LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Ivory Coast Prime Minister Charles Konan Banny died in a Paris hospital on Friday after contracting Covid-19, close aides said. Banny, 78, who was in office from 2005-2007, was being treated at the American Hospital in the Paris suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine after contracting the disease in Ivory Coast. “He changed my…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Jean-Pierre Adams, an ex-soccer player in France, has died after being in a coma for 39 years. He was 73. On Monday, Adams’ former clubs — Nimes Olympique, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Nice — confirmed his death in various statements. “This morning, we learned about the death of Jean-Pierre Adams. He played…
LAGOS AUGUST 25TH (NEWSRANGERS) – Hissene Habre, the former strongman president of Chad and security ally of the West during the Cold War who was later jailed for war crimes, died on Tuesday in Senegal at the age of 79, Senegal’s justice minister said. Habre contracted COVID-19 at a clinic in the capital Dakar where…
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The lone occupant of a car lost his life on Monday, August 23, when he lost control of his car, causing the vehicle to crash into a streetlight pole before it eventually somersaulted on the Lekki-Epe Expressway in Lagos State. The incident occurred around 10:20 a.m. at Ologolo inward Agungi on the…
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mrs Hadiza Shagari, wife of Nigeria’s Late former President Shehu Shagari, is dead. She was aged 80-year-old. Her family said she died at a COVID-19 Isolation Centre in Abuja on Thursday. She is expected to be buried today. “We regret to announce the demise of our beloved mother, Hajiya Hadiza Shehu Shagari,…
LAGOS AUGUST 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mohammed Fawehinmi, son of the late erudite lawyer and activist Gani Fawehinmi, has died at the age of 52. The younger Fawehinmi died on Wednesday, Qed.ng learnt. “He complained of difficulty in breathing this morning and was taken to the hospital and that was all,” a source said. Mohammed obtained a law…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Renowned security expert,Dr Ona Ekhomu is dead.Ekhomu passed away on Monday night after he took ill few weeks ago. Born in March 1955,Ekhomu was the chairman,Transworld Security Systems Limited and a founding member of the American Society for Industry Security (ASIS) International in Nigeria. He held several leadership positions in the private…
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Rivers State Police Command and the Nigeria sports sector were thrown into mourning, following the sudden passing of the state deputy Police spokesman, Christian Udogu. According to a close source in the command, Udogu, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, was with his family on Wednesday evening watching a programme on television…