LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Minister of Science and Technology, Major General Sam Momah (Rtd.) is dead. He died on Wednesday afternoon after complicated diabetic issues. He died having celebrated his 77th birthday on July 6 during which he launched his 13th book titled: “Restructuring to save Nigeria from post-oil disintegration.” The one- time Adjutant General…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party in Abia State, Johnson Onuigbo, popularly known as Akinboard is dead. He died in the late hours of Monday after a brief illness. TVC News gathered that his remains have been deposited at an undisclosed hospital mortuary in Umuahia, the State Capital. A family source who…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Nigerian international, Musa Nosa Kadiri, has passed away at the age of 53 in New York. A source said Kadiri, ex- Flying Eagles star, went into a coma after falling from his apartment which caused bleeding in the brain. SaharaReporters gathered that he died on Friday. A statement says his funeral…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Apparently overwhelmed by the implications of his earlier allegation against the National Assembly (NASS) members, the embattled Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio has reversed himself, replying the legislative Chambers with denial of accusing the lawmakers of involving in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) contract scams. Speaker of the House…
LAGOS JULY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Reverend Father, Rev. Fr. Joachim Cabanyes, of the Catholic Diocese of Enugu has died of COVID-19 related complications. This was made known in a statement released by Rev. Fr. Nkemjika Igweshi, Secretary to Most Rev. Callistus Onaga, Bishop of the Diocese. He died at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital isolation…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It has been reported that an unidentified middle-aged woman reportedly died in public transport, on Wednesday, in Ekiti State. According to Vanguard, it was gathered that the woman boarded the public transport with other passengers, which took off from Ado-Ekiti en route Igede when the incident happened. According to other passengers, the…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, the first-ever female combat helicopter pilot in Nigeria, is dead. She was barely 23 years of age. Arotile died as a result of head injuries sustained from a road traffic accident at Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Base Kaduna. Her death came barely a year after she was winged…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Zindzi Mandela, the youngest daughter of South Africa’s first black president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela has died aged 59, her family and President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Monday. Daughter to Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, she was South Africa’s ambassador to Denmark at the time of her death. “Ambassador Mandela passed away in…
