LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ace broadcaster with Radio Nigeria, Yahaya Umar, reportedly died Sunday night in his office on the 11th floor of the Radio House in Area 10, Abuja. The assistant Director with the Federal Radio Corporation (FRCN) was one of the most recognisable voices on the FRCN network with his unique style of anchoring…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Cameroon international died at the age of 68 on Friday, May 16, leaving behind a towering legacy that spanned two golden decades of African football. African football has been dealt another heartbreaking blow with the passing of Emmanuel Kunde, one of the continent’s most iconic and revered defenders. The former…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Panic gripped motorists along the Ketu expressway in Lagos after a driver suddenly stopped his car and was later discovered to have died behind the wheel in traffic. The tragedy unfolded in Ketu, Lagos, when the yet to be identified man reportedly died suddenly while driving in traffic. The incident occurred on…
LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A female broadcast journalist, working at Ogun State Television (OGTV), Abeokuta, Mrs. Bukola Agbakaizu on Monday slumped and died while preparing for afternoon shift duty at the state-owned television station. Agbakaizu’s death was confirmed by the Secretary, Nigeria Union of Journalists, Ogun State Council, Mr. Bunmi Adigun, in a statement issued in…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRNAGERS)-A prominent Lagos hotelier, Otunba Kunle Akinyele, tragically passed away on Saturday after collapsing during a church thanksgiving service held in honour of his wife’s 60th birthday. The incident occurred at Christ Apostolic Church, Oke-Iyanu, Odemuyiwa District Headquarters, Egbeda, Lagos State, leaving family, friends, and well-wishers in deep shock. In a now-viral…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-World leaders pay tributes as The Pope Franci’s death comes fewer than 24 hours after he made an appearance at the Vatican’s St Peter’s Square for Easter Sunday. He came out in a wheelchair and waved from the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica to cheering crowds and said: “Dear brothers and sisters,…
LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former MLS and Gabon forward Aaron Boupendza has died aged 28 following a fall from the 11th floor of a building in China, local authorities confirmed. The striker, who played for FC Cincinnati and Romanian club Rapid București, joined Chinese Super League side Zhejiang FC earlier this year. The Hangzhou Public Security…
LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRAGERS)-The boxing world has been thrown into mourning following the unfortunate death of Nigerian boxer Gabriel Oluwasegun Olanrewaju, who collapsed and died during a fight at the Bukom Boxing Arena in Accra, Ghana, Saturday night. Olanrewaju was competing against Ghanaian boxer John Mbanugu, also known as “Power,” in an undercard fight of…
