LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Marseille president Pape Diouf has died at age 68 due to complications from Covid-19. Diouf had been hospitalised in his native Senegal and was placed under respiratory assistance on Saturday after his illness became serious. The Senegal native’s relatives had hoped to transport him to France to receive further medical attention but…
LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian and an indigene of Kano Hajia Laila Abubakar Ali who is living in the United States has reportedly died of coronavirus. The death of the 60-year-old woman was revealed by Salihu Yakasai, spokesman to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state, early Thursday. Yakasai said the deceased was the elder sister…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senator Rose Oko, representing Cross River North Senatorial District of Cross River is dead, aged 63. The late Senator Oko, who died last night at a UK hospital, was the Chairman, Senate Committee on Trade and Investment. Sources said the senator was flown to the UK about 2 weeks ago to receive…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A Catholic priest, Rev. Father, Cyprian Kooro, has reportedly slumped and died while conducting mass in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. A source, who spoke in confidence said said the morning mass was underway on Sunday at St. Helen Catholic Church, Ogbogoro when the priest suddenly collapsed. He said other officials of the…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Administrator of Bethlehem Girls College, Abule-Ado has been confirmed dead. This was contained in a twitter message by a priest of the Catholic Church, Augustine mario. According to him, Rev. Sr. Henrietta Alokha SSH, Principal of Bethlehem Girls College, Abúlé Ado struggled to rescue her students in the pipeline fire explosion…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A corps member has died hours after complaining of stomach pain. Idemudia Jude, a Batch C Stream A corps member serving in Sokoto state, complained of stomach pain on Monday night, March 9. He was rushed to the hospital but was pronounced dead shortly after. The deceased was a Food Technology graduate of the…
LAGOS MARCH 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Tasnim news agency on Monday reported that Seyed Mohammad Mir-Mohammadi, a member of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Expediency Discernment Council, died of COVID-19. His death comes as other top Iranian officials have contracted the virus. The country has the highest death toll in the world, after China. Seyed Mohammad Mir-Mohammadi was…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 40-year-old man, Paul Okwudili, died in the wee hours of this morning of Monday, February 24, 2020 while having sex with a lady at a hotel in Onitsha, Anambra State. The deceased, who resided at Ogboliolosi off Awka Road Inland town Onitsha, allegedly took the unidentified 30-year-old lady to the hotel…