Tag: Obituary
Lawyers, Activists Mourn Bamidele Aturu
Kazeem Ugbodaga, Eromosele Ebhomele & Henry Ojelu Family, friends, lawyers and several other sympathizers this morning besieged the Agege home…
Human Rights Lawyer Murdered
Yusuf Muhammed A human rights lawyer Barrister Kunle Fadipe has been murdered in his home in Lagos, southwest Nigeria. He…
Nigerian Entertainment Industry Unites For Kefee
Funsho Arogundade Over 100 members of the Nigerian entertainment industry gathered on Monday 23 June in Lagos to strategise on…
Arisekola Buried In Grand Style
Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan Eminent Nigerians across the country were in Ibadan, capital of Oyo State, western Nigeria, on Friday to pay…
More Nigerians Mourn Arisekola
Eromosele Ebhomele Tributes have continued to pour in for the late Alhaji Abdul Azeez Arisekola Alao, a popular businessman and…
Jonathan, Atiku, Tinubu, others extol Arisekola-Alao
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan opened the floodgate of tributes for Alhaji Abdul-Azeez Arisekola-Alao, the Nigerian businessman who died in London…
Ibadan Bizman, Arisekola Alao Dies
Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan Foremost Ibadan businessman, Alhaji Abdul Azeez Arisekola Alao is dead. He reportedly died in a London hospital Wednesday…
Amaka Igwe Goes Home Today
Funsho Arogundade As the remains of foremost producer, writer, director and a leading player in the Nigerian motion picture industry,…
Senator Kuta Dies
Senator Dahiru Awaisu Kuta representing Niger East Senatorial District is dead, according to Leadership newspaper. He was 65. Senator Kuta…
Dora Akunyili passes on
Professor Dora Akunyili, former Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and a…
Emir Of Kano, Ado Bayero Is Dead
Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Abdullahi Bayero is dead. He died in his sleep at 5 a.m.…
Otedola Buried
Yisa Jamiu Former governor of Lagos State, Sir Michael Otedola, who died on Monday, 6 May, 2014 at the age…
US poet Maya Angelou dies at 86
Celebrated African-American author, poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou has died, the North Carolina university where she taught said…
Otedola’s Burial Rites Begin Tomorrow
The funeral rites for the late former governor of Lagos State, Sir Michael Otedola, will begin tomorrow with ‘A Day…
Actress Amaka Igwe For Burial In June
Funsho Arogundade Nollywood icon and filmmaker, Amaka Igwe, who passed away on 28 April will be buried on Friday, 13…
Crisis Rocks Otedola’s Family 7 Days Burial
Kazeem Ugbodaga & Yisa Jamiu As the government of Lagos State and members of the family of the late Sir…
Tribute To Sir Michael Agbolade Otedola
By Sola Ogunmosunle The curtain was recently drawn on the life of one of the illustrious sons of Lagos State.…
For Justice Oputa , Sir Otedola And Amaka Igwe
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Death is the last crowning glory of every man’s sojourn on earth. The fool will die. The…
National Confab Loses Another Delegate
The National Conference sitting in Abuja was on Monday hit by another sad news of the death of a delegate,…
Ex-Lagos Gov Otedola, Dies
Former governor of Lagos State, Sir Michael Otedola is dead. He died this morning at his Epe residence in Lagos,…
OOU student shot dead by cultists
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta A 200 level student of Olabisi Onabanjo University, OOU,Ago Iwoye, Olawale Made,30, has been shot dead in a…
Tributes pour in for Amaka Igwe
FUNSHO AROGUNDADE As the Nigerian entertainment industry mourns the demise of Nollywood icon, Mrs Amaka Igwe, who died Monday at…
Pa Osibogun dies
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Former Chairman, Federal Public Complaints Commission in Ogun State, Otunba Olufunminiyi Adekunle Osibogun is dead. He died…
Okon Uya, ex-NECON chairman dies
A former chairman of the National Electoral Commission of Nigeria, during the Babangida era, Professor Okon Uya, is dead. He…
Godfather of magic realism, Garcia Marquez dies at 87
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the Nobel-winning Colombian author who used magical realism to tell epic stories of love, family and dictatorship…
Tributes pour in for late GOK Ajayi
Legal luminaries across Nigeria have begun to pay their last respect to Chief Godwin Olusegun Kolawole Ajayi, who died Sunday…
Jonathan mourns Misau, departed confab’s delegate
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has commiserated with members of the Association of Retired Police Officers on the passing away yesterday…
Hamma Misau, confab’s sleeping delegate dies
Retired Assistant Inspector General of Police, and a Bauchi State delegate to the ongoing national conference, Alhaji Mohammed Hamma Misau…
Senator Oduoye dies
A former military administrator of Ebonyi state who later became a Nigerian Senator, Simeon Oduoye, is dead. He was aged…
Femi Segun, ex-diplomat, ace compere dies
FUNSHO AROGUNDADE Ex-Diplomat and ace compere, Olufemi Segun is dead. He was aged 55. P.M.NEWS learnt that Segun, son of…