Tag: DEATH
Actress found dead at home
English actress, socialite, TV presenter and friend of the Royal Family, Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, has been found dead at her London flat, aged 45.
The former...
Fela’s mother-in-law dies
Afrobeat musician, Femi Kuti, has announced the death of his maternal grandmother.
In a short tribute posted on Instagram on Tuesday, Femi said the deceased...
BREAKING: Rivers police commissioner, Bolaji Odesanya, dies
The Rivers State Police Commissioner, Bolaji Odesanya, is dead.
He was said to have died on Tuesday morning at a brief illness at Sterling Hospital...
NFF, others mourn Dalung’s wife
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has joined Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, in grieving following the death of his wife.
Dalung, 52, announced the...
Solomon Dalung loses wife
Nigeria's Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, is bereaved following the death of his wife, Naomi.
Naomi who has six children for the Jos-born...
Literary icon, Buchi Emecheta, dies at 72
Nigerian novelist, Florence Onyebuchi Emecheta, passed away in London on Wednesday.
She was 72.
Confirming Emecheta’s death, President, Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), Denja Abdullahi, said...
Ghanaian actress, Yvonne Nelson, confirms father’s death
Ghanaian actress, model and film producer, Yvonne Nelson, has confirmed the death of her father which occurred on Monday, January 23.
Her initial silence was...
Ambode mourns passage of Government House reporter
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has expressed rude shock and sadness over the death of a member of staff of National Mirror, Francis Suberu.
Mr...
How Command Secondary School commandant died – Nigerian Army
The Nigerian Army, 2 Division Ibadan, has said that the late Commandant of Command Secondary School, Ibadan, Brigadier General Anthony Okeyim, died of “intracranial...
Toyin Majekodunmi: Nollywood records first death of 2017
Death claimed its first victim in Nollywood for 2017 on Monday with the death of Yoruba actress, Lucia Toyin Majekodunmi.
The passing of the former...