LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-World leaders pay tributes as The Pope Franci’s death comes fewer than 24 hours after he made an appearance at the Vatican’s St Peter’s Square for Easter Sunday. He came out in a wheelchair and waved from the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica to cheering crowds and said: “Dear brothers and sisters,…
LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former MLS and Gabon forward Aaron Boupendza has died aged 28 following a fall from the 11th floor of a building in China, local authorities confirmed. The striker, who played for FC Cincinnati and Romanian club Rapid București, joined Chinese Super League side Zhejiang FC earlier this year. The Hangzhou Public Security…
LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRAGERS)-The boxing world has been thrown into mourning following the unfortunate death of Nigerian boxer Gabriel Oluwasegun Olanrewaju, who collapsed and died during a fight at the Bukom Boxing Arena in Accra, Ghana, Saturday night. Olanrewaju was competing against Ghanaian boxer John Mbanugu, also known as “Power,” in an undercard fight of…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian movie industry has once again been plunged into grief as renowned director Rotimi Raji, fondly known as Genius, has been confirmed dead. According to reports making waves online, Raji was found lifeless in his bathroom, barely a day after Valentine’s Day. He had reportedly slumped. Living alone in Baruwa, Ipaja,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Super-featherweight boxer John Cooney, 28, has died after his defeat by Welshman Nathan Howells in Belfast last Saturday. The Irish boxer suffered an intracranial haemorrhage and had surgery to relieve pressure on his brain following the bout at the Ulster Hall. Galway man Cooney was assessed by the medical team in the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, Major General Christopher Jemitola rtd., is dead. Jemitola tragically passed away on Thursday after collapsing at the IBB International Golf and Country Club in Abuja. Sources close to his family confirmed that the retired military officer was rushed to the hospital immediately after the incident…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A district head in the Zazzau emirate council of Kaduna State slumped at an occasion, on Thursday, and later died at the Gambo Sawaba General Hospital, Kofar gayan Zaria. The Sarkin Yakin Zazzau, Alhaji Rilwan Yahaya Pate, slumped attending an occasion along with the Emir of Zazzau, Mallam Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli. Confirming…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Minister of Federal Capital Territory FCT General Jeremiah Useni has passed on at the age of 82 after a protracted illness. Governor Caleb Muftwang of Plateau State who disclosed this in a statement signed by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Gyang Bere depicted that the elder statesman passed…