LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senator Bayo Osinowo, popularly known as Pepper, who represented Lagos East at the National Assembly, has died. Osinowo died on Monday at the First Cardiologist Hospital, Lagos, the same hospital where late Chief of Staff of the President, Abba Kyari, died. The federal legislator, though diabetic, is said to have died of…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Burundian president died from the coronavirus, according to medics at the hospital where he was flown to following his death. The country’s government had announced Pierre Nkurunziza’s cause of death as from a heart attack. A medical source at the Karusi hospital where Nkurunziza died, has confirmed the president was in ‘respiratory…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Abubakar Tsav, a former Commissioner of Police in Lagos, has passed away. According to a family source, he died at the Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi, Benue State, at the age of 81 Confirming the incident in a social media post on Monday, his daughter, Heiress Ramatu Weren, said, “I just lost my dad,…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS) – A former Governor of Ondo State, South West Nigeria, Evangelist Bamidele Olumilua, is dead. Reports said the politician’s eldest son, Muyiwa Olumilua, who is a serving Commissioner (for Information and Civic Orientation), in the State announced the death early Thursday. Muyiwa confirmed that his father died in his Ikire-Ekiti countryhome in…
LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian reggae icon, Majek Fashek, is dead, his former backup singer, Monica Omorodion Swaida, has revealed. Writing in a Facebook post on Tuesday morning (Nigerian time), Monica, who is based in the US said: “I have been getting phone calls and text messages. How news flies. “It is true. I didn’t want…
LAGOS MAY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A very young and vibrant Ghanaian blogger known as Germaine has reportedly died. In reference to reports, he died from Coronavirus in South Africa. The news surrounding his death is reported by a colleague blogger known as Gizo. A check on Germaine’s personal Facebook account reveals his last post was made on…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-– With reports reaching us, the Dan Iyan of Kano who is the district head of Dawakin kudu, Yusuf Bayero, has died in the early hours of Sunday. Yusuf was said to have died after a protracted illness. A source in the Kano emirate confirmed his death. He is a younger brother…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The soul, funk and R&B singer Betty Wright, celebrated across pop genres for her remarkable vocal prowess, has died aged 66. The cause of death was not immediately known but Wright’s niece confirmed the news, writing on Twitter: “Sleep in peace aunty Betty Wright. Fly high angel.” Wright was best known for…