LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tiantian Kullander, the influential young founder of cryptocurrency company Amber Group, died suddenly in his sleep on Nov. 23, the company confirmed. The group had just received a $3 billion valuation earlier this year, and was in the process of raising another $100 million—a meteoric success in which he played an integral…
00 LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tragedy struck on Sunday at the University of Lagos, after a 100 level student of the Department of Social Work, Faculty of Social Science, Simon Adokwu, slumped and died while playing football on the premises of the school in Akoka, Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that Adokwu, after attending church service,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hon. Sobur Olayiwola Olawale, lawmaker representing Mushin Constituency II at the Lagos State House of Assembly, is dead. Known as Omititi in political circles, Olawale was among the politicians, who stormed Jos, Plateau State capital, for the kick-off of the campaign of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Presidential Candidate of the ruling All Progressives…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian man identified as Obiefuna Tochukwu Kenneth has reportedly died after he slumped at an airport. Details of the incident including name of the airport and country, are still sketchy at the time of filing this report. However, one Chimuanya Desmond who confirmed the incident in a Facebook post on Saturday,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (MEWSRANGERS)-An Iranian man, Amou Haji, nicknamed the “dirtiest man in the world” for not taking a shower for decades has died at the age of 94, state media reported on Tuesday. Haji, who did not wash for more than half a century and was single, died on Sunday in the village of…
LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Tunde Mark, first son of former Senate President, Senator David Mark, is dead. According to Daily Sun, a family source said that Tunde died in the early hours of Friday in London, the United Kingdom. Tunde is said to have suffered from cancer and died at the age of 51 years. The…
LAGOS OCTOBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Comptroller in charge of the Trade Facilitation Unit of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Anthony Ayalogu, is dead. Ayalogu died at Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, after falling ill. In a statement issued by the Customs Public Relations Unit, AA Maiwada, said after Ayalogu became unconcious, he was rushed to…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Queen Elizabeth II, the monarch of the United Kingdom and head of the Commonwealth, has died at age 96, Buckingham Palace announced. The queen died on Thursday as members of her immediate family rushed to be by her side, including her son and heir, Prince Charles. “The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral…