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Real difficult writing this. I met Pastor Taiwo back then in my Unilag days in 1986. He came on a visit to our room back

TRIBUTE TO HIGH CHIEF RAYMOND ALEOGHO ANTHONY DOKPESI (DAAR)1951 – 2023 Dr. Your exit was rudely shocking and too sudden. It was designed by God

It’s exactly forty days that you were called home by our maker It was William Shakespeare who said in his book Julius Ceaser that the

The motorsports /automotive industry is starting the year on a sad note with the passing away of one of the legends of motorsports in the

I lost one of my closest friends today. In fact, Chuck Harris was my best friend. He was my sound engineer for over 30 years

REMEMBERING #SAMMIEOKPOSO: It has taken me almost a week to come to terms with the sad news of the passing of one of the world’s

The entire family of Late PA. J.M. Akingbodi, cordially invites the pleasure of To the final burial ceremony of their beloved Father, Grandfather and Great

What is a Christian funeral without hymns and bible readings?. Of course, it wouldn’t exude the solemnity that characterises such an event. This is why,

I AM LAYING MY FATHER TO REST TODAY My biological father died when I was just 14. I was in SS1 when I was called

With utmost sadness, but total submission to the will of God, I mourn the passing of my Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Tertiary Education, Youth

On behalf of myself and the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation, I condole with the Government and People of South Africa on the passage of Archbishop Desmond

PASTOR TOBI ODUKOYA ENUHA’S TRIBUTE AT PASTOR NOMTHANDAZO ODUKOYA’S NIGHT OF TRIBUTESFOUNTAIN OF LIFE CHURCH, LAGOS Good evening Church, We are standing on all the

26 years ago, my mother took her last breath and left behind a grieving husband, children, siblings, numerous relatives and painfully also, her mother. Everyone

Yes she passed on the 27th September 2021, an Angel was taken, she lived, she didn’t just live she gave us life, she laid down

Dear Martin, It’s taking me so long to write this tribute cos first you’re gone, you won’t get to see this but I am so

“Dear Dad, Engr S.O, I know no one lives forever but I never thought I will be writing this so soon. When you left my

“Olanrewaju you didn’t say you would leave soon. Since we were little growing up in Satellite, you have never gone back on your words. When

We thank the Almighty Allah for the ripe and fulfilled life you lived. We will recollect with fund memories the time you spent on this

It’s never easy to become accomplished in life. Kayode Oni, however, became an accomplished organist, a grandmaster who was so distinguished that his name rang

Year 1995, my grandmother lost both her husband and her daughter. For some, such a twin loss could be catastrophic, enough to mentally incapacitate such

Tribute To Overseer Olorunfemi Frank Aguda Overseer Olorunfemi Frank Aguda happened to be my principal while in secondary school at GSS Omuaran. He was a

“Femi I have not regrets walking this journey with you, you asked me to be your wife last year in August and I gave you

Dolapo and I were deeply saddened by Dare’s passing, and as we grapple with this enormous loss, we are continuously reflecting on his remarkable contributions

TRIBUTE TO THEOCRACY: THE FIGHTER WHO WENT DOWN FIGHTING As the day prepared to close shop on Friday, March 26, 2021, I received an eerie

Fellow Citizens of Lagos State,On Saturday, 28th, July 1979, you elected me, by 559,070 votes to 126,805, the first Executive Governor of Lagos State. Today,

My heart is quaking to learn that she has exited the earth. I’d met her at the Social Media Week