Tension gripped Angwan Rukuba community, in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State, yesterday, as the death toll from the Palm Sunday attack rose to 33. Angry women and youths had staged a protest that disrupted the mass burial of victims at the ECWA Church, reports Vanguard. This came as gunmen ambushed and killed […]
•Former President Muhammadu Buhari’s corpse arrives Umar Musa Yar’adua Airport in Katsina State The remains of former President Muhammadu Buhari arrived at the Umar Musa Yar’adua Airport in Katsina State today. A delegation led by President Bola Tinubu was at the airport to receive the body of the late former President, which was c...
•Policemen The Katsina State Command of the Nigeria Police Force said it has, in collaboration with other security agencies, led by the AIG Zone 14 Katsina, deployed adequate security measures in Daura town and across the command for the burial of late former president Muhammadu Buhari to ensure a hitch-free burial. The Command, headed by [&he...
•Late ex-President Muhammadu Buhari The Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, has stated that the late ex-President Muhammadu Buhari will be buried at his hometown in Daura, Daura Local Government Area of the state, tomorrow, Tuesday. The governor stated this while briefing newsmen today at the Government House, Katsina, following the demise an...
•Tinubu, late Buhari, Abubakar and Jonathan President Bola Tinubu and a roll-call of Nigeria’s past heads of state are expected to converge on Daura today as the remains of former President Muhammadu Buhari are laid to rest, in keeping with Islamic tradition. This is as Vice-President Kashim Shettima, directed by the President, accompanied Buh...
•Akpabio in Rome for Pope Francis’ burial Senate President Godswill Akpabio and other members of Nigeria’s official delegation have arrived in Vatican City ahead of the funeral of Pope Francis, scheduled for today. Akpabio is leading the five-member high-level delegation constituted by President Bola Tinubu to represent Nigeria at the burial r...
•Late Pa Ayo Adebanjo The family of the late Chief Samuel Ayodele Adebanjo has announced arrangements for his burial rites. A statement spotted by our correspondent today, signed by the family of the late Afenifere leader, indicated that the elder statesman would be laid to rest on Saturday, May 3, 2025, reports NAN. Chief Adebanjo, […]...
•Late Lieutenant General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja The remains of the late Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, arrived in Abuja from Lagos today ahead of his final rites scheduled for tomorrow. The remains arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at 12:16 p.m. The scheduled funeral services will beg...
•Rebecca Cheptegei (2nd right) Uganda today will lay to rest Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei, who died earlier this month after her partner set her on fire in the latest incident of horrific gender-based violence in Kenya. The 33-year-old, who debuted this summer in the women’s marathon at the Paris Olympics, succumbed to severe burns last week [&h...
•Late Dada Yar’Adua Vice President Kashim Shettima; former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, Governor Umar Dikko Radda, and the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, were among the dignitaries who attended the funeral service of the mother o...
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