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…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Squadron Commander 9 Police Mobile Force Kano, Atiku Mohammed Nagodi has reportedly passed away. The top officer was said to have died this yesterday morning, according to a Police Superintendent identified as Abdullahi Bala Rano, who shared the sad news on Facebook. The cause of the squadron commander’s death was not…
LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Malam Rabiu Musa, Head of Communications in the Kano Field Office of UNICEF, is dead. His son, Musa Rabiu, who confirmed the death to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano, said that the UNICEF official died on Saturday at the age of 60. “My dad died at about 3 a.m…
LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)- Nigerian drummer and composer Tony Allen, who worked closely with musician Fela Kuti as a pioneer of the Afrobeat genre, died in Paris aged 79, his manager said. The Afrobeat sound, which rose to prominence in Nigeria in the 1970s, combined organ riffs with West African drum patterns and brass instruments….
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Former minister of justice and attorney-general of the federation, Chief Abimbola Osuolale Richard Akinjide is Dead. The 88-year-old legal icon died in his Ibadan, Oyo State, home. A family source said he died around 1 am. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria had been indisposed for about three years According to a source…
