Tag: death
Staff death: Lagos Safety Commission shuts Chinese company
The Lagos State Safety Commission has put stop-work-order on Hongxing Steel Company Limited to stop its operations over safety violations.…
Atiku expresses regret on death of pilgrims
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has expressed regret on the death of more than 747 Muslims in a stampede during pilgrimage…
Hajj stampede: Sokoto confirms death of 9 pilgrims
Sokoto State Government has announced that nine pilgrims from the state were among those who lost the lives in the…
Mimiko expresses shock at Mama Awolowo’s death
Gov. Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State on Saturday expressed shock at the death of Mrs Hannah Awolowo, popularly known as…
HID Awolowo’s death a colossal loss to Nigeria, Africa — Lagos Speaker
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has described the death of the Awolowo…
Rumours of my death orchestrated by enemies – Osun deputy gov
Kazeem Ugbodaga The deputy governor of Osun State, Titilayo Laoye-Tomori has finally broken her silence on the rumour of her…
Police arraign Corporal who shot woman to death
A Police Corporal who allegedly shot a woman to death on Wednesday at Isheri Oshun, a Lagos suburb, will be…
Boy,16, burnt to death in Lekki
Kazeem Ugbodaga Early morning fire has burnt to death a 16-year-old boy along with a duplex at Lekki area of…
Senator Etok condoles with Enyeama over mom’s death
Aloysius Etok, the Senator for PDP-Akwa Ibom North West in the 7th Senate, condoled with the Super Eagles Captain, Vincent…
UI student slumps, dies, during examination
Kazeem Ugbodaga An unidentified student of the University of Ibadan has slumped and died during the first semester examination of…
Ooni: Fayemi Condoles With Sijuwade Family
Former Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has commiserated with Sijuwade family, the Ile-Ife people and the government of…
Motorcycle Rider Kills Unidentified Female Passenger
Yusuf Muhammed A light complexion lady who recently hitched a ride on a commercial motorcycle popularly known as Okada from…
Zamfara Governor Loses Chief Of Staff
Zamfara State Government has announced the death of the newly-appointed Chief of Staff to the governor, Alhaji Dahiru Zubairu. A…
Ooni’s Death: Did Ife Chiefs Lie?
By Tayo Ogunbiyi My interest concerning Ile-Ife stems from an understandable emotional attachment to the ancient town. Though not an…
Oba Okunade Sijuade’s Last Interview: How Awolowo Persuaded Me To Be Ooni
By Johnson Adesina Two weeks before he died, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade Olubuse II, revealed how the…
Group Consoles African Examiner, NUJ, NGE Over Editor’s Death
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has commiserated with the management and staff of the African Examiner, a front…
INEC Loses National Commissioner
Prof. Muritala Akinola Salau, INEC National Commissioner, representing South West, has died at 67. Salau, a former Vice Chancellor of…
Adultery: Housewife Dies In Lover’s Custody
Cyriacus Izuekwe There was confusion on Monday at Ejigbo, after a housewife, Mrs Joy Bakare, impregnated by her secret married…
Soccer Tragedy: Malaysia To Send Oniya’s Corpse To Lagos
The remains of T-Team skipper, David Faramola Oniya of Nigeria, who died after collapsing on the field due to heart…
Avoidable Tragedies
Residents of Lagos are still counting their losses arising from fire ignited by petrol tankers that crashed at Iyana-Ipaja, Idimu,…
Lagos Street Gang Kills 5 Youths
Kazeem Ugbodaga Barely 24 hours after the Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, issued an ultimatum to residents in possession of…
Ogun Socialite, Bode Osinusi Dies
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Ijebu Ode-born popular socialite, Prince Bode Osinusi, who celebrated his 80th birthday last weekend, has died Thursday morning…
Housewife Docked For Killing Doctor
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 36-year-old housewife, Mrs Obiageli Oriuwa, who stabbed a medical doctor, Ikechukwu Oriuwa, her husband’s younger brother, to…
‘Village Headmaster’, Femi Robinson Dies At 75
Jamiu Yisa Veteran actor and producer, Femi Robinson popularly known as the Village Headmaster, for the role he played in…
AREPO: How Jonathan Killed My Pregnant Daughter
By Ojo Babafemi Andrews Following the death of his daughter, Ojo Babafemi Andrews writes President Goodluck Jonathan on his predicament…
Sunny Ade Loses MD
Kayode Aponmade King Sunny Ade’s Managing Director and Juju Musician, Sunday Abayomi, popularly called Sunny Wonder, is dead. He died…
David Mark, Ashafa Mourn Chukwumerije
The Senate President, David Mark, has expressed shock over the death of Sen. Uche Chukwumerije. Mark in a statement signed…
Man Beats Wife To Death
Cyriacus Izuekwe The police at State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID have arrested a 57-year-old man for allegedly beating his 40-year-old…
Woman Dies In Hotel Room During Scuffle Over Sex
Cyriacus Izuekwe The police at State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba, have arrested a 55-year old man following the…
The Silent Heroes In The Emergence Of Buhari As President-Elect
By Abiodun Dina It all started like a play at a Friday Social Forum meant to interact and unwind with…