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May 23, 2021 No Responses

AIB-N Recovers Black Box, Expands Military Plane Crash Investigation

By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com — The Accident Investigation Bureau, Nigeria (AIB -N) has commenced investigation into the military plane crash which claimed 11 lives including the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, on Friday in Kaduna State. The bureau’s General Manager, Public...

May 23, 2021 No Responses

PDP Mourns Lt-Gen Attahiru, Others

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday expressed grief over the death of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt- Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, and other officers in a military plane crash on Friday in Kaduna State. A statement issued by...

May 22, 2021 No Responses

Buhari Mourns Lt.Gen Attahiru, Others

President Muhammadu Buhari is deeply saddened over the air crash that claimed the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, and other military officers. According to a statement issued by Special Adviser to the President(Media and Publicity),...

May 14, 2021 No Responses

Buhari Mourns Dogonyaro

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the death of the former Chief of Defence Staff, retired Lt. Gen. Joshua Dogonyaro. The president made his feelings known in a statement by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Thursday. ...

May 8, 2021 No Responses

Buhari Mourns Aisha Al-Hassan

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the death of Hajiya Aisha Al-Hassan, who was Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development during his first term in office. A statement by the President’s Spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja o...

April 10, 2021 No Responses

Buhari Mourns Prince Philip

President Muhammadu Buhari has extended his condolences to the Queen of England over the death of her husband, Prince Philip at the age of 99. The president’s condolence message was contained in a statement issued by his Spokesman, Malam Garba...

April 4, 2021 No Responses

Buhari Mourns Yinka Odumakin

President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family, friends and acquaintances of Mr Yinka Odumakin, Spokesman of Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, over the passing away of the activist. Odumakin was also Buhari’s spokesman when he ran for p...

February 3, 2021 No Responses

NUJ Mourns Tony Momoh

The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) has joined millions of Nigerians to mourn Prince Tony Momoh, a veteran journalist and former Minister of Information and Culture. The NUJ National Secretary, Mr Shuaibu Leman, in a statement issued on T...

January 31, 2021 No Responses

NUJ Mourns Victoria Asher, Benue Council Chairman

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has declared three days of national mourning over the death of Mrs Victoria Asher, Chairman of the union in Benue. The NUJ National President, Mr Chris Isiguzo, made the declaration in a statement sign...

December 27, 2020 No Responses

COVID-19: Buhari Mourns 20 Doctors

President Muhammadu Buhari has saluted the sacrifices of 20 doctors reportedly killed by COVID-19 in the country, saying the welfare of frontline medical workers is a priority of his government. The president had sent his condolences to the Nigerian Medi...

December 25, 2020 No Responses

NLNG Mourns Professor Jerry Agada

Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), the sponsor of The Nigeria Prize for Literature, expresses shock and sadness over the loss of one of the Prize’s Advisory Board members, Professor Jerry Agada, who died on Tuesday 22nd December 2020, after a brief...

December 13, 2020 No Responses

NUJ Mourns Leadership Newspaper Publisher, Nda-Isaiah

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has described the death of Mr Sam Nda-Isaiah, publisher of Leadership Newspapers, as “shocking”, and declared that the media world had lost a great icon. In a statement signed by Mr Midat Joseph, its...

December 8, 2020 No Responses

Obaseki Mourns Apostle Eunice Osagiede

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has expressed shock over the death of Apostle Eunice Osagiede, the General Overseer of Spirit and Life Bible Church, headquartered in Benin City, the Edo State capital. The governor, in a statement, mourned...

December 6, 2020 No Responses

Makinde Mourns Harry Akande

Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde has described as a huge loss, the death of business mogul and former presidential aspirant, Chief Harry Akande. Akande died on Saturday morning after a brief illness. He was aged 77. Makinde expressed the.....