LAGOS APRIL 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The immediate past Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force (DOPRI), Air Commodore Wapkerem Maigida, has been confirmed dead in Abuja. Air Commodore Maigida who was recently posted to the Directorate Civil/Military Affairs, was said to have slumped and passed on Sunday evening. Maigida the 18th DOPRI took over from…
LAGOS MARCH 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The South African rapper Costa Titch died on stage while performing, police said Sunday, as they opened an investigation in the circumstances of the 28-year-old’s sudden death. The artist “collapsed while he was performing” on Saturday evening at the Ultra South Africa concert in the Johannesburg suburb of Nasrec, police told AFP….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A judge of the Court of Appeal, sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, Justice Lokulo-Sodipe, is dead. He died at the age of 67. The judge was said to have slumped in his office while dressing up to attend a court session. It was gathered that all attempts to revive him…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A Grade Level 13 officer with the Lagos State University(LASU) Ojo, Mr Ademola Adesola has reportedly slumped and died while queuing in a bank within the university to withdraw N5,000 of new notes as officially pegs by the bank for an individual account holder. The Head of the Publicity and Public Relations…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Belgian goalkeeper Arne Espeel collapsed on the field and died after saving a penalty kick, according to reports. The 25-year-old was playing for Sint-Eloois-Winkel Sport’s B team in a second provincial division match against Westrozebeke on Saturday evening, according to Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad. “Home goalkeeper Arne Espeel stopped Mohammed El Baghdadi’s…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Michael Adeniran, the father of a 12-year-old Chrisland International School student, Opebi branch, has taken to social media to cry out over the death of his daughter, Whitney Adeniran, who allegedly died during the school’s inter-house sports activities. According to posts making the rounds on social media on Saturday night, Adeniran said his…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A middle-aged man, Aso Orji, of Amosu Eddah, Afikpo South Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, slumped and died on Sunday during church service. He was confirmed dead at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki. Orji, who is the choir director of Presbyterian Church, Kpirikpiri, Abakaliki, was said to have…
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Defender with Nasarawa United FC, Chieme Martins slumped and died on the field during a football match. The sad incident occurred on Sunday, 8th March during a match between his team and Katsina United in Lafia, Nasarawa state. Martins was rushed to a hospital after he was attended to by medics…