The Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Saturday, condoled with Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State over the death of his elder brother, Sunday Makinde. The forum, in a statement in Abuja by its Chairman, Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara, commiserated with the Makinde family, and people of Oyo state....
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja– Nigeria’s immediate past High Commissioner to United Kingdom, Ambassador Sarafa Tunji Isola OFR has expressed sadness over the death of Alhaja Monsurat Atinuke Bankole, mother of a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Dimeji Bankole. Alhaja Bankole died on Friday after a brief...
Vice-President Shettima on Saturday led a delegation of the Federal Government on a condolence visit to Gov. Umar Namadi of Jigawa over the death his mother and son. “We are here to condole with you over the loss of the matriarch of your family and pillar of support for...
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf has condoled with his Jigawa counterpart, Gov. Umar Namadi, over the death of his eldest son, Abdulwahab Namadi, who lost his life in a tragic auto crash. The incident occurred after the passing of Hajiya Maryam Namadi, Abdulwahab’s paternal grandmother, on Wednesday. The governor’s...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Tinubu has condoled with the governor of Jigawa, Malam Umar Namadi, over the death of his mother, Hajiya Maryam Namadi. The deceased, who died on Wednesday, had been buried according to Islamic rites in the governor’s hometown of Kafin Hausa. The president in...
The Minister of Defence, Muhammed Badaru, and his State counterpart, Bello Matawalle, on Thursday, led service chiefs to pay a condolence visit to the family of the late Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the death of Lagbaja was...
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has condoled with the family of Mele Kyari, the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd, over the loss of his daughter, Fatima Kyari. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the late Fatima, aged 25, passed away on Friday. Shettima, who...
Former President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday despatched ten of his ex-ministers to condole former minister of women affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, following the death of her son, Richard Tallen. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Richard, the only son of the one-time deputy governor of Plateau, died...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has described the death of Pastor Patience Eno, the wife of the Akwa-Ibom governor, as devastating. Abubakar, in a statement by his media aide, Paul Ibe, described late Eno, who died on Friday, as a remarkable woman who gave her best in the service...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A delegation from the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Borno State Council, led by the Council Chairman, Comrade Dauda Iliya, and accompanied by the Chairman of the Correspondents’ Chapel, paid a condolence visit today to the family of Senator Baba Kaka Bashir Garbai. The...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A delegation of journalists from the Correspondents Chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) and the Borno State Council of the NUJ, led by Vice Chairman Abdulkarim Haruna and Chairman of the Correspondents Chapel Ndahi Salihu Marama, on Tuesday paid a condolence...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Former President Muhammadu Buhari has paid tribute to Hajiya Aisa, mother of Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, former Governor of Borno State, saying that she led a glorious life, and highlighting her deep influence in shaping the character and the success of her children....
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has commiserated with the former Governor of Borno, Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff, over the passing of his mother, Hajiya Aisa. President Tinubu in a statement by his spokesman, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, also condoled with the Modu Sheriff’s family. He urged them...
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has said President Bola Tinubu is not working against the interests of Northern Nigeria. Shettima spoke on Wednesday in Kano while receiving a Federal Government’s delegation led by the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Bajabiamila, on a condolence visit over the death of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has extended his condolences to the senator representing Borno North, Barrister Mohammed Tahir Monguno, over his father’s death, Alhaji Tijjani Muhammad. Late Alhaji Muhammad died on Saturday at the age of 95 and was buried on Sunday in...
Numerous Arab countries expressed their condolences following the death of Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian in a helicopter crash. Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, writing on X, offered his sincere condolences to the government and people of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Also...
Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, has ordered security operatives in the state to ensure the immediate arrest of the suspected killers of a Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) officer in the state. The governor gave the directive when he received the Controller-General (C-G) of the service, Mr Bashir...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Ododo has expressed deep sadness over the demise of Salihu Ribadu, elder brother of the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu. Governor Ododo in a condolence letter, noted that he was shocked by the death of the late Ahmadu...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has condoled with Malam Nuhu Ribadu, the National Security Adviser, over the passing of his brother, Salihu Ribadu. The Salihu Ribadu died on Sunday in Yola, Adamawa. This is contained in a statement by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the...
The Rivers caucus of the House of Representatives has condoled with the victims of the last week’s tanker explosion on Eleme road in Port Harcourt. In a statement on Monday by the leader of the caucus, Rep. Dumnamene Dekor (PDP-Rivers) the lawmakers expressed grief over havoc caused by...