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High-profile football agent, Mino Raiola, has died at the age of 54 following a battle with lung disease.   Raiol respresented several players including Paul Pogba, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Marco Verratti, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Matthijs de Ligt, Erling Haaland, and Harry Fletcher.      Raiola was hospitalised in Milan back in January …

Kenneth Tsang  86, has died in a Covid quarantine hotel.   The actor, who starred in huge Hollywood films such James Bond flick Die Another Day (2002) and Rush Hour 2 (2001), went into mandatory quarantine at the Kowloon Hotel after returning from Singapore on Monday, April 25.   It’s claimed Ministry of Health …

A mother of six, Mrs Anulika Uguru, has died in Ebonyi State a week after she cried out over alleged incessant battery and other forms of domestic violence by her husband, Sunday Uguru.   Sampson Oko Nweke, Chairman of Human Rights Defenders (HURIDE) Ebonyi State, who disclosed this in a statement …

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed another outbreak of Ebola in Africa.   WHO sounded the alarm after a second person died from the deadly disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.   This marks the 14th breakout of the disease that the country has seen since 1976, with WHO beginning …

A former Minister of Youth, Sports, and Culture under the Babangida military era, Alabo Graham-Douglas, is dead.   He was 82 years old. He died in a hospital in Abuja on Monday, April 25.   The Late Graham-Douglas became Commissioner for Youths, Sports and Culture in 1986 in Rivers State and …

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, has died. He was 83-years old.   The monarch died at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, on Friday night, April 22nd. His body has since been taken to Oyo state where his burial rites have since begun.   He was the …

The Niger State Correspondent of the African Independent Television (AIT), Mallam Muhammad Danladi Ibrahim, has died in a fatal motor accident.    It was gathered that the accident occurred on Thursday, April 21, in Minna, the Niger state capital.   Chairman and Secretary of the Niger State Correspondents Chapel of the …

A 27-year-old Nigerian man identified as Victory has died after he allegedly jumped from 21st floor of his condominium in Malaysia.   It was gathered that the incident happened at Mutiara ville (21st floor. Block F2) in Cyberjaya on Tuesday afternoon, April 19, 2022.    The reasons for his action are unknown, …

Mwai Kibaki, Kenya’s third president from 2003-2013, has died aged 90.   Kibaki’s death was announced by current Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta.   While announcing Kibaki’s death, Kenyatta recalled his long public service, including being a member of parliament for five decades.   “Kibaki was a quintessential patriot whose legacy …

An Assistant Commissioner of Police, Emmanuel Idowu Asufi, has died while on duty on Tuesday, April 19.   Asufi who was in the office on Tuesday, had attended an official function and went back to his office where he was said to have collapsed and died before help could come …