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Breaking News! Former Super Eagles Coach Stephen Okechukwu Keshi Is Dead Nigerian football icon Stephen Okechukwu Keshi died suddenly in the early hours of Wednesday in Benin City, Edo state The former international football player and coach had lost his wife of 33 years, Kate, last year after a prolonged battle with cancer. ILorincitymedia confirmed his death from a member of his family as well as one of his close associates. “He was not ill at all, never showed any signs of illness, but we suspect he never got over the death of his wife,” a friend said. He is survived by four children and his mother. Keshi, the only Nigerian coach to have won the Africa Cup of Nations, achieved a rare feat in 2013 by becoming only the second person to win the trophy both as a player and a coach. The only other person to have achieved the feat is Egypt’s Mahmoud El-Gohary. Keshi, a product of St. Finbarr’s College, Akoka, Lagos, started his playing career at a very young age at ACB Footbal

Nigerian Football Player Dies In Car Crash, One Week To His Wedding Plateau United Football Club of Jos,yesterday lost one of its players, Soboye Shehuin, in an auto crash along Kaduna-Jos Road. The Media Officer of the club, Albert Dakup, said that Shehu died less than 3km to his final destination, adding that he was preparing for his wedding, this week Saturday. Nigerian Football Player Dies In Car Crash, One Week To His Wedding