was said to have passed on last Thursday, 12 days after he was kidnapped, when he could not longer withstand the torture of his captivity. In a related development, Temidayo…
LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A professional footballer in Tunisia has died after setting himself alight earlier this week as a protest against “police injustice”, his family said. Tunisian football player Nizar Issaoui, 35, suffered third-degree burns and was taken to the specialist burns hospital in Tunis, but doctors were unable to save his life, his brother…
