The remains of Olabode Olawuyi, the zoo attendant killed by a lion at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Zoological Garden, Ile-Ife, have been laid to rest. The burial took place on Wednesday at OAU Cemetery after a funeral service at the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Ile-Ife....
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The remains of Nollywood actor Tolani Oyebamiji aka Sisi Quadri who died on Friday, March 1, has been buried in his hometown in Agbowo area of Iwo. Sisi died after a brief illness at the Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital in Ogbomoso . Mr Marufudeen Lawal, Chairman Odun...
President Bola Tinubu on Friday led governors, members of the National Assembly and other dignitaries to the final burial ceremony of former Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, in Owo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that also present was the Secretary to the Government of the...
Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa on Wednesday said the late former Governor of the state, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, would be remembered for his good deeds, especially standing for truth and justice. Aiyedatiwa stated this during a special court session held in honour of the late former governor at the...
Residents of Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Wednesday paid their last respect to the late former Governor of the State, Rotimi Akeredolu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that students lined up at the major road side in the state capital to wave to the motorcade...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – Ondo State Government has declared Thursday, Feb. 22 and Friday, Feb. 23 as public holidays in honour of the late former Governor Rotimi Akeredolu. Akeredolu died in Germany on Dec. 27, 2023 and would be buried on Friday in Owo, his hometown, according to...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Presidential delegation led by the National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, Minister of Agriculture, Senator Abubakar Kyari, Governor Babagana Zulum, Senator MT Monguno, Senator Kaka Shehu Lawan, members of House of Representatives from Borno state and Borno State Assembly members, among other...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – Former Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu will be buried on February 23, 2024. The late Akeredolu’s family, revealed this in a funeral timetable released on Monday evening. “Friday, February 23, 2024: Funeral Service at St Andrew’s Anglican Church Cathedral, Imola Street, Owo. Time:...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Sunday, led a delegation of Borno people to attend the funeral prayer of his spokesperson, Malam Isa Umar Gusau, which was held at the National Mosque in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun and former Gov. Ibikunle Amosun, on Friday, extolled the virtues of the late Iyalode of Yorubaland, Chief Alaba Lawson, as her remains were committed to mother earth. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Lawson, who was buried...
The remains of Chief Felix Mgbada, one of the foremost founding fathers of Ebonyi, were on Friday laid to rest in his country home, Okposhi in Ezza North Local Government Area. Mgbada, an erstwhile Chairman of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Abakaliki Branch, and PDP stalwart, died at...
The remains of Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Dr Abdulrahman Ado-Ibrahim, who died at 95 early Sunday morning, will be buried by 2:00 p.m. of Sunday. The Secretary of Ebiraland Traditional Council, Alhaji Yunusa Sule, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja that arrangements were being made to...
Friends and family members of the late Founder of the Fountain of Life Church (FOLC) Lagos, Pastor Taiwo Odukoya, on Saturday celebrated and bade farewell to the preacher as he was laid to rest. The event, spiced up with solemn renditions by the church choir, afforded people opportunities to...
Sen Annie Okonkwo, who died in the United States on June 8, was buried at Ojoto, Idemili North Local Government of Anambra on Wednesday. He was aged 63. Our correspondent, who covered the burial, reports that Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Gov. Charles Soludo of Anambra and Mr...
The remains of Chief Vincent Ogbulafor, a former National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) was on Friday laid to rest in his home town at Itaja-Obuohia , Olokoro in Umuahia South Local Government Area. Ogbulafor died after a brief illness in Canada, on Oct. 6, 2022, at the...
UN human rights office on Thursday said at least 87 people including ethnic Masalits were buried in what it described as a mass grave in Sudan’s West Darfur. The human rights office said it has credible information that the Rapid Support Forces were responsible. However, the RSF officials denied...
President of Men of Issachar Vision, Ibadan, Rev. Samson Ajetomobi, on Tuesday, rained biblical curses on the killers of the University of Ibadan lecturer, Prof. Opeyemi Ajewole. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ajewole, a professor of Social and Environmental Forestry at the nation’s premier university, was...
The late Sen. Anyim Ude who represented Ebonyi South senatorial district at the national assembly between 2007 to 2011 will be buried on July 28, 2023. The is contained in a funeral programme signed by his first son, Nnanna and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
The Senate President, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, and a high-powered delegation from the Presidency are expected to attend the burial of former Senate President, Ken Nnamani’s wife, Ezinne Jane Nnamani. “We are also expecting who is who within the Nigerian Senate, the ruling party – All Progressives Congress (APC) as...
Young people under the aegis of Mainland Youth Initiative have donated cash to victims of a gas explosion which occurred in April 2023 at Lagos Mainland of Lagos State. The Convener of Mainland Youth Initiative, Mr Rilwan Tinubu, said in a statement on Monday that they . also mourned ...