Tag: DEATH
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...
Prompt News publisher loses mother
The death has been announced of Sariyu Oyetunji, mother of the publisher of Prompt News Online.
Madam Oyetunji passed on at about 11.00 am on...
Pop superstar, George Michael, dies at 53
British pop icon, George Michael, is dead.
He was 53.
The star, who launched his career with Wham! in the 1980s and had huge success as...
Buhari orders investigation into death of NYSC member
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the families of three National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members who lost their lives recently during the 2016...
Buhari mourns human rights lawyer, Fred Agbaje
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the family, friends and professional colleagues of erudite human rights lawyer, Fred Agbaje, who passed on Saturday.
A statement...