LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 29-year-old footballer, Clement Adewale Adeyemi Oluyide, on Thursday evening slumped and died during the final match of Senator Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke memorial tournament in Osogbo, Osun State capital. The tournament was organised by the member of House of Representatives representing Ede North, Ede South, Egbedore, and Ejigbo Federal Constituency of Osun…
LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Ibadan-based broadcaster, Alhaji Oriyomi Hamzat has been hospitalised over the funfair stampede that resulted in the death of several children, DAILY POST gathered. Our correspondent learnt that Hamzat, who runs Agidigbo FM, slumped and became unconscious after the incident. About 35 children have been confirmed dead following the incident, which occurred…
LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kannywood industry is in mourning following the death of popular Hausa singer, El-Mu’az Muhammad Birniwa. The news of his passing was confirmed early Thursday by Abba El-Mustapha, the Executive Secretary of the Kano State Censorship Board, via a Facebook post. El-Mu’az reportedly collapsed on Wednesday while playing football in Kaduna and…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Naira today depreciated to N1,740 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,739 per dollar on Thursday. However, the Naira appreciated to N1,601.2 per dollar in the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market, NAFEM. Data from FMDQ showed that the indicative exchange rate for NAFEM fell to N1,600 per dollar from N1,601.2…
LAGOS OCTOBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Tragedy struck the United Methodist Church (UMC) on Tuesday night as renowned evangelist Norest Nyakudanga suddenly collapsed and passed away while delivering a sermon in Highlands, Harare. The 65-year-old preacher, from St. Peters Chitungwiza, was the guest speaker at the End of Year Revival gathering at the Chisipite UMC assembly, with…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 55-year-old woman, identified only as Ifeoma, reportedly died shortly after collapsing while sharing a testimony at the Ministry Church in the Ejigbo area of Lagos State. PUNCH Online learnt that the incident, which occurred around 8:48 am during Sunday service on September 8, 2024, ultimately led to her death a few…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Ogun State, Barrister ‘Niyi Ijalaye, is dead. It was reliably gathered that the Ogun REC slumped and died in Abuja on Monday evening after a meeting of RECs at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja. A source at the Ogun State…
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A rising footballer has died during a match training session in Ogrute, a community in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State, south-east Nigeria. The victim, Chisom Oodo, slumped during the training session on Saturday and died, PREMIUM TIMES gathered. The President of Concerned Igbo-Eze North Youths, Chijioke Eze, told PREMIUM…