•Late Junior Pope The family of the late Nollywood actor, John Odonwodo, popularly called Junior Pope has released burial arrangements for their deceased son. The 43-year-old actor is set to be buried on May 17, 2024, in his Uwala Abaka, Ukehe hometown, in Nsukka, Igboetiti Local Government Area of Enugu. Junior Pope died alongside four [&hell...
•Late Mr Ibu The family of late veteran Nollywood actor, John Ikechukwu Okafor popularly known as Mr. Ibu has announced June 28 as the burial date for the late movie star who died recently in Lagos after battles with diabetes. The family said the late actor will be buried in his hometown Amuri, in Nkanu […]
The authorities of the Imo Specialist Hospital, Umuguma, Owerri, have given owners of abandoned corpses in its morgue three weeks to claim them or risk a mass burial. This, they said, was due to a large number of abandoned bodies in the hospital’s mortuary. The Chief Medical Director, Dr. Kaunda Ibebuike, in a statement, urged […]
•The fallen soldiers The Nigerian Army says it has concluded all arrangements to give some of its personnel, who were killed-in-action in Okuama Community, Delta State, a befitting burial in Abuja tomorrow. The 17 deceased personnel, attached to 181 Amphibious Batallion, who will be buried at the National Cemetery, Abuja, by 3:00pm, were kille...
•Emeka Ike Top Nollywood actor and producer, Emeka Ike has released burial arrangements for his late mother, Evangelist/Deaconess Okwuchi Comfort Ike (nee Okpara). Mama Comfort Ike, as she was fondly called, died late October 2023 at age 93. Detailed arrangements released by the popular actor and made available to The Frontier today, state tha...
•Late Akeredolu Ondo Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has declared tomorrow and next (Thursday and Friday) as public holidays in the State in honour of late former Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. Aiyedatiwa said the public holiday was to enable residents in the state participate in the burial activities of late Akeredolu, reports The Nation. Aiyedati...
•Late Governor Akeredolu The funeral arrangements for the late former Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, will commence today, with a Winning Soul Crusade scheduled to hold at the MKO Abiola Democracy Park in Akure, the state capital. Former spokesperson to the late governor, Richard Olatunde who made this known in a statement signed by ...
The Anambra State governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has called for total compliance with the “Anambra Burial Law,” stating that the law is a very progressive law. He said the law will remove the burden and pressure on the poor as well as liberate women from oppressive practices during burials, reports The Guardian. Soludo, in a short […]
A former governor of Ondo State Rotimi Akeredolu will be buried on February 23, 2024. This is according to a funeral timetable released by the late Akeredolu’s family yesterday evening. “Friday, February 23, 2024: Funeral Service at St Andrew’s Anglican Church Cathedral, Imola Street, Owo. Time: 10 am,” the burial schedule released by Oluwarot...
•Governor Aiyedatiwa Ondo State governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has said the burial of the late former Governor Rotimi Akeredolu won’t be a gloomy affair but a celebration of life. Aiyedatiwa, also said Akeredolu would be given a state burial, adding that his family is being awaited for further briefing on the burial rites, reports Sunday Vanguard...