LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, Major General Christopher Jemitola rtd., is dead. Jemitola tragically passed away on Thursday after collapsing at the IBB International Golf and Country Club in Abuja. Sources close to his family confirmed that the retired military officer was rushed to the hospital immediately after the incident…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A district head in the Zazzau emirate council of Kaduna State slumped at an occasion, on Thursday, and later died at the Gambo Sawaba General Hospital, Kofar gayan Zaria. The Sarkin Yakin Zazzau, Alhaji Rilwan Yahaya Pate, slumped attending an occasion along with the Emir of Zazzau, Mallam Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli. Confirming…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Minister of Federal Capital Territory FCT General Jeremiah Useni has passed on at the age of 82 after a protracted illness. Governor Caleb Muftwang of Plateau State who disclosed this in a statement signed by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Gyang Bere depicted that the elder statesman passed…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 29-year-old footballer, Clement Adewale Adeyemi Oluyide, on Thursday evening slumped and died during the final match of Senator Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke memorial tournament in Osogbo, Osun State capital. The tournament was organised by the member of House of Representatives representing Ede North, Ede South, Egbedore, and Ejigbo Federal Constituency of Osun…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ghanaian music legend and saxophonist Teddy Osei, who founded the Afro-rock band Osibisa, has died aged 88. The talented drummer and vocalist passed away in London on Tuesday. He was “an important voice in music and culture, and he will be missed, but never forgotten,” the statement read. Osei rose to acclaim…
LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives member representing Ikenne/Sagamu/Remo North Federal Constituency, Rt Hon. Oriyomi Adewunmi Onanuga, aka Ijaya, is dead. SaharaReporters learnt that Onanuga, the Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, died after a brief illness. Meanwhile, the sad news is yet to be made official to the public either by…
LAGOS JANUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) deeply regrets to report a tragic road accident that transpired earlier this morning near the Secretariat inward Otedola Bridge along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Lagos. The unfortunate incident involved a mini bus, commonly referred to as “Korope,” which collided with a moving long truck due to brake…
LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Jimmy Carter, the oldest living president of the United States, has died at the age of 100. Carter, who was president between 1977 and 1981, died on Sunday at his home in Plains, Georgia, according to The Carter Center. “Our founder, former US President Jimmy Carter, passed away this afternoon in Plains,…
