Tag: DEATH

Senator Aliyu Wamakko has lost his younger brother, Buba Wamakko, at age 66. The deceased was the district head of Gedawa in Wamakko Local Government...

The Management of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) says one of the three patients, who was confirmed to have tested positive for the coronavirus...

Enugu State Commissioner for Health, Anthony Ugochukwu, has died. The surgeon died on Friday night at Memphys Hospital, Enugu. He was said to have recently returned...

Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, has revealed that the first person to die of the coronavirus in the state did not...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed the death of two coronavirus (COVID-19) patients in Lagos and Edo. The agency announced this on...

American soul singer, Bill Withers, who wrote the popular song 'Lean on Me', has died of a heart complication at the age of 81. This...

President Muhammadu Buhari has mourned the Emir of Jere, Sa’ad Usman, who was also husband of former minister of finance, Senator Nenadi Usman. The president,...

Sports broadcaster and founder of Brila FM, Larry Izamoje, has lost his mother, Felicia Izamoje, at the age of 89. The family announced the passage...

The world and the football community are in grief over the death of former Olympique de Marseille’s president, Pape Diouf. Mr Diouf died on Tuesday of...

Nigeria’s Rio 2016 Paralympic gold medalist, Ndidi Nwosu, has died after a brief illness. Former President of the Nigeria Powerlifting Federation (NPPF), Queen Uboh-Idris, confirmed her death...