LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)- – Gambia’s Vice-President Badara Alieu Joof has died of illness in India, President Adama Barrow said on Tuesday. Joof, 65, was appointed vice president of the West African country in 2022. He had previously served as education minister. Barrow said on Twitter that Joof had died “after a short illness” without…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Queen Elizabeth II, the monarch of the United Kingdom and head of the Commonwealth, has died at age 96, Buckingham Palace announced. The queen died on Thursday as members of her immediate family rushed to be by her side, including her son and heir, Prince Charles. “The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral…
LAGOS AUGUST 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Professor Charles Quakers Dokubo, the former Niger Delta Amnesty boss, has reportedly passed away after a brief illness. Dokubo, 70, died on Wednesday night in a hospital in Abuja, Vanguard Newspaper reports. Before his demise, Dokubo was appointed as a Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on the Presidential Amnesty Programme in…
LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Inspector-General of Police, Mustapha Balogun is dead He died after a brief illness Mr Balogun was Born August 25, 1947, in Ila Orangun, Osun State. He was appointed the IGP in March 2002. Balogun died at 74. He was a member of cadet Assistant Superintendent of Police Course 3. Having worked…
LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former boxing world champion Johnny Famechon has died in Melbourne after a lengthy illness. He was 77. The Sport Australia Hall of Fame announced Famechon’s death in a statement on Thursday. Famechon was struck by a car while jogging in 1991 in Sydney which caused him to suffer a stroke and resulted…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ace musician, Ambassador Osayomore Joseph, who was kidnapped on October 3, shortly after he performed at the one year coronation anniversary of the Oba of Benin, at the palace, has died. The death of the music maestro was confirmed in a post by the chairman of COSON, chief Tony Okoroji. Okoroji said:…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chief Mrs. Christiana Njideka Ezeife, wife of the first Civilian Governor of Anambra State, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife (Okwadike Igbo Ukwu) is dead. Disclosing her death in a statement on his Facebook page, the governor of Anambra state, Prof Charles Soludo said: “The loss of a loved one comes with a lot of…
LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, has passed on. He was 83 years old. The top Yoruba monarch died in the late hours of Friday, according to palace officials. Adeyemi died at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, The PUNCH was told. The late Alaafin’s first son, Prince…
