Tag: Obituary
Justice Kawu to be buried today
The burial rites for retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Saidu Kawu, will take place today in Ilorin, capital…
Lawal, ex-commissioner in Lagos dies
JAMIU YISA Former governorship aspirant in Lagos State, Professor Kunle Lawal, is dead. He was aged 54. It was learnt…
Fashola visits the Ogunros, Tinubu sends condolence
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Tuesday described as shocking the death of the Managing Director of Eminent…
How Sesan Ogunro was Killed
FOLARIN ADEMOSU A developing story on last Sunday’s killing of the Managing Director, Eminent Communications, Mr. Sesan Ogunro, has revealed…
Russia’s designer of AK-47 rifle dies
MOSCOW, (AFP) – Mikhail Kalashnikov, the designer of fabled AK-47 automatic rifle, died Monday, the office of the presidency in…
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Advertising Guru, Sesan Ogunro Murdered
—Funsho Arogundade & Ayodeji Dedeigbo Marketing communications guru, Mr. Sesan Ogunro Snr., has been shot dead. Ogunro, the Managing Director,…
Solomon Lar Died A Pauper, Says Daughter
Chief Solomon Lar, the pioneer National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and former Governor of Plateau, died as…
Mandela’s Lying In State Begins
Nelson Mandela’s flag-draped casket made a solemn journey through the streets of Pretoria Wednesday, arriving at the seat of South…
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela: Freedom At Last
By Tayo Ogunbiyi “Our nation has lost its greatest son.” With these words, South African President, Jacob Zuma, announced the…
Mandela For Burial On Dec. 15
President Jacob Zuma of South Africa said the Late anti-apartheid hero, Dr. Nelson Mandela, would be buried on Dec. 15…
Mandela: We have lost a father, says Zuma
President Jacob Zuma announced President Nelson Mandela’s death to the world on Thursday. “He is now resting … he is…
African Icon, Nelson Mandela takes final bow
Africa’s most revered icon, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, the first elected leader of a free South Africa and one of the…
Deji of Akure is dead
President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday commiserated with Governor Olusegun Mimiko, and the people of Akure and Ondo State, western Nigeria,…
Senator slumps, dies in Government House
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Senator Tari Sekibo, the President of Ijaw National Congress, INC, the umbrella body of the Ijaw ethnic…
Dancehall Star, Fada U-Turn Dies At 36
FUNSHO AROGUNDADE One of Nigeria’s most popular 90s musicians Olufemi Mayomi, a.k.a Fada U-Turn, is dead. P.M.NEWS learnt the dance-hall…