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December 4, 2020 No Responses

Buhari Mourns Domkat Bali

President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the people and government of Plateau over the passing of an illustrious son and highly decorated retired military officer, Gen. Domkat Bali. The president’s condolence message is contained in a statement by his Se...

November 25, 2020 No Responses

Diego Maradona Dies At 60

Football legend Diego Maradona on Wednesday died at the age of 60. The former Argentina attacking midfielder and manager had successful surgery on a brain blood clot earlier in November. It was then announced he was to be treated for...

November 13, 2020 No Responses

More Tributes Pour In For Jerry Rawlings

Tributes have been pouring in for Ghana’s former president, Jerry Rawlings, who died in Accra on Thursday morning, aged 73. African Union Commission chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat tweeted: “Africa has lost a stalwart of Pan-Africanism and a charismatic conti...

November 12, 2020 No Responses

Former Ghanaian Leader, Jerry Rawlings, is Dead

Former Ghanaian military leader, Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings, is dead. He died on Thursday of complications from COVID-19, according to BBC reports. The former Ghanaian leader who was aged 73years, died at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital. Rawlings rul...

November 3, 2020 No Responses

Pope Francis Dedicates All Souls Prayers To Coronavirus Victims

Pope Francis on Monday offered his All Souls prayers especially for those who lost their lives due to the coronavirus pandemic. “Today we pray for all the #Faithful Departed and especially for the victims of the #Coronavirus, for those who...

October 26, 2020 No Responses

Samsung Group Chairman Dies At 78

Lee Kun-hee, the chairman of South Korea’s largest conglomerate, Samsung Group, has died aged 78. Mr Lee helped to grow his father’s small trading business into an economic powerhouse, diversifying into areas like insurance and shipping.&nbsp...

July 31, 2020 No Responses

Buhari Mourns PA Fasanmi

President Muhammadu Buhari has joined Yoruba socio-cultural and political organisation, Afenifere, in mourning the passing of Pa Ayorinde Fasanmi, describing his death as a big loss to the nation. Buhari, in a message by his Special Adviser on Media and...

June 16, 2020 No Responses

Buhari Mourns Senator Osinowo

President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family of Osinowo and the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on the death of Sen. Sikiru Adebayo Osinowo, the Senator representing Lagos East senatorial district. The president’s condolence message was ...

May 31, 2020 No Responses

OPEC Mourns Baru, ex-GMD Of NNPC

The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has described the death of Dr Maikanti Baru, former Group Managing Director of NNPC as a huge loss to the oil and gas sector in Nigeria. Dr Mohammed Barkindo, Secretary-General, disclosed this in.....

May 2, 2020 No Responses

Nigeria Records 238 New Coronavirus Cases

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday confirmed 238 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the country, bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 2,170. The NCDC also said that 10 new patients have been...

March 22, 2020 No Responses

Confusion As Groom Dies On Wedding Day In Jos

A groom-to-be, Mr Samuel Yarling, of Lamingo, Jos, has reportedly died on his wedding day leaving his bride-to-be and both families devastated. The wedding which was slated for March 21, at the ECWA Church Seminary, had sent two families into...

March 16, 2020 No Responses

LASEMA: 17 Dead, 25 Injured In Abule Ado Pipeline Explosion

The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu has disclosed that 17 bodies have been recovered while 25 casualties are being treated for injuries sustained in the Abule Ado pipeline explosion. Oke-Osanyintol...

March 14, 2020 No Responses

Osinbajo’s Outrider Dies In Road Accident

The Presidency has announced the death of a police outrider on the convoy of Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, in a statement in Abuja,...