LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Mr. Ferdinand Agu, former Director General of the defunct National Maritime Authority (NMA), now known as the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has died. Agu, who attended a traditional wedding in Abuja yesterday and was there until about 9 pm, died this morning after suffering a heart attack. A source…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Using marijuana as little as once per month is associated with a higher risk of both heart attack and stroke, according to a large study published Wednesday by researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital. The risks rose sharply the more frequently marijuana was used. The paper, which was published in the Journal of…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Flight attendant, Yasser Saleh, died of a heart attack while working on a flight from Bahrain to Paris Charles de Gaulle. Dead On Arrival The Gulf Air flight attendant was confirmed dead on arrival at the hospital on Tuesday morning. Saleh was part of the cabin crew on flight GF 19 which…
LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hugo Maradona, the younger brother of Argentine football legend Diego, has died of a heart attack at the age of 52. Hugo suffered the fatal attack at his home in Naples, the city where Diego played at the peak of his career and where Hugo played as a junior, around 11.50am Tuesday….
LAGOS DECEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Sad news are coming from Egypt where El-Magd SC coach Adham El-Selhedar suffered a heart attack during celebrations of his side’s 92nd minute winner and passed away. The side from Alexandria, Cairo were facing Al-Zarka in Egypt’s second division on Thursday afternoon when the tragedy happened. Just when it looked like the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 75-year-old man from Beit She’an died of a heart attack about two hours after being vaccinated against the novel coronavirus on Monday morning, the Health Ministry reported. The man had preexisting conditions and had suffered from heart attacks in the past, it said. Health Ministry director-general Chezy Levy has launched an…
LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Paolo Rossi, the Italian soccer player who led his country to the 1982 World Cup title, has died, according to his broadcast partner with Rai Sport. He was 64. “A very sad news: Paolo Rossi left us,” RAI Sport presenter Enrico Varriale tweeted, as translated by The Guardian. “Unforgettable Pablito, who made…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A tragedy was averted after a plane packed with tourists was forced to make an emergency landing after a pilot suffered a suspected heart attack in the cockpit before dying. The pilot who was a 49-year-old was flying the Russian state airline Aeroflot Airbus 320 on a domestic flight from Moscow at…