Tag: Obituary
Tunde Sanni, ThisDay reporter dies
The Oyo State Correspondent of ThisDay newspaper, Mr Tunde Sanni, is dead. The 49 year-old journalist died today at Ijebu…
Deji Falae Buried
The the late Ondo State Commissioner for Tourism, Barrister Ayodeji Olaniran Falae, who died in the Associated Airline plane that…
More Tributes For Festus Iyayi
More tributes have continued to pour in for former President of the Academic Staff Union of University, ASUU, Festus Iyayi,…
How Festus Iyayi, ex-ASUU leader died
Award winning Nigerian writer and former President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Professor Festus Iyayi, has died…
Amosun mourns passage of Soluade, ex-Ogun state deputy governor
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, western Nigeria has expressed shock over the death of the first civilian Deputy Governor…
Mike Akhigbe’s body arrives in Lagos
The remains of late Nigerian Vice Admiral Mike Akhigbe, arrived in Lagos on Sunday from the U.S. in a British…
Akhigbe’s body to arrive Nigeria Saturday
The body of late former Chief of General Staff, Vice-Admiral Mike Akhigbe, is expected to arrive in Nigeria on Saturday.…
Family Confirms Akhigbe’s Death
Former Chief of General Staff, Mike Okhai Akhigbe, is dead, family sources Tuesday morning confirmed to P.M.NEWS. He died last…
Coach Metsu, For Burial In Dakar Monday
Former Senegal national team coach Bruno Metsu, who died of cancer on 15 October in France, aged 59, is to…
Funeral Of Patience’s Mom Begins 31 Oct.
The final burial ceremonies of the late Madam Charity Oba, the mother of the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, will…
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Ex Senegal Coach, Metsu Dies At 59
French coach Bruno Metsu, best known for leading Senegal into the quarter-finals of the 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan™, has…
Solomon Lar, political veteran dies
The founding chairman of Nigeria’s ruling party, Chief Solomon Daushep Lar has passed away. An announcement by the government of…
Abducted ex-council boss, 3 others die in botched rescue
A former Chairman of Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area of southern Nigerian state of Akwa Ibom, Mr Usen Etim Ekene,…
US novelist Tom Clancy dead at 66
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US author Tom Clancy, whose spy and military thrillers became worldwide best-sellers and inspired a raft of…
Lagos Assembly honours Oshinowo, late first speaker
EROMOSELE EBHOMELE It was a solemn moment at the Lagos State House of Assembly, western Nigeria on Friday as the…
Awoonor’s Body To Be Flown To Ghana Tomorrow
The body of Professor Kofi Awoonor who met his tragic death at the Westgate Mall in Kenya is expected to…
Ghanaian poet, Kofi Awoonor killed in Nairobi attack
Ghanaian poet and former UN envoy Kofi Awoonor, 78, is among 59 people killed in the attack, according to reports…
Senator Mark, others mourn Agagu
Nigeria’s Senate President David Mark on Saturday mourned the death of former governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Kokumo Agagu,…
Reports: Agagu, Ex Ondo governor dies
Dr. Olusegun Kokumo Agagu, a former Governor of Ondo State, in western Nigeria has died. He was aged 65. Agagu,…
Oil mogul, Saleh Jambo dies
Alhaji Saleh Jambo, an oil mogul and founder of NorthEast Petroleum, has died in Abuja. Jambo, who once aspired to…
Ajimobi mourns Tejumade Alakija
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Governor Abiola Ajimobi of the western Nigerian state of Oyo has commiserated with the royal family of Ile-Ife…
Sowemimo, ex-information commissioner dies
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta A former Commissioner for Information and former Chairman Nigeria Union of Journalists,Ogun State chapter,Chief Soniran Sowemimo died…
My Dad Wept On Sick Bed —Fashola
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State says the only time he ever saw his late father, Pa Ademola Fashola, weep…
Waka Creator, Batili Alake dies
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Alhaja Batili Alake, popular Waka creator and singer singer died today in her home at Ijebu Igbo in…
Fashola’s Father Buried
The remains of Alhaji Ademola Fashola, the father of the Governor of Lagos State, were this afternoon laid to rest…
Lagos PDP condoles Fashola
The Lagos State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Monday, commiserated with the Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde…
In Pictures: Nigeria Buries Fallen Soldiers
The remains of fifteen soldiers who died during military operation against Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria and Mali between May…
Legendary newspaper columnist, Odunewu dies
Veteran journalist and legendary newspaper columnist, Alhaji Alade Odunewu is dead. Sources said he died Thursday at St Nicholas Hospital…
Police confirm death of Patience Jonathan’s mother
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Nigeria’s police command in Rivers state today confirmed the death of Madam Charity Obah, the foster mother…
Computer mouse inventor dies at 88
Douglas Engelbart, who revolutionized computing by inventing the mouse, died in California on Tuesday at the age of 88, the…