Nollywood actor-producer and businessman, Charles Granville, has passed away. He died on Thursday, September 21 during a protracted illness. Charles Granville was officially named IPGC’s Special Envoy to the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS in January 2022. Granville equally Continue Reading
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President Bola Tinubu has shared in the pain of loss with the family, friends and associates of the Doyen of Accounting in Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa, Chief Akintola Williams, who passed away on Monday at the age of 104 years old. President Tinubu in a statement by presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, sympathised with the Government […]Continue Reading
Nigeria’s first indigenous chartered accountant, Akintola Williams, is dead. The doyen of accounting died at the age of 104. According to a source, who does not want to be mentioned, Williams died at his house in Lagos, on Monday. The graduate of accounting at the University of London was born in 1919. Details later. Punch / […]Continue Reading
By Lilian Ibomor A former acting Zonal Director, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN, lbadan Zonal Station, Pastor Zacchaeus Oloruntola is dead. Pastor Oloruntola died on Friday, at his Elebu residence, lbadan during a brief illness at the age of 62. The deceased who retired from FRCN three years ago after 35 years of meritorious […]Continue Reading
A nonagenarian who designed Nigeria’s flag, Pa. Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi (OFR), is dead. Pa. Akinkunmi, aged 93, died in the early hours of Tuesday after a brief illness. His demise was announced via the Facebook account of one of his children. He wrote, “Life is indeed transient; I can say boldly that you live a […]Continue Reading
The Senior Pastor of The Fountain of Life Church (TFOLC), Pastor Taiwo Odukoya, has died at the age of 67. According to a message posted to the church’s Facebook account on Tuesday evening, the Lagos-based preacher passed away in the United States on Monday. “The Fountain of Life Church Family, in total submission to the […]Continue Reading
The immediate-past Chief Judge of Bayelsa State, Justice Kate Abiri (retd.), is dead. She died on Thursday morning. The Yenagoa branch chairman of Aleibiri Federated Community, Bibobra Kitchen, announced her demise in a brief statement he issued on Thursday. The statement did not disclose the cause of her death but declared four days of mourning […]Continue Reading
A medical doctor, Dr. Vwaere Diaso, died at the General Hospital, Odan, Lagos Island, after an elevator she took crashed. According to report, the hospital elevator that killed the late Diaso crashed from the 10th floor to the ground floor. It was also gathered that the late doctor was rushed to the emergency ward of […]Continue Reading
A judge in the Federal High Court, Justice Peter Mallong, has died. He was said to have died on Sunday during a brief illness. The Chief Registrar, Federal High Court of Nigeria, Hassan Sulaiman, confirmed this to newsmen on Monday. He said, “Hon. Justice Peter Hoommuk Mallong, a judge of the Federal High Court, passed […]Continue Reading
Ebele Okaro, the veteran Nollywood actress, has been bereaved. She took to social media to announce the death of her beloved husband Anyi Okaro. The 59-year-old actress shared the sad news with her followers on her official Instagram page. Ebele Okaro shared a photo of her late spouse along with a heartfelt comment expressing her […]Continue Reading
Oluwakayode Banjo Senator Sharafadeen Alli, APC lawmaker representing Oyo-South has described the death of Prophet Michael Ojo Olowere, popularly called Baba Olowere as a loss of a true prophet of God. Alli in a condolence message he personally signed and made available to newsmen on Thursday, said that the late Baba Olowere, a popular evangelist […]Continue Reading
By Oluwakayode Banjo The death has occurred of a veteran Journalist, Alhaji Salim Wole Abioye. Alhaji Abioye was a retired Deputy Director Training, Radio Nigeria Training School, now National Broadcasting Academy, Shogunle, Lagos. He joined Radio Nigeria Ibadan in the 1960s and worked as Correspondent in Ijebu Ode, transferred to Lagos FRCN Ikoyi, in the […]Continue Reading
A renowned evangelist and founder of Christ Apostolic Church, CAC, Oke-Agbara, Asi Bodija, Prophet Michael Ojo Olowere popularly refers to as Baba Olowere dead. Baba died on Wednesday at his Asi residence, Ibadan. Culled / Titilayo Kupoliyi Subscribe to our Telegram and YouTube Channels also join our Whatsapp Update GroupContinue Reading
Barely weeks after Yoruba Nollywood actor, Murphy Afolabi died, another veteran Yoruba actress, Sidikat Odunkanmi, popularly known as Iyabo Oko has died. According to her daughter who broke the news via her Instagram account, the actress who battled an undisclosed ailment died on Wednesday. Though details of the cause of her death are yet to […]Continue Reading
By Bolanle Adesida Ogun State Commander of Amotekun Corps, David Akinremi is dead. Mr Akinremi who was appointed as the Commander of the newly established Amotekun Corps in 2021 died on Monday. In a condolence message, Ogun State Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun described the death of Mr Akinremi as a great loss to the security […]Continue Reading
Hours after the death of Lai Oso, a renowned Professor of Mass Communication at the School of Communication, Lagos State University (LASU), filtered in, tributes have been pouring in. Oso, who died in a motor accident on Saturday evening on his way back to Lagos from Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka, was loved by all.Expectedly, […]Continue Reading
By Bolanle AdesidaOgun State Government has described the transition of Agura of Gbagura, Oba Babajide Bakre as a great loss to the people of Gbagura, and the state in general.A statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Tokunbo Talabi indicates that the state government commiserates with the Chiefs, Gbagura indigenes at home and […]Continue Reading
A Nollywood veteran actor, Don Brymo Uchegbu, has died. The Anambra State-born thespian reportedly died on Thursday. The 56-year-old actor was said to have died in his sleep. His colleague and friend, Mr. Mayor Ofoegbu, confirmed the development in a post on his Facebook page on Thursday morning. “Plan for tomorrow but live for today. […]Continue Reading
By Wale Oluokun The Agura of Gbagura, Abeokuta, Oba Babajide Bakre, Jamolu the second has joined his ancestors. According to the Osi of Egbaland who is also the Balogun of Ibadan Township, Gbagura Abeokuta, Chief Rasaq Adesola in a statement the monarch joined his ancestors on Wednesday in Abeokuta. The Administrative Secretary to the Agura […]Continue Reading
The remains of High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, the Founder of DAAR Communications, would be buried on 22nd June, 2023 at his residence in Agenebode, Edo State. This was disclosed by the Dokpesi family of Agenebode, according to the burial arrangements released by the Dokpesi family of Agenebode, the funeral activities will commence on 19th June, […]Continue Reading
By Matthew Famakinde/Adedayo Adelowo The Oyo State Fire Service has confirmed the death of one Rotimi Adigun popularly known as “Bintin” of Sunsun area, Ogbomoso Confirming the death to Radio Nigeria, Ogbomoso Sector Command of Oyo state Fire service, Mr. Oluwaseyi Awoyemi said Rotimi Adigun was chasing a fleeing student who was found loitering during […]Continue Reading
One of the most influential and controversial figures in TV history, Jerry Springer is dead. Jerry hosted the smash hit syndicated talk show “The Jerry Springer Show” for 27 years and it was never a boring moment on the raucous and wild show — which was known for its outrageous guests who usually got into […]Continue Reading
A veteran journalist and one of Nigeria’s most celebrated columnists, Peter Enahoro, is dead. Enahoro, popularly known by his pen name, Peter Pan, died in London, the United Kingdom on Monday, aged 88. The development was announced in a terse statement by Nigeria’s foremost female journalist, Ms Bunmi Sofola. The statement read in part, “Regret […]Continue Reading
The Kwara State Judiciary has lost another Judge, Justice Sikiru Oyinloye, to the cold hands of death. Justice Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court reportedly died on Sunday during a brief illness. The Judge was, until his death, in the active service of the Kwara State Judiciary. Justice Oyinloye was the second judge to […]Continue Reading
By Wale Oluokun The remains of the late Founder and General Overseer of Pentecostal Witness Mission International, Quarry Road Abeokuta, Bishop David Folorunsho Akokunrin has been laid to rest with a call on Christians to be prepared for death as man’s inevitable end. Delivering the sermon at a funeral service held at the Church, Pastor […]Continue Reading