Chief Tom Amioku, a former commissioner representing Delta State on the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has died. It was gathered that he died on Saturday after a brief illness. Before his death, Amioku has been absent from political activities for a long while. The deceased held other positions, including being a […]
Former beauty Queen and wife of the head pastor at Trinity House Church Ibidun Ajayi Ighadalo has passed on. Reports have it that she died in the early hours of today after she suffered a heart attack. We have no previous medical history on the beauty queen, but condolence messages has been sent from friends […]
The music world is mourning the loss of Bonnie Pointer. Bonnie, an original member of the R&B group The Pointer Sisters, died Monday, June 8 at the age of 69. Anita Pointer told Variety in a statement, “It is with great sadness that I have to announce to the fans of the Pointer Sisters that […]
Reggae music icon, Majekodunmi Fasheke, well known as Majek Fashek, has died, according to his manager, Umenka Uzoma. In an Instagram post early Tuesday, Uzoma said Fashek “has gone to be with the LORD his Maker.” View this post on Instagram Today been having pressure calls,well it is true that the African No 1 Legendary […]
The Chairman of Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic, ASUP, Ozoro Chapter, in Delta state, Akpituren Mogbeyi has lost his life in an auto-crash. It was gathered that the lecturer, popularly known as Mr America, who drove in a Toyota Highlander jeep, died on Sunday afternoon after he collided with a truck along the Ogwashi-Uku/Asaba expressway. […]
The body of the former pro wrestler Shad Gaspard was found after it washed ashore on Venice Beach early Wednesday morning, the authorities said. Mr. Gaspard, 39, was reported missing on Sunday, after he was swept out to sea by a rip current while swimming with his son, Aryeh, 10, according to the Los Angeles […]
Twilight actor Gregory Tyree Boyce has been found dead inside his Las Vegas home alongside his girlfriend, Natalie Adepoju. Their cause of their deaths are still pending. The Las Vegas Medical Examiners office confirmed the tragic discovery to E! News, telling the outlet that the couple were pronounced dead at Boyce’s condo on May 13. According to […]
Yobe State Chief Judge, Justice Garba Musa Nabaruma has reportedly died after a prolonged illness. According to information gathered, he passed on yesterday night at the National Hospital, Abuja after a prolonged illness. The late Judge will be buried according to Islamic injunctions today, Tuesday, 19th May, 2020. Nabaruma was sworn-in as Yobe’s Chief Judge […]
Former director-general of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Edet Akpan, is dead. Mr Akpan, a retired major general in the Nigerian army, died Friday morning in his home in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, two persons who work as his domestic aides confirmed to PREMIUM TIMES, Saturday morning. One of Mr Akpan’s aides said they […]
Abuja – The Presidency on Saturday morning announced the passage of the Chief of Staff to the President, Mallam Abba Kyari. Mr Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, confirmed this development in a statement in Abuja. ”The deceased had tested positive to the ravaging COVID-19, and had been receiving treatment. […]
Activist Phyllis Lyon, who spent more than 50 years fighting for LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) rights, died aged 95 of natural causes, California authorities said on Thursday. Lyon’s wedding to Del Martin, her partner of 55 years, was among California’s first court-sanctioned same-sex marriages after they were legalized in 2008. Then San Francisco […]
Makurdi – The Benue Police Command on Friday confirmed the discovery of three corpses belonging to one family in their room situated in North-Bank area of Makurdi metropolis. The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Catherine Anene, who confirmed the bizarre happening in Makurdi, said investigations were ongoing to unravel the cause of death. […]
Ibadan – A yet to be identified night guard was allegedly killed by armed robbers in Oju-irin, Akobo area of Ibadan on Saturday when robbers numbering about 15 invaded the community. Several others including a couple and 12 night guards sustained various degrees of injuries during the robbery. The night guards attacked were reported to […]
A staff of Auchi Polytechnic, Mr Samuel Okolie, who was said to have been abducted by gunmen on Oct. 9 has been found dead. Okolie was found dead on his farm at Aviele community, near Auchi in the Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo early on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports […]
…. Reveals possible cause of her death Joy Anyim There seems to be a new twist to the circumstances surrounding the death of Power Uti’s wife, Toyin at their Illupeju home in Lagos. Reports had it that Toyin who had died on October 9, 2017 was alleged taken to a church by Uti and kept […]
Baring any last-minute change, students in Osun State will stage a massive protest in the state capital, Osogbo, as an expression of their grievances over the death of Miss Ifedolapo Oladepo, a first class graduate from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, department of Transport Management. Oladepo lost her life at the NYSC camp in […]