•Nigerian Pilgrims in Mina as they proceed to Jamarat, marking the second day of the symbolic devil’s stoning in Saudi Arabia The processions for the 2025 hajj ended yesterday with pilgrims leaving the sprawling tent of Muna for their hotels. The symbolic stoning of shaitan at the Jamarat on the third day of Eid signals […]
•An abandoned car Sunday, May 4, 2025, will remain a dark day in the hearts of the people of the Agyaragu community in Obi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. While Christians across the world gathered to worship, residents of this quiet farming community were plunged into mourning following the tragic death of five children […]
•Late David Shikfu Parradang Former Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) David Shikfu Paradang (rtd) died in a hotel he booked yesterday. Close Circuit Television (CCTV) footage obtained from Joy House Hotel indicated that initial claims he was abducted by unknown gunmen in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) wer...
•Late Pa Ayo Adebanjo Exactly 55 days to his 96th birthday, Elder statesman and Afenifere Leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, passed on, yesterday. Born on April 10, 1928, the frontline nationalist and one of the remaining first-generation Awoists, died fighting for true federalism, resource control and restructuring, reports Saturday Vanguard. A love...
•Chief of Army Staff Lt. General Olufemi Oluyede The family of the 81-year-old Pa Dennis Okugbaye, the treasurer of the Okuama community in the Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, who died in military detention on December 10, 2024, have explained the circumstances surrounding his death. The revelation came as the Delta State [...
Deep sorrow, wailing and weeping engulfed family members, friends and members of the Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN) when Ms Temitope Bello, a theatre artiste, who died of severe injuries in a road accident which occurred exactly a week earlier on Apete Road, Ibadan, Oyo State, was being laid to [...
•Late Army chiefs The Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Taoreed Lagbaja, is dead. This was announced in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga on X today. Lagbaja, the 23rd Chief of Army Staff, becomes the third Chief of Army Staff to have died in office, […]
•Late Senator Jonathan Zwingina Political figures, family, and friends gathered at the First Baptist Church in Garki, Abuja, yesterday to pay tribute to the late Senator Jonathan Zwingina who passed away on October 3, a few weeks after his 70th birthday. He was remembered and praised for his integrity, excellence, and significant contributions...
•ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has reported the deaths of 84 of its members between May and August 2024, attributing these losses to economic hardship and unpaid salaries. ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, made this revelation during an appearance on Channels Television. “In the pa...
•Late Gospel singer, Aduke Gold The family of the late gospel singer, Aduke Ajayi, popularly known as Aduke Gold has revealed that the singer died of cervical cancer. Aduke Gold passed away at the University College Hospital (UCH) in Ibadan on Monday, August 12, 2024, reports Vanguard. Her sudden passing sparked a range of reactions […]...

