Tag: burial
Ex-NFA Scribe, Achebe Buried
The remains of the deceased three-time Secretary General of the then Nigeria Football Association, NFA, Chief Philip Onuora Chikaodili Achebe,…
Court Orders Burial Of Industrialist A Year After
Chief Dike Ifegwu, a Nigerian industrialist who died over a year ago, can now rest in peace. A Nigerian high…
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Rolling Dollar Buried
Arrangements were in top gear this afternoon for the burial of the late Highlife music sage, Fatai Olagunju popularly known…
Police Kill Final Year Varsity Student, Bury Corpse
The police in Benin, the Edo State capital, southsouth Nigeria, have killed Momodu Ibrahim, a 22-year old 500 level student…
Achebe Goes Home In Blaze of Glory
JETHRO IBILEKE/Ogidi Prof. Chinua Achebe, the late Nigerian literary icon was buried this afternoon at his country home in Ogidi,…
Markets Shut For Chinua Achebe
Markets in Ogidi, Anambra State, southeast Nigeria, the hometown of the late literary icon, Professor Chinua Achebe, are to be…
Chinua Achebe (Ugonabo Ogidi ) Goes Home
By Joe Igbokwe All roads lead to Ogidi in Anambra State , Nigeria the home town of the late (Ugonabo)…
Anyim, Gov Obi Receive Achebe’s Remains
Senator Pius Anyim Pius, Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State led other…
Anambra Ready For Achebe’s Burial
Gov. Peter Obi of Anambra, has said that the state was ready to accord Prof. Chinua Achebe a befitting burial.…
Slain politician buried in Ekiti
A former member of the Action Congress of Nigeria in Ekiti state, Mr Ayo Jeje killed by suspected party thugs…
Ekiti Deputy Gov, Olayinka Begins Final Journey
Right Revd. Dr Peter Awelewa Adebiyi, the Lord Bishop, Diocese of Lagos West of the Anglican Church told dignitaries from…
Ekiti state declares 26 April holiday for Olayinka
The government of the western Nigerian state of Ekiti has declared April 26 as work-free day in honour of the…
Justus Esiri Buried
The body of the late veteran actor, Justus Esiri, was buried today in his hometown, Abraka, Delta State. The late…
Achebe’s home state wants him buried in Nigeria
The home state of Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe, the “father of modern African literature” who died this week in the…
Kano buries cop killed by gunmen
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano The remains of the late Superintendent of Police, Dahiru Ibrahim Majia who was killed by gunmen Monday night…