Abdul-Ganiyu Abdul-Razaq, father of Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara is dead. The deceased’s first son, Dr Alimi AbdulRazaq, who announced this in a statement on Saturday in Ilorin, said his father passed on at the age of 93. Abdul-Razaq said in the statement that the late SAN died in the early hours of Saturday in Abuja. “With total submission to the will of the Almighty Allah, the AbdulRazaq family of Ilorin Emirate, Kwara State, hereby...
The Northern Governors Forum has commiserated with Gov. Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq of Kwara over the death of his father and elder statesman, Alh. AbdulGaniyu Abdul-Razaq, who died at 93. The Chairman of the forum and Governor of Plateau, Simon Lalong, in a condolence message by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr Makut Macham on Saturday in Jos, described the death as “painful”. Lalong said that the death of the elder statesman, who was the...
The Nigerian Air Force has said that it will release the details of the outcome of its preliminary investigation on the death of the Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile. Arotile is the first female combat helicopter pilot who died on Tuesday. This is revealed by the NAD Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, in a release titled, ‘Preliminary Investigation Report on the death of Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile’. Daramola adds that members...
■ During that time he allegedly set about making money by forcing the woman to use her American accent in scams. Chukwuebuka Kasi Obiaku allegedly met the 64-year-old American woman on Facebook and invited her to come to Lagos in Nigeria under the “pretext of love and marriage” A woman was allegedly held in a hotel for more than a year by her husband who used her identity to commit fraud. The 64-year-old woman, who...
Two managers of hotels in Osun State where a nurse who had been declared missing in Lagos was found, have been brought in for investigation, Police say. Ayomide Alao, 28, had left her house on June 14, for her workplace in Lagos but did not return home and calls to her phone went unanswered. The situation prompted her family to begin search for her and informed the Police, according to the Punch. The Police Division...
Zindziswa “Zindzi” Mandela, the daughter of Nelson Mandela, the late former president of South Africa, has died in Johannesburg. Her granddaughter Ndileka Mandela confirmed the information to dpa on Monday. According to state broadcaster SABC, the 59-year-old, who was the younger daughter of Nelson Mandela and his second wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, died on Sunday in a Johannesburg hospital. The details surrounding her death are not yet known and a statement is expected to be released...
A billionaire oil mogul, Prince Arthur Eze, has said for the Igbo to be president of Nigeria, they must love another and be united. According to the business mogul, it will take God for an Igbo man to become Nigeria’s President because they are not united. Speaking on the 2023 general elections, Eze advised that the Ndigbo not to crave for a President of Igbo extraction but a President who would champion the interest of...
The Northern Governors Forum (NGF) has condoled with the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, over the passing of his mother, Janet Hauwa Kukah. Chairman of the forum, Simon Along, who is also Governor of Plateau, described her passing as painful in a condolence message by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr Makut Macham on Saturday. Lalong further described the death of the Bishop’s mother as a...
More than 90 people were killed in Ethiopia after the violent death of a popular singer sparked unrest across the country, state media reported on Thursday. Ethiopian singer Hachalu Hundessa was shot and killed in the capital Addis Ababa on Monday, with his supporters blaming security forces and “a political motive” for the crime. “Eighty-one people died in the restive Oromia Region during violent protests sparked by the shooting,’’ the regional head of police told...
Barely two days after the death of the Homun Bachama, paramount ruler of the Bachama Kingdom in Adamawa State, Homun Honest Stephen , over six ruling clans have indicated interest to contest for the position. It was gathered that top government officials and two former paramilitary are among those jostling for the position. The Paramount monarch of Bachama Kingdom, Honest Stephen, dead on Sunday after brief illness and funeral rights were observed according to Bachama...
