•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...
•Late Onyeka Onwenu Nigeria’s celebrated music icon, Onyeka Onwenu, known as the “Elegant Stallion,” will be buried today in Lagos. The renowned artiste died on July 30, 2024, at Reddington Hospital, Ikeja, after collapsing at an event honouring Dr Stella Okoli, the Managing Director of Emzor Pharmaceuticals. She was 72 years old. The funeral ...
•Late singer, Onyeka Onwenu The family of Onyeka Onwenu has revealed that the remains of the iconic singer would be committed to mother earth before the end of this month. The family made this revelation today, while receiving a delegation from the Musical Society of Nigeria, MCSN, who paid them a condolence visit at Ikoyi, […]
•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 […]
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