LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former America’s Got Talent contestant Emily Gold, who competed with the Los Osos High School dance team, has died by suicide, the San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department confirmed to EW. She was 17. Gold and her team, from Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., won fans with both an Usher medley tribute in June and…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 55-year-old woman, identified only as Ifeoma, reportedly died shortly after collapsing while sharing a testimony at the Ministry Church in the Ejigbo area of Lagos State. PUNCH Online learnt that the incident, which occurred around 8:48 am during Sunday service on September 8, 2024, ultimately led to her death a few…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The man accused of killing Olympic marathon runner Rebecca Cheptegei by dousing her in petrol and setting her alight has also died, according to the hospital where they were both treated. Cheptegei’s former boyfriend, Dickson Ndiema, died at the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret on Monday night after being admitted…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-US rapper Fatman Scoop has died aged 53 after collapsing at his concert on Friday in Connecticut, his representative has told the BBC. He was halfway through his set at the Town Center Park in the city of Hamden when he collapsed on stage. Mayor Lauren Garrett said in a post to…
LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s first medallist at the Olympic Games, Nojim Maiyegun, has died this Monday. According to information gathered from multiple sources, Maiyegun, aged 85 died of natural causes in Vienna, Austria where he had been living for years. Known to be virtually impaired for years, he was reportedly in and out of hospital…
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Heartland’s Media Officer, Olatunde Liadi confirmed the death of the Heartland FC coach and former U-20 goalkeeper, Christian Obi In a statement on Saturday, following a ghastly accident involving one of the team’s buses on their way to Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, for a pre-season tournament on Friday. “With sadness…
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A dispatch rider was confirmed dead, and two others were rescued following a multiple-vehicle accident along the Lekki-Epe Expressway in Lagos. The accident occurred near Chevron, heading toward Ikota, along the expressway. Preliminary investigation revealed that a high-capacity ‘T&M’ bus (AKD 952 XZ) lost control due to brake failure while speeding, colliding…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Ogun State, Barrister ‘Niyi Ijalaye, is dead. It was reliably gathered that the Ogun REC slumped and died in Abuja on Monday evening after a meeting of RECs at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja. A source at the Ogun State…