By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has mourned the death of two of Nigeria’s ace comic actors, John Okafor, famously known as Mr Ibu, and Quadri Oyebamiji, popularly known as Sisi Quadri. The president condolence message is contained in a statement by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, on...
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By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) has announced the death of a former Group Managing Director (GMD) and Acting Alternate Chairman of the Board of the defunct Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Thomas Maurice Asuquo John, at the age of 84....
By OJOMA PETER, Lokoja – Kogi State Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Usman Ododo, has mourned the death of Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Dr Ado Ibrahim, describing his demise as a personal and painful loss to him. Recall that the royal father died in...
Russian investigators said genetic tests showed that the Wagner chief, Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led a brief mutiny against Moscow’s military leadership, was among the victims of a plane crash last week. The Russian Investigative Committee said Sunday that it confirmed that Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder and head of the...
A Ghanaian doctor, Dr. Wilberforce, has narrated via Twitter, how his client who has a heart condition died along with her baby, after refusing an elective Cesarean Section (C/S) because her husband insisted on vaginal delivery. The pregnant woman has come under heavy criticisms by some netizens for refusing...
Adeeko had confessed to killing Ms Favour Daley-Oladele, narrating that he killed Ms Daley-Oladele (his girlfriend) and used her heart to prepare a money ritual meal for his mother in connivance with Prophet Philip Segun……. An Osun State High Court sitting in Ikire, on Monday, convicted and...
The remains of the Sokoto state Commissioner for Religious Affairs, Alhaji Usman Suleiman, who died on Friday has been laid to rest. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Suleiman, a traditional title holder of Danmadamin Isa died as a result of brief illness in Sokoto. The funeral...
Anambra confirmed 15 suspected cases of Lassa fever and one death on Thursday in Awka. “In Anambra, we have recorded 15 suspected cases of Lassa fever and one death since the year began,’’ Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Obidike, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Obidike said that...
Gov David Umahi of Ebonyi has ordered the arrest of the state All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman, Chief Stanley Okoro-Emegha and a party Chieftain, Chief Eni Chima over communal unrest. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there was a supremacy battle between supporters of Okoro-Emegha and Chima,...
Gombe State Governor, Inuwa Yahaya has expressed sadness over the demise of the pioneer Vice Chancellor of Gombe State University (GSU), Prof. Abdullahi Mahadi. Mahadi succumbed on Friday in Gombe at the age of 77 years. This incident is contained in a press statement issued to newsmen in Gombe...
The Bayelsa State Emergency Management Agency (BYSEMA), says flood has affected no fewer than 1.3million people. This is according to data released on Monday by BYSEMA in Yenogoa obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). The agency said no fewer than 1.2million were displaced and compelled to seek...
Authorities in Cameroon’s Far North region on Tuesday declared an outbreak of cholera after recording at least 10 deaths arising from the disease. A total of 113 suspected cases of cholera had been recorded as of Monday, the official media outlet CRTV reported, quoting the region’s Governor Midjiyawa Bakari...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has announced 14 deaths in 10 states from suspected cases of yellow fever between January to July 2022. The NCDC stated this via its official website on Sunday. It said the affected states included Abia (one), Bayelsa (one), Benue (one),...
Michael Jackson’s ex-wife, Debbie Rowe has shared her regrets over the pop superstar’s death in a new documentary for Fox TV. Recall that the legendary singer passed away in 2009 aged 50 as a result of a cardiac arrest caused by an overdose of Propofol, as he prepared for a 50-night residency...
By HARUNA AHMED, Dutse – Two boys have been confirmed dead in a boat mishap that occurred at River Miga in Miga Local Government Area of Jigawa State. Seven others were rescued from the boat mishap that occurred on Sunday, 28 August. The Jigawa State Police spokesman, Lawan Shiisu,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the family of Tijjani Kiyawa, a former member of the House of Representatives from Jigawa. Kiyawa, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), for the Southwest Senatorial District of Jigawa for the 2023 general elections died in a...
Eight medical personnel will stand trial for alleged criminal negligence in the death of Argentine football legend Diego Maradona, according to a court ruling made public on Wednesday. No date has been set for the trial of the staff over Maradona’s death in 2020, which prosecutors say was due...
Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo has condemned the killing and beheading of Mr Okechukwu Okoye, a member of the state House of Assembly and Director of his campaign organisation, Mr Cyril Chiegboka. The heads without (trunks) of Okoye and Chiegboka were discovered around Chisco park junction in Amichi, Nnewi...
By PETER OJOMA, Lokoja – Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has expressed sadness over the death of Pastor Esther Kolawole, wife of the Speaker of the Kogi House of Assembly. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that Pastor Kolawole, aged 50, died at a Lagos hospital on Sunday following an undisclosed illness....
As I sit to write this, I already have a fear that this piece could span into three or more parts. This is because the lessons I have learnt from my recent bereavement abound beyond what my words could fully describe. I lost my dear mother, an Angel sent...