Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri has said that his major preoccupation is to bequeath the legacy of a better Bayelsa and society at large than he met it. Diri stated this on Wednesday during a memorial service in honour of his father, Pa Abraham Diri, at the St. Peter’s...
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The remains of Rev. Fr. Tobias Okonkwo, a priest of the Catholic Diocese of Nnewi, in Anambra, murdered on Dec. 26 has been laid to rest amid tears. He was buried on Thursday at Our Lady of Assumption Cathedral in Nnewi after a requiem mass at the cathedral. Okonkwo,...
The victims that died in a stampede that occured during a Christmas rice distribution in Okija, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra, have on Friday, been buried. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Police Command in Anambra had confirmed 22 people dead in the stampede that...
Jigawa State Governor, Umar Namadi has announced the passing of his mother, Maryam Namadi on Wednesday. The Chief Press Secretary, Hamisu Gumel, announced this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Dutse. Maryam died in the early hours of Wednesday, Dec. 25, and was buried according to the Islamic...
The remains of an Abia founding father, Dr Emmanuel Adaelu, was interred on Wednesday at his country home, Abayi in Osisioma Ngwa Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Adaelu, 92, was one of the state’s foremost industrialists and the Chairman of...
The remains of Nigeria Actress, Mrs Elizabeth Evoeme, better known as Ovulera, was on Friday laid to rest in her home town, Umuaba Okpu-umuobo in Osisioma Ngwa Local Government in Abia. Evoeme was born on Dec. 1, 1942 and began her career in a drama group called,”Ndichie” and other...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, accompanied by a delegation of government officials and esteemed statesmen, paid a visit of condolence to Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State. They offered their sympathies for the passing of his wife, Pastor Patience Umo Eno, whose...
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday at plenary paid glowing tribute to late Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah, who died on July 26. Ubah, born on Sept 3, 1971, represented Anambra South Senatorial District in the 9th and 10th senate. Ubah, until his death, was a member of the All Progressives Congress...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – As part of preparations for the funeral of the late former Senate President, Joseph Wayas, scheduled for November 30, Cross River Deputy Governor and Chairman of the Planning Committee, Rt. Hon. Peter Odey, on Sunday, conducted a routine inspection of the deceased’s compound where...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has appealed to the officers and men of the armed forces to recommit to the task of defeating the nation’s enemies. “That was what the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja stood for,” Musa said at the burial...
President Bola Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, and First Lady Oluremi Tinubu, on Friday, paid their last respects to the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, who passed away on November 5 at the age...
The Funeral Service in honour of the late Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, who passed on at the age of 56 on Nov. 5, has ended at the National Christian Centre Abuja. The remains of the late ay Chief arrived at the church at 11:17 am...
The Nigerian Army on Thursday held a Service of Songs in honour of the late Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, who passed on after a brief illness on Nov. 5. The service of songs marked the commencement of the burial rites for the late COAS whose...
The remains of the late Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, have been taken from Lagos to Abuja for state burial. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Lagbaja’s remains, on Thursday, departed Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, aboard NAF918 at 10:14 a.m. President Bola Tinubu...
President Bola Tinubu said on Friday that the passing of Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, former Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation had cost Nigeria a committed patriot and elder statesman. Tinubu said this at Uburu, Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi during the burial ceremony of the deceased who passed...
The death of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoheed Lagbaja, has thrown his native Ilobu Community into deep mourning. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who was in the town on Wednesday, reports that the whole area looked unusually calm. At the Palace of the Olobu...
The body of the former president of the Senate, Dr Joseph Wayas , who died on Nov. 30, 2021 would be committed to Mother Earth on Nov. 30, three years after his demise. This was disclosed at a news conference by Dr Dorn-Cklaimz Enamhe, Secretary, Central Planning Committee for...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has paid a heartfelt tribute to the late President-General of Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, at a service of songs in Abuja. Jonathan recounted how Iwuanyanwu took him under his wing, even before he became Bayelsa Deputy Governor, and mentored him throughout his presidency....
A mass burial has been conducted for 140 victims of the petrol tanker explosion that took place at Majiya town, Taura Local Government Area of Jigawa State on Wednesday. About 90 other victims of the ugly incident are currently in various hospitals in the state receiving treatment. The explosion...
The National Commandant of Peace Corps of Nigeria (PCN), Dr Dickson Ameh Akoh will on Saturday, September 14 play host to eminent Nigerians at his country home, Ogoli,Ugboju, in Otukpo local government area of Benue State as he buries his beloved father, Pa Simon Ameh Ojonye Akoh. Eminent Nigerians...