•Late Major General Rabe Abubakar (rtd) and terrorists Tears flowed yesterday evening as family members, friends, military officers, government officials and sympathisers bid a final farewell to retired Major General Rabe Abubakar, whose death in bandits’ captivity has reignited public outrage over Nigeria’s worsening insecurity. The late sen...
•Senior military officials serving as pallbearers stand before the coffin of Odinga Kenya’s long-time opposition leader, Raila Odinga, was buried in a state funeral in the west of the country yesterday after days of commemorations attended by tens of thousands. Odinga died aged 80 on Wednesday in India, sparking an outpouring of grief for a [&...
•Amaechi and Tinubu A former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, has blamed President Bola Tinubu’s government for the state of the economy, saying the current leadership “buried” it. “The current government has completely buried the economy. Any economy that does not put money in the pockets of individuals in Nigeria is not an economic ...
•Cemetery covered with green grasses without gravestones Located along the ever-busy Lagos-Badagry Expressway, Isasi cemetery is a place where the dead find little peace. Overcrowded and neglected, this burial ground tells a haunting tale, as bodies are laid to rest in shallow, one-foot-deep graves, many without markers or dignity, their britt...
Pope Francis was buried in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, his favorite church in Rome, yesterday afternoon, after a two-hour funeral service held in St. Peter’s Square, the Holy See said. Earlier, some 150,000 people bid farewell to the pope from the roadside as his funeral procession passed through central Rome, according to estimates [&he...
•Tanker explosion Eighty six of the victims of the Saturday’s fuel tanker explosion in Dikko, Gurara Local Government Area of Niger State, have been buried, the State Emergency Management Agency disclosed yesterday. The Director-General of the agency, Abdullahi Baba-Arah, said the mass burial, conducted in collaboration with Gurara LGA and loc...
The victims of the rice distribution stampede that occurred during Christmas in Okija, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State have been buried. More than 20 people, mostly women and children, lost their lives during the tragic incident that occurred on December 21, 2024, during the palliatives distribution donated by Chief Ernest Azudia...
•Combined images of the mass burial A mass burial has been conducted for 140 victims of the petrol tanker explosion that took place at Majiya town, Taura Local Government Area of Jigawa State today. About 90 other victims of the ugly incident are currently in various hospitals in the state receiving treatment, reports Channels TV. […]
•Late Damilola A 20-year-old man, Paul Jeremiah, has been arrested for the murder of a 100-level female student at the Federal University, Lokoja, Kogi State. The state police command’s spokesman, SP William Aya, confirmed the suspect’s arrest today, reports Daily Trust. Aya said the suspect was arrested on Wednesday in Lokoja and he is curren...
•Police The police have exhumed the corpse of a 17-year-old boy that was buried in a shallow grave inside a church in the Ipaja area of Lagos State. The victim, Adeolu Olubade, was suspected to have been killed and buried inside Jesus Assembly on Omohuwa Street, Ejigbo, on August 2, 2024, reports Daily Trust. It […]
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