LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Mystery surrounds the fate of Bitcoin billionaire Mircea Popescu amid reports he drowned off the coast of Costa Rica. The widely reported death of the controversial investor has now sparked speculation about what will happen to his bitcoin fortune — which is estimated to be worth more than £1.4billion ($2 billion). According…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Obama DMW, a close friend and road manager of Nigerian Afrobeats singer Davido, has died. Obama DMW, whose real name is Habeeb Ademola Uthman, died on Tuesday 29th, 2021. According to Pulse NG, Obama DMW drove himself to Ever Care Hospital in Lekki, Lagos to complain of breathing difficulties. He was admitted…
LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-John McAfee, the creator of the McAfee antivirus software, has been found dead in his cell in a jail near Barcelona, a government official told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Hours earlier, a Spanish court issued a preliminary ruling in favor of the 75-year-old tycoon’s extradition to the United States to face…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A final year female student of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Omotoke Suliyat reportedly dies after she slumped while having a bath. Report states that, the HND2 student of Marketing Department slumped in the bathroom and was immediately rushed to Hope Hospital at Adigbe where she was confirmed dead on Sunday, June 13. The…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man believed to have the world’s largest family, including 39 wives, 94 children, 33 grandchildren and one great-grandchild, has died in the northeastern Indian state of Mizoram. Ziona Chana, 76, was the head of a polygamous Christian religious sect with 4,000 members, and his extended family all lived together in one…
LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Founder of the Synagogue, Church of All Nations, Temitope Joshua, better known as Prophet TB Joshua, is dead. Joshua reportedly died on Saturday night in Lagos after concluding a programme at his church. The church and his family have not officially announced his death. He was 57. Plans were underway for his…
LAGOS MAY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 19-year-old Ugandan woman accused of obtaining money through false pretense by faking a pregnancy has died after collapsing in court. The deceased identified as Olivia Nassanga on Wednesday, May 26, collapsed in Mityana Magistrate’s Court where she had reported for her bail application, following her release from Mityana Prison. According to the…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former American sprinter Lee Evans, the 1968 Olympic 400m champion, has died aged 74, The PUNCH reports. Evans suffered a stroke last week in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, and has been on life support at the Babcock University Teaching Hospital, Ilishan-Remo. Retired footballer and 1980 AFCON winner Segun Odegbami, a close…