LAGOS JANUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Brazilian barber who cut Pele’s hair for more than 60 years is lamenting the loss of both a customer and a close friend. Joao Araujo, whose nickname is Didi, has his shop not far from the stadium where the football legend once played for the Santos team. On Monday and Tuesday,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has expressed sadness over the death of Chief Sylvester Nwobu-Alor, which he described as devastating. Obi was reacting to Chief Nwobu-Alor’s death over which he requested one minute silence when he got the news during his consultations in faraway United Kingdom. He described…
LAGOS OCTOBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, the Emir of Ilorin, Alh. Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari and the Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU), have mourned the death of a popular Islamic preacher and foremost Qur’an memoriser, Sheikh AbdulGaniyu Aboto. Sheikh Aboto, a prominent alumni of Kamaliyyya- Adabiyya, the educational wing of the Ansarul Islam Society…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-During a soccer match at Tallaght Stadium in Dublin, Ireland, on Thursday night — just hours after the death of Queen Elizabeth II — the crowd broke into song. “Lizzy’s in a box, in a box, Lizzy’s in a box!” they sang. The death of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch at age 96 was…
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has expressed shock over the death of Mrs. Ezeife Njideka, the wife of the former Governor of Anambra State and prominent Igbo leader, Chukwuemeka Ezeife. Obi, in a Condolence Message made available to the Press, expressed…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden have announced the death of their “beloved” German Shepherd Champ, who had been with them for 13 years. “Our family lost our loving companion Champ today. I will miss him,” President Biden wrote on Twitter. Champ was one of two German Shepherds living…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in the 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has condoled with the Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, who lost his father, Chief Arthur Okorie Uzoma Okowa, on the early hours of Thursday, January 28, 2021. In a Condolence Message from his Media Office, Obi…
LAGOS JANUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has said how pained he is to hear of the death of Joe Erico, a former Super Eagles goalkeeper. Erico was also part of the coaching crew that led Super Eagles to the 2000 Africa…
