First female TV newsreader for BBC, Nan Winton, dies

The first woman to read the news on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), has died at the age of 93. The broadcaster, Nancy ‘Nan Winton’ Wigginton, was taken to the hospital on May 8 following a fall at her home in Bridport, Dorset. Her condition worsened and she passed away at Dorchester County Hospital on Saturday, May 11. […]

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Obafemi Awolowo University student slumps, dies

A 300-level Microbiology student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Omotola Akorede Kayode, has slumped and died while he was playing football. Confirming the incident, a statement by the University Registrar, Margaret Omasule, said all medical measures taken to save the student’s life proved abortive. “We regret to inform the university community that one of our […]

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Benue foremost leader, Joseph Tarka’s first son, dies

A former member of the House of Representatives from Benue State, Simeon Mbakorkaa Tarka, has died, He passed on at the age of 65. Simeon Tarka, who was the first son of Chief Joseph Sarwuan Tarka, Benue’s foremost nationalist and a two-time Minister, passed on yesterday in the house of Emmanuel Manger, a Commissioner in […]

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Kogi judiciary staff, a widow, owed over 1 year salary, slumps, dies

A staff with the Kogi State Judiciary, Mrs. Fatimah Noah, 43, has died, a day after the state branch of the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), called off its five-month industrial action. The Magistrate Court 2, Lokoja was thrown into mourning as the news of the demise of one of their colleagues, who was […]

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26-yr-old fashion model collapses on runway, dies (Photos)

A model has died after collapsing on the runway during Sao Paulo’s Fashion Week in Brazil. 26-year-old Tales Soares known as Tales Cotta was walking the runway on Saturday when he suddenly stumbled and fell down during a show for clothing brand Ocksa. He received help from a medical team at the scene and was later rushed to hospital where he […]

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28-year old Burundi midfielder, Papy Faty, slumps on the pitch, dies

Burundi’s national football team midfielder, Papy Faty has passed away after he slumped during a game in Piggs Peak town in north-western Swatini. He slumped while playing for Melanti Chiefs against Green Mamba in the Burundian topflight league after just 15 minutes on the pitch. He was rushed to the hospital, where he was declared […]

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Nigerian female prison inmate gave birth to twins, dies

Nigerian Prisons Service, Cross River State Command, has disclosed that the female inmate who gave birth to twins has died. According to the Public Relations Officer of the Command, ASP Effanga Etim, the inmate died on April 19, after suffering complication as a result of the delivery, The Nation reports. The statement reads: “The Nigeria […]

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Nigerian filmmaker dies while shooting movie in Jos

One of Nollywood’s film makers, Ifeanyi Onyeabor, has passed away. According to reports, Onyeabor died while shooting a movie in Jos, Plateau state. He fell ill and was rushed to a private hospital where he died in the early hours of Friday, April 19th. Confirming his death, the President of Directors’ Guild of Nigeria (DGN), Fred Amata, […]

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Law graduate, Corps member falls off moving bus in Lagos, dies (Photos)

A corps member has died after he fell off a commercial bus in Lagos. Akhigbe Nuel Odiase, a recent law graduate, was in a bus plying the LASU-Isheri road when he fell from the moving vehicle at about 9:45pm on the night of April 15, 2019. He sustained a severe head injury from the accident and […]

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APC Board of Trustee member slumps, dies

A member of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hajiya Fati Mohammed has passed away. She was a former National Treasurer of the defunct All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP). Speaking on the incident, President Muhammadu Buhari condoled with the government and people of Adamawa State. A statement by his spokesman, […]

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Nigerian Ambassador to Côte d’Ivoire slumps, dies

Nigerian Ambassador to Cote d’Ivoire, Mr. Ibrahim Isah, has passed away. He died at the aged of 60. Sources from the Nigerian Embassy at Deux Plateau, Abidjan, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that Isah died at 7pm on Tuesday. He was said to have slumped and died at the Polyclinique Internationale Sainte Anne-Marie (PISAM) […]

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Media personality who got married in April, dies, aged 33 (Photos)

Media personality, Nathaniel Adejoh, has died. Nathan who is from Kogi state, died on Monday December 24 after a long battle with an undisclosed ailment. Nathan who got married to his pretty wife, Rachel, in April 2018, was 33 years old. His friends and family had a candle light for him on Friday, December 28. […]

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Former Head of ING, Chief Ernest Shonekan dies?

Former Head of Nigeria’s Interim National Government (ING), Chief Ernest Adegunle Oladeinde Shonekan may have passed away. He was reported dead, aged 82. Chief Ernest Adegunle Oladeinde Shonekan was a British-trained Nigerian lawyer, industrialist, politician and traditional chieftain. He was appointed as interim head of Nigerian govt by General Ibrahim Babangida on 26 August 1993. […]

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Pretty final year female student suddenly dies (Photos)

A very pretty Nigerian lady suddenly dies, leaving her family and friends in tears after the unfortunate incident in Delta state, Nigeria. The lady, identified as Obuwe Tega, a final year student of Federal Polytechnic Auchi, Edo State, died yesterday morning after complaining of something moving in her body. Reports by Sapele Oghenek, a journalist, […]

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