LAGOS JANUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives member representing Ikenne/Sagamu/Remo North Federal Constituency, Rt Hon. Oriyomi Adewunmi Onanuga, aka Ijaya, is dead. SaharaReporters learnt that Onanuga, the Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, died after a brief illness. Meanwhile, the sad news is yet to be made official to the public either by…
LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Jimmy Carter, the oldest living president of the United States, has died at the age of 100. Carter, who was president between 1977 and 1981, died on Sunday at his home in Plains, Georgia, according to The Carter Center. “Our founder, former US President Jimmy Carter, passed away this afternoon in Plains,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-WRESTLING legend Rey Misterio Snr has died aged 66 – just weeks after a family tragedy. Misterio Snr, real name Miguel Ángel López Días, was the uncle of WWE hall of fame entrant Rey Mysterio. The masked luchador started wrestling in 1976 and officially retired in 2009. Mexican wrestling company Lucha Libre…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Liberian warlord, Prince Johnson, a key player in the 1989-2003 back-to-back civil wars, died Thursday aged 72. Officials from his party and the Senate told AFP. Johnson, who was seen sipping beer in a video as fighters loyal to him tortured then president Samuel Doe to death in 1990, was an…
LAGOS MAY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The secretary general of Nigeria witches and wizards, Doctor Okhue Iboi, has died. According to OpenLife he died in the early hours of Sunday, May 12, 2024 at his home town in Otuo, Owan East Local Government Area, Edo State. He was 65 years old. The trado-medical practitioner who, in some of…
LAGOS APRIL 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The first democratically elected Governor of the old Abia State and former Nigerian Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu has died at the age of 73. The younger brother of the deceased confirmed this exclusively to ait.live that the ex-Minister died of a prolonged illness which started days after the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The former governor of Yobe State, Bukar Abba Ibrahim has died. He died in Saudi Arabia after a protracted illness, a source told SaharaReporters on Sunday. He was 73 years old. Another source close to the family posted on his Facebook page: “Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi rajiun. “Sen. Bukar Abba Ibrahim…
LAGOS JANUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Melania Trump’s mother, Amalija Knavs, has died, the former first lady announced Tuesday night. She was 78. “It is with deep sadness that I announce the passing of my beloved mother, Amalija,” Trump, 53, wrote on X on Jan. 9, describing her as “a strong woman who always carried herself with grace,…
