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A long time spokesman for the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Mr. Yinka Odumakin, has died of COVID-19. It was learnt that, Odumakin died at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital isolation centre. Mrs. Joe Okei-Odumakin, his wife and colleague in the struggle to see a better Nigeria, has confirmed his death. It has been gathered […]
Continue ReadingObafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria, is mourning the first emeritus Professor of Law and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Professor David Adedayo Ijalaye. The Vice-Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, Prof Eyitope Ogunbodede, described Ijalaye’s death as “monumental”. A release by the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the […]
Continue ReadingThe first civilian Governor of Lagos State, Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, is dead. He died on Thursday at the age of 91. Popularly referred to as Action Governor and Baba Kekere, Jakande, brought a lot of development to Lagos as governor between October 1, 1979 and December 31, 1983, in line with the five cardinal […]
Continue ReadingFormer Vice-chancellor, University of Lagos, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos state, Nigeria, Professor Oye Ibidapo-Obe, has died. Prof. Ibidapo-Obe died of COVID-19 complications on Sunday, January 3. He was 71 years old. Born on July 5, 1949, the former University don was a one-time President of the Nigeria Academy of Science. He attended both Ilesa Grammar School […]
Continue ReadingTosin Ogunbodede, the Chief of Protocol to Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, has died in an auto crash along the Ilesha-Akure Expressway. It was gathered that the accident that occurred on Saturday night also claimed the life of his driver.The duo were rushed to the Wesley Guild Hospital, Ilesa where they were said to […]
Continue ReadingDeputy National President of Nigeria’s Trade Union Congress (TUC), Chika Onuegbu, has passed away. Onuegbu died in the early hours of today Saturday, January 2, after a brief illness. Late Onuegbu was the immediate past Chairman of TUC in Rivers State between December 2012 and July 2016. He also served as National Industrial Relation Officer of the […]
Continue ReadingGeneral Ibrahim Babangida’s former Minister of Defence and ex-Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff, Nigerian Armed Forces, General Domkat Yah Bali, is dead. He was 80 years old. Domkat Bali, born 27 February 1940, was the Ponzhi Tarok, a paramount ruler of his town since December, 2010. He was a retired four-star General of the Nigerian […]
Continue ReadingIt is indeed end of an era as the Second Republic governor of the old Kaduna State, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, is dead. He was 84 years old. One of the daughters of the former governor, Zulai Balarabe Musa, confirmed the death of her father. She said Musa died in the early hours of Wednesday. According […]
Continue ReadingRev. (Mrs) Tola Oyediran, the eldest child of the late Western Region Premier and nationalist, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, is dead. She passed on around noon on Friday, October 16, 2020 at the age of 79. She was billed to celebrate her 80th birthday on December 1. Until her death, she was the Chairman, Board of […]
Continue ReadingA prominent Nollywood actor and lecturer in the Department of Performing Arts, University of Ilorin, Prof Ayo Akinwale, has died at 74. Mr. Kunle Akogun, Director of Corporate Affairs of the University of Ilorin who confirmed the death to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said he died on Sept. 13. Akinwale began his acting […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Second Republic Senator, Chief Ayo Fasanmi, leader of the Yoruba socio-cultural group ‘Afenifere’ is dead. He died at the age of 94. The Afenifere leader died in Osogbo in the late hours of Wednesday July 29, after a brief illness. The second republic senator’s son, Afolabi, who confirmed his death wrote in a statement […]
Continue ReadingZindzi Mandela, the eldest daughter of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is dead. She died at the age of 59. She died in a Johannesburg hospital in the early hours of Monday, July 13. News of Zindzi’s death has been confirmed by the Nelson Mandela Foundation. Zindzi Mandela’s son, Bambatha also shared a photo of his mother with the caption “Rest in […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s arts and movie industry has again lost a very notable figure. Veteran actor, Jimmy Johnson, who played or acted the role of ‘Okoro’ in the old Village Headmaster, a well-known TV series which aired on NTA in the 60s, 70s and 80s, is dead. The tall and muscular actor passed on at the age […]
Continue ReadingThe Chief of Staff to Abdulrasaq Abdulrahman, the Kwara State Governor, Mr. Aminu Logun, has died. Logun’s death was confirmed on Twitter by Fafoluyi Olayinka, the Special Assistant, New Media to the Kwara State Governor, Abdulrasaq Abdulrahman. “Kwara State Chief Of Staff, Aminu Adisa Logun Is Dead.. Indeed, death is the next thing after birth. […]
Continue ReadingThe Deputy Vice Chancellor (Admin) Bayero University Kano, Professor Haruna Wakili is dead. He died at the age of 60 Saturday morning at the National Hospital in Abuja after a protracted illness. Daily Trust gathered that the late academician would be buried in his home town at Hadejia, Jigawa State. Wakili was the former Director […]
Continue ReadingEx-beauty queen and wife of Pastor Ituah Ighodalo, of the Trinity House, Ibidunni Ighodalo, is dead Ibidunni, a humble and caring woman, died on Sunday morning of heart attack in Port Harcourt where she was handling COVID-19 isolation centre projects. Announcing her death in a statement issued on behalf of the family, Asue Ighodalo said: “The Ighodalo […]
Continue ReadingThe Commissioner for Environment in Oyo State, Kehinde Ayoola, has been reported dead. Reports have it that Ayoola, former Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly, had been sick for some time before his death on Thursday. Ayoola was Speaker between 1999 and 2003, representing Oyo East/West State Constituency under the Alliance for Democracy, during the administration of […]
Continue ReadingMrs. Bisi Akodu, a corporate commercial lawyer and Managing Partner at Olisa Agbakoba legal firm has died. She was aged 66, according to an obituary announcement by the legal firm. She passed away in the early hours of Sunday, May 10, the firm said. Bisi, an alumni of University of Lagos, joined the Board of […]
Continue ReadingNigerian billionaire businessman and Chairman of Globe Motors, Victoria Island, Chief Willie Anumudu, has died. He died at the age of 68. Late Anumudu died this morning Tuesday April 21 after a brief illness not related to COVID-19. Reports say he was tested for coronavirus but that the result came back negative. He was to […]
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