Entertainment

Murdered Singer, Alizee’s Management Releases Official Statement

Ihesiulo Grace 7 April 2018 0

Nigerian artiste, Zainab Ali-Nielsen, popularly known as Alizee, and her four-year-old daughter, Petra, was murdered by her Italian husband as reported earlier. The singer’s manager has now released an official statement about the murder which reads thus; Petra Entertainment Limited has

News

Mustapha Bukar, senator representing Buhari’s drops dead

Ihesiulo Grace 4 April 2018 0

Another Nigerian lawmaker, Senator Mustapha Bukar, is dead.   Family sources said Mr Bukar, who represents Katsina North (Daura Zone) in the Senate, died on Wednesday morning after a brief illness. Daura is the hometown of President Muhammadu Buhari.     Details of the place or hospital where he died are sketchy as at time […]

News

Grace Ibru Dies At 77

Ihesiulo Grace 3 April 2018 0

Matriarch of the Ibru family and fourth of the seven children of Chief Peter Epete and Mrs. Janet Omotogor Ibru, Madam Grace Ibru, died yesterday in Lagos at the age of 77, after a brief illness. Head of the family, Mr. Goodie Ibru, confirmed the passing of Grace. He implored friends and associates to pray […]

News

20 killed in Borno suicide attack

Ihesiulo Grace 3 April 2018 0

The military yesterday said no fewer than 20 persons, including a soldier, were killed on Sunday night in a battle to ward off a large number of suicide bombers trying to invade Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. About 84 others were injured.       Soldiers on the outskirts of Maiduguri also gunned down six […]

News

House Of Reps Deputy Majority Leader, Buba Jibril Drops Dead

Ihesiulo Grace 30 March 2018 0

The member, representing Lokoja/Kogi Federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Umar Baba Jibril is dead. Aged 58 years, Jibril, a three time member of the house, died in the early hours of Friday in Abuja, one of his political associates, Mr Amuda Dan Sulaiman confirmed. He was until his death, the Deputy Majority Leader […]

News

Sergei Mavrodi, MMM Founder Dies At 62

Ihesiulo Grace 26 March 2018 0

Russian businessman Sergei Mavrodi, whose MMM pyramid scheme deprived millions of Russians of their savings in the 1990s, has died of a heart attack, according to Russia media. Reports said the 62-year-old was rushed to the hospital late on March 25 with pain in his chest and died several hours later. Mavrodi’s MMM financial pyramid […]

Health

Revealed: 57.3 million people suffer annually from malaria

Ihesiulo Grace 22 March 2018 0

The World Health Organisation, WHO, has revealed that Malaria remains the leading killer disease around the world with a total of 57.3 million people being infested annually with the mosquito-borne infectious disease. A representative of the WHO Dr. Rex Mpazanje who spoke on Thursday in Abuja during a two-day conference on capacity building for health […]

Opinion

Proliferation of arms in Nigeria: Role of ICRC

Ihesiulo Grace 19 December 2017 0

The uncontrolled proliferation of tens of thousands of arms into the country is the major catalyst for youth restiveness and violent agitations in some parts of the country. More often than not it leads to all manners of social vices, death, kidnapping, armed robbery, conflicts and outright disrespect to the constituted authority. From January to […]

Headlines Politics

Tinubu loses eldest son

Ihesiulo Grace 2 November 2017 0

…as APC, others mourn Patrick Okohue First son of the National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Babajide has died. Jide, who sources say was hale and hearty, died suddenly of yet to be identified cause. “He was not sick. As at last night, […]

Crime Metro

Police arrests man for stabbing sex worker to death in Enugu

Ihesiulo Grace 24 October 2017 0

Moses Oyediran, Enugu Enugu State Police Command says it has arrested a man who stabbed a commercial sex worker to death following a disagreement he had with the woman. In a statement he issued on Monday, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Ebere Amaraizu, said that the incident happened at about 3:30 a.m. at […]

