LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mamelodi Sundowns and South Africa defender Motjeka Madisha died early Sunday after crawling out of a burning car wreckage following an accident, a club official told AFP. The 25-year-old star was one of two occupants of a car that went out of control, hit an advertising board and burst into flames in…
LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gerard Houllier who managed Premier League sides Liverpool and Aston Villa has died at the age of 73. The Frenchman, who spent six years at Anfield, has passed away just days after a heart operation. According to the Irish Mirror, the news was confirmed in France initially by both L’Equipe and RMC.
LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Paolo Rossi, the Italian soccer player who led his country to the 1982 World Cup title, has died, according to his broadcast partner with Rai Sport. He was 64. “A very sad news: Paolo Rossi left us,” RAI Sport presenter Enrico Varriale tweeted, as translated by The Guardian. “Unforgettable Pablito, who made…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former French president Valery Giscard d’Estaing, who led his country into a new modern era and onto a firmly pro-European path, died late Wednesday of Covid-19, his family said. Giscard, who had been in hospital several times in the last months for heart problems, died “surrounded by his family” at the family…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A sailor Popti Emmanuel has died in an accident at the waterfront of the Navy Sailing Club, Ojo, Lagos. The club, in a statement on Sunday, said the death of Mr Popti, who was a former national athlete, occured on November 28 when he was test-running his laser boat at the club’s…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Diego Maradona, one of the greatest players in soccer history who almost singlehandedly led his native Argentina to the 1986 World Cup title, has died, the country’s football federation said on Wednesday. He was 60. The cause of death was not immediately clear, but Maradona had long battled heath problems since his…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Seventeen years-old girl, Chisom Chukwuneke who scored seven A1s in WASC and was the best graduating student in her school last year died in South Africa. She won many awards in her school. The father of the Girl who is a Professor, Felix Chukwuneke shared a very touching story on his facebook…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The death toll from the rival cult war that seized Benin and its environs in Edo State on Friday has risen from 18 to 28. Among the 10 new casualties was the Assistant Commissioner of Police (name withheld), who was shot during the exchange of gunfire between the rival cult groups. The…