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Steenkamp: Pistorius accused of premeditated murder
South African sporting hero Oscar Pistorius broke down in court again on Tuesday as he was accused of shooting his…
Mexican lady derided as ‘world’s ugliest’ buried 153 years after
A Mexican indigenous woman exhibited in 19th-Century Europe as the “world’s ugliest woman” has been buried in her native Mexico…
Veteran journalist Ayo Ositelu buried
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The body of the former Chairman of Ejigbo Local Council Development Area and a veteran sports journalist, Deacon…
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Nollywood Actress, Bisi Komolafe Goes Home
Bisi Komolafe, the Yoruba movie actress, who died in the early hours of 1 January at the University College Hospital,…
Enebeli, Pete Eneh To Be Buried In January
Nigeria’s veteran actors, Enebeli Elebuwa and Pete Eneh, will be buried in January, 2013. National President of the Actors Guild…
Justice Eso begins final home journey
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The remains of eminent jurist and retired Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Justice Kayode Eso, left…
Nigeria: Inconsolable wailing as Yakowa makes final exit
BY FEMI ADI/KADUNA Amina, wife of late Kaduna Governor, Ibrahim Patrick Yakowa told the weeping mammoth crowd of villagers ,…
Jonathan leads FG delegation to Yakowa’s burial today
The Federal Executive Council devoted its weekly meeting on Wednesday to the honour of six victims of last Saturday’s fatal…
Governor Shema loses younger brother
Alhaji Kabir Shema, a junior brother to Governor Ibrahim Shema of Nigeria’s northern Katsina State is dead. The Senior Special…
Kwara House on 8-day recess as Saraki buried
The Kwara House of Assembly on Wednesday adjourned sitting for eight days in honour of late Dr. Olusola Saraki, Second…
Tears as FATGBEMS Petroleum owner buried
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta The remains of the Chairman and chief Executive Officer of Fatgbems Petroleum, Alhadji Abdul Fatai Olalekan Akanmu…
Fashola, clerics laud Adegbite
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) has opened the floodgates of tributes to the departed Islamic scholar and lawyer,…
All set for burial of Cynthia, Facebook tragic girl
Simon Ateba All is now set for Friday’s burial of Cynthia Udoka Osokogu, the 24-year old daughter of retired Major…
Ethiopia gets set to bury its leader, Zenawi
Ethiopia will bury its long-serving and powerful prime minister Meles Zenawi later today in the first state funeral staged for…
Jonathan to attend Ethiopia’s Zenawi burial
President Goodluck Jonathan will depart Abuja Saturday for Addis Ababa in Ethiopia to attend the burial of the country’s late…