LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Saburi Adeniji, a Nigerian footballer and left winger for Kings Park Rangers Football Club of Sudbury, at Great Cornard, Suffolk, England, has died after battling a severe brain stem injury. The football club is a non-league side competing in the Eastern Counties League Division One North. In a Saturday statement announcing his…
LAGOS OCTOBER 14TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Renowned Nigerian evangelist and spiritual leader of Uma Ukpai Evangelistic Association, Rev. Dr. Uma Ukpai, is dead. This was confirmed in a statement on Monday by his family, who said he passed away on October 6 2025 at the age of 80. The family described his passing as a “glorious transition” from…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Hulk Hogan, one of America’s best-known wrestling stars, has died at the age of 71. The star, born Terry Gene Bollea and known for his flowing blond hair and iconic handlebar moustache, died at his home in Florida on Thursday. Hogan began his professional wrestling career in 1977, but shot to fame…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Obisia Nwankpa, the legendary Nigerian boxer, has died at the age of 75. Rafiu Ladipo, president of the Nigeria Boxing Board of Control (NBB of C), confirmed the iconic boxer’s death to TheCable on Thursday. Nwankpa passed away in the early hours of Tuesday, a few months after it was revealed that he…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The father of Junior Pope, Ozor Luke Odonwodo, has died one year after the actor passed away. Junior Pope’s wife, Jennifer Awele, in an Instagram post, disclosed that her father-in-law died in his 80s. She described octogenarian as a caring and devoted father figure who lived a “good life”, prioritised his loved ones…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Super-featherweight boxer John Cooney, 28, has died after his defeat by Welshman Nathan Howells in Belfast last Saturday. The Irish boxer suffered an intracranial haemorrhage and had surgery to relieve pressure on his brain following the bout at the Ulster Hall. Galway man Cooney was assessed by the medical team in the…