Tag: Dead

Anambra Implores FG On Death of Ndubuisi-Chukwu In South Africa
July 9, 2019 No Responses

Anambra Implores FG On Death of Ndubuisi-Chukwu In South Africa

Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano has urged the Federal Government to investigate the alleged murder of Mrs Obianuju Ndubuisi-Chukwu’s in Johannesburg. Mr Don Adinuba, Anambra State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, in a statement advised the Federal Government...
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Buhari Mourns Bishop Kevin Aje
June 7, 2019 No Responses

Buhari Mourns Bishop Kevin Aje

President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the Catholic Pontiff, Pope Francis, President and members of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria on the passage of the Bishop Emeritus of Sokoto, Most Rev. Kevin Aje. A statement issued by his Special...
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Auto Accident Claims 16 Lives In Kano
May 5, 2019 No Responses

Auto Accident Claims 16 Lives In Kano

No fewer than 16 persons have died on Friday evening when three vehicles collided at Tukai Village in Dambatta Local Government Area in Kano State. The Public Relations Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps in the state, Kabiru Ibrahim,...
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Lagos Building Disaster Claims 10 Lives
March 14, 2019 No Responses

Lagos Building Disaster Claims 10 Lives

At least 10 people have died and many more are feared trapped after a building containing a school collapsed in the Nigerian city of Lagos. The school, which was on the top floor of the four-storey building in Ita Faji...
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Adesanmi, 156 others die in Ethiopian Airlines crash
March 11, 2019 No Responses

Adesanmi, 156 others die in Ethiopian Airlines crash

Prominent Nigerian professor, Pius Adesanmi, and former United Nations and African Union Deputy Joint Special Representative in Darfur, Sudan, Ambassador Abiodun Bashua of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were among the 157 persons on board an Ethiopian Airline...
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Buhari Mourns Shagari
December 29, 2018 No Responses

Buhari Mourns Shagari

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed great sadness at the news of the passing away of the First Executive President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Alhaji Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari. President Buhari said, “ On behalf of my family, the...
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Drama As ‘Dead’ woman Is Found Alive In Morgue Fridge
July 3, 2018 No Responses

Drama As ‘Dead’ woman Is Found Alive In Morgue Fridge

A South African woman is recovering in hospital after being discovered alive in a mortuary fridge. The woman was taken to Carletonville morgue, in Gauteng province, having been declared dead by paramedics following a road accident. Ambulance company Distress A...
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Buhari Mourns Winnie Mandela
April 3, 2018 No Responses

Buhari Mourns Winnie Mandela

President Muhammadu Buhari has described the passing away of South-African anti-apartheid icon, Mrs Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, as a huge loss to Africa.   The President noted that she was a woman of uncommon determination, steadfastness and perseverance who h...
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37 Dead, 64 Missing In Shopping Mall Inferno
March 26, 2018 No Responses

37 Dead, 64 Missing In Shopping Mall Inferno

At least 37 people are confirmed to have died in a fire that tore through a shopping centre in the Siberian coal-mining city of Kemerovo. At least 64 people are missing, including 41 children, and parts of the building are...
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Shagaya: Buhari condoles family, people of Plateau
February 12, 2018 No Responses

Shagaya: Buhari condoles family, people of Plateau

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the tragic accident that took the life of Sen. John Shagaya, and condoled  the family over the loss. President Buhari in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr...
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Accident claims 20 lives along Kaduna-Abuja expressway
January 29, 2018 No Responses

Accident claims 20 lives along Kaduna-Abuja expressway

No fewer than 20 people died in a ghastly motor accident along Kaduna-Abuja expressed way on Sundaynight.  The Sector Commander of the Federal Roads Safety Corps in Kaduna State, Umar Ibrahim, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna...
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‘Osotimehin was a pillar, mentor to Future Assured Programme’
June 8, 2017 No Responses

‘Osotimehin was a pillar, mentor to Future Assured Programme’

Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari has described the late Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin, as a pillar and mentor who has supported her struggle towards improving the lives of women and children in Nigeria.   She made the statement through...
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Road accidents claim 1,466 Nigerians in three months
April 29, 2017 No Responses

Road accidents claim 1,466 Nigerians in three months

Not less than 1,466 Nigerians died as a result of road accidents between January and March, this year.  According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), 1,363 of the 1,466 Nigerians that got killed in the period were adults. NBS...
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