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Former Bury captain, Martyn Forrest, has died at the age of 43, according to his wife.    The ex-player collapsed during a match 14 years ago and was later diagnosed with a brain tumour. Forrest continued to receive treatment and underwent brain surgery three times.   Earlier this year, he received …

A yet-to-be-identified commercial bus driver has died with many of his passengers injured after he suffered an accident while rushing to beat the traffic light at Marwa Bus Stop along the Lekki-Epe Expressway, Lagos State over the weeekend.   Confirming the incident to newsmen, the Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, …

Professor Olufemi Soyinka, the younger brother of Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, has died at the age of 85.   He died on Tuesday, June 15, at his residence in Kukumada Village, Ibadan, Oyo State.   His family released a statement that reads: “The Soyinka Family of Ake/Isara, Ogun State, has announced the …

Veteran Nollywood actor and filmmaker Yinka Ogundaisi has reportedly died. The death of the seasoned actor was announced by Ropo Ewenla in a WhatsApp message to members of the Ibadan Film Circle (IFC), a group the late filmmaker/film marker belonged to, The Nation reports. It reads: “Today, this morning, one …

A young boy has died after getting stuck between a dryer and washing machine while playing hide and seek.   The boy, aged between eight and ten, had been playing with his cousins and family members when the drama unfolded at the home on Murphy Road, right outside Coolidge, Georgia.   …

Popular film maker Edgard Leroy has died in a car crash along Lagos-Ibadan express way barely a month after winning his first Africa Magic Viewers Choice Award. The Cameroonian-born film maker was on his way to Ibadan, Oyo State for a movie shoot when the unfortunate incident happened. His friend …

The movie industry has been thrown into mourning again after one of its own, Veteran filmmaker, Wale Fanu, reportedly died. Naija News reports that Jide Bisayo, an associate of the late filmmaker announced on Sunday. Before death, the 72-year-old veteran, who lived with sickle cell, was the managing director of …

Alexander Nikitin, the principal coach of the world chess champion Garry Kasparov from the time Mr. Kasparov was 10 until years after he had become the titleholder, died on June 5 in Moscow. He was 87. The International Chess Federation, the game’s governing body, announced his death on its website. …

British businesswoman and star of Dragon’s Den, Hilary Devey, has died at the age of 65 after battling a ‘long illness’.    Her publicist in a statement on Sunday, said that the Bolton-born multi-millionaire died in Morocco at her holiday home on Saturday night, June 11.   “I can confirm that Hilary …

Omotola Akinsanya, the Nigerian lady knocked down by a Lebanese man while driving against traffic on May 4, has died.   The Lebanese man identified as John Greg was driving a Toyota 4Runner   He was said to have been driving recklessly and against traffic on Sanusi Fafunwa Road when he hit Omotola …