Death By Godwin Felix Abuja: Nigerian-British Grammy-winning singer and songwriter, Mark Olayinka, professionally know man as Talay Riley, dies at age 35 after a fatal stabbing in Silvertown, East London, on Friday. The tragic incident occurred around 9 a.m on Pankhurst Avenue. Emergency responders discovered Orabiyi with severeContinue Reading
Mrs Oluwakemi Oyeteju James, the late wife of Michael James, a journalist and former Editor of Ovation International Magazine, has been scheduled for burial April 1. According to a statement by James on Sunday, the funeral rites for the mother of two would be held between March 31 andContinue Reading
A Muslim Wrote: I once lived beside a mortuary. Not close to it, but beside it. Just an incomplete fence separated the house from the mortuary. If you stretched your neck, you could literally see the mortuary. Every day. Dead bodies coming in. Mourners crying. Ambulances arriving. SilenceContinue Reading
MAJOR groups, which late Barrister Princess Mediatrix Nwamaka Chigbo, who was murdered by kidnappers in Abuja, on January 5, have roled out a programme of activities to honour her before her corpse is taken to her home state, Anambra. The groups, who have announced their activities are the BlessedContinue Reading
General Abdullahi Mohammed Adangba President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed a sense of loss at the passing of Major General Abdullahi Mohammed Adangba (rtd.), a former Chief of Staff to Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Umaru Yar’Adua. General Mohammed, who died at the age of 86, left indelible marksContinue Reading
**ABUJA, Nigeria: – The President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC), Engr. Habu Ahmed Gumel, has extended his heartfelt condolences to the Nigerian sporting fraternity following the passing of Engr. Ifedayo Akindoju, the President of the Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF). Until his death, Engr. Akindoju was a highly respectedContinue Reading
Courtesy: Amiloaded By: Thomas Abidoye The wife of the Orangun of Ila, Oba Wahab Iyanda Oyedotun, Olori Abosede Funmilayo, has passed away. It was gathered that Olori Abosede died on Thursday. Details surrounding her death could not be immediately ascertained at the time of filing this report. In hisContinue Reading
Malam Ali Dogo was buried in 1935. That means it’s now 90 years since he was laid to rest. Yet, he only lived 27 years — born in 1908 and died in 1935. Think about it… A man who spent just 27 years on earth has now spent 90Continue Reading
Flowerbud News/ Yusuf Lawal, the late elder brother to the Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Malam Ali M. Ali, was on Wednesday buried in Kano according to Islamic rites. Late Mr Lawal, 61, died on Wednesday after a protracted illness at his residence in Tudun-Wada QuartersContinue Reading