News

Aare Ona Kakanfo title not synonymous with early death – Gani Adams

Ihesiulo Grace 22 October 2017 0

Chief Gani Adams, the Aare Ona Kakanfo-designate of Yorubaland, on Saturday dismissed superstitious belief that taking the title may lead to his early death. Adams, the National Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples’ Congress (OPC), told newsmen in Lagos that not all those who held the position in the past had died young as is being […]

Crime Metro

Stabbing him was not intentional – 17 year old murder suspect cries

Ihesiulo Grace 20 October 2017 0

Joy Anyim Call it lack of parental care or a pre-destined act; you may not be far from the truth in respect of what transpired between Hannah Osazuwa and late Akintewe Tomide, both of whom were lovers. The news broke on Monday, October 16th, when Osazuwa had reportedly stabbed Tomide on the chest with a […]

News

Egypt Court Sentences Mohamed Morsi to Death

Ihesiulo Grace 16 May 2015 0

An Egyptian court sentenced deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi and more than 100 other defendants to death on Saturday over jail breaks during the 2011 uprising. Morsi, sitting in a caged dock, raised his fists in defiance when the judge read his verdict. Many of those sentenced were tried in absentia, including prominent Islamic cleric […]

Entertainment

The Scourge of Cancer among Nigerian Socialites    

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2015 0

That cancer is very destructive cannot be over emphasized. The  scourge and its ravaging effects have long been a recurring decimal and several  Nigerian socialites have had to fall victim to this terminal disease. Arguably, the second leading cause of death in the world after cardiovascular diseases,  early detection seems to be the only solution […]

Africa News

Egypt Hangs Five for Murder and Theft      

Ihesiulo Grace 28 April 2015 0

Authorities in Egypt have hanged five people convicted of murder and theft, the interior ministry said on Sunday. They were executed in a prison in the southern province of Assyut after the appeals process had been exhausted, a ministry statement said. No more details were supplied about the individual cases. Dozens of Islamists have been […]

News

Breaking News: Explosion Hits Rukuba Barracks Kill 3 on Saturday.

Ihesiulo Grace 25 April 2015 0

At least three people are reported killed and many casualties were recorded at the mass explosion in 3rd Amoured Division Rukuba Barrack of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau state . The Soldiers are calling for calm saying the blast was from the destruction of old explosives in the old ammunition stuck pile clearing exercise. […]

Sports

Baseball, Softball Associations Mourn Col. Friday Ichide

Ihesiulo Grace 22 April 2015 0

  The Nigeria Baseball and Softball Association (NBSA), has described the death of retired Lt.-Col. Friday Ichide, the Executive Director, African Baseball and Softball Association (ABSA) as a colossal loss. A statement by NBSA Secretary, Kehinde Laniyan, on Wednesday said that Ichide died when his services were most needed by the association. The statement also […]

Features

Banker in Police Net over Death of Husband

Ihesiulo Grace 16 April 2015 0

A banker accused of killing her husband alarmed neighbours at the Oworonsoki area of Lagos last Sunday. ANYIM JOY NDUDI reports that the mother of two is police net. Detectives at the State Criminal Investigation department may have a hard nut to crack as one Mrs. Busayo Olafare, a banker is alleged by her in-laws […]

News

Oronto Douglas Demise, a Loss to the Nation – ERA/FoEN

Ihesiulo Grace 10 April 2015 0

  The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has expressed shock at the death of Barrister Oronto Douglas, Senior Special Assistant on Strategy and Documentation to President Goodluck Jonathan, describing his demise as a loss to the nation and the human rights community. Douglas died of cancer-related complications on Tursday, April 9,

Entertainment Society

Madam Modesty Bereaved! 

Ihesiulo Grace 10 April 2015 0

Imelda Osuji Ahunna, popularly known as Madam Modesty is presently in a solemn mood. The woman who preaches against indecent dressing among women we gathered has lost her husband to the cold hands of death. The woman who has carved a niche for herself by always stepping out in long-styled cap. Details of the sad […]