UN on Monday paid tribute to the victims of Malaysia Arlines flight MH17 nine years after the tragic plane crash occurred in eastern Ukraine. Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17/MAS17) was a scheduled passenger flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur that was shot down by Russian-controlled forces on July 17,...
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President of Men of Issachar Vision, Ibadan, Rev. Samson Ajetomobi, on Tuesday, rained biblical curses on the killers of the University of Ibadan lecturer, Prof. Opeyemi Ajewole. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ajewole, a professor of Social and Environmental Forestry at the nation’s premier university, was...
Former Dean, Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, and Archbishop of the defunct Province Two, Late Archbishop Maxwell Anikwenwa, has been laid to rest. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the former Dean was buried at St Peter’s Church, Ezi-Awkuzu in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra. In his...
The Presidential candidate of Labour Party, (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, has described the death of the late former Dean, Anglican Communion, His Grace, Archbishop Maxwell Anikwenwa, as a “painful loss”. Obi said this in his tribute during a day of tribute organised on behalf of the deceased by the...
Religious leaders and stakeholders on Tuesday poured encomiums on the late Maxwell Anikwenwa, the Pioneer Bishop of Awka Diocese, who died on March 13, 2023, aged 82. He was former Archbishop of Province II and a Retired Bishop of Awka Diocese, Church of Nigeria. On a Day of Tribute...
The family of late Sen. Annie Okonkwo has described the death of their father as ‘painful’. The first son, Uchenna-Harris, who is also House of Representatives member-Elect for Idemili North and South Federal Constituency disclosed this in a statement issued in Awka, Anambra on Thursday. The family said they were saddened...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Vice President Kashim Shettima has described late Borno State Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Usman Jidda Shuwa, as ,”the last of the great titans and an icon who had impeccable good tracks of records in administrative and leadership prowess” VP Shettima stated...
Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has described late Prof. Uche Ikonne, the former Abia Governorship Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as an “excellent scholar and administrator”. Ikpeazu said this on Friday during the burial ceremony of the deceased at Agburuike village of Nsulu Community in Isiala Ngwa...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari and the First Lady, A’isha, on Tuesday mourned the passing away of Chief Olajide Oyewole. In a condolence message issued by the President’s media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja, the First Family described the deceased as “an exceptional lawyer and...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Borno Council has condoled with The University of Maidugiri (UNIMAID) over the death of Professor Muhammad Gujbawu of Mass Communication Department, who died on Tuesday 11th April, 2023. This is contained in a statement issued and signed by...
By PROFESSOR UMARU PATE, Vice Chancellor, Federal University Kashere FUK The death of Prof Mohd Gujbawu is not only a personal and collective huge loss to his family and UNIMAID but to the communication discipline in Nigeria. I first knew him in 1979 or thereabout when he was admitted...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has expressed extreme grief over the separate deaths of the state assembly member-elect for Chibok, Honourable Nuhu Clark, and a Professor of Mass Communication, Mohammed Gujbawu. Zulum is currently in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, for the lesser hajj, from where...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the March 18 election haa mourned the death of former judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague, Prince Bola Ajibola. Prince Ajibola passed on in Abeokuta on Sunday at the...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday said that the Federal Government was proud of late Lt.-Gen. Oladipo Diya’s legacy whom he said served his country with integrity and forthrightness. Osinbajo made the remark during a condolence visit to the late Diya’s family at the deceased’s residence at 31 Adekunle...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has joined the family of Audu Bako, the late Military Governor of the old Kano State, the government and people of Kano and Jigawa in mourning the demise of Hajiya Ladi Bako. The pioneer first lady died at the age of...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ado-Ekiti – Ekiti Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, has expressed his condolences over the death of a former Chief of General Staff (CGS), Lt.-Gen. Oladipo Diya (rtd.), who died on Sunday at 78. Oyebanji in a statement on Sunday by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr Yinka...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday mourned the passing of retired Lt.-Gen. Oladipo Diya GCON, who served as Chief of General Staff from 1993 to 1997 and Vice Chairman of the Provisional Ruling Council in 1994. The President, in a statement by his Spokesman, Mr...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – More tributes have poured in for the first elected female Senator in Nigeria, Franca Afegbua, who died on Sunday at the age of 80, with Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, describing her death as the exit of...
The remains of the late President-General (P-G) of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Prof. George Obiozor, were laid to rest on Friday in his Awo-Omamma country home, Oru East Local Government Area of Imo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that eminent Nigerians, who attended the funeral service held at the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has mourned the death of the late Emir of Dutse, Jigawa, Dr Nuhu Muhammad-Sanusi, describing him as a great Nigerian who believed in the country who served his people and humanity very well. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement...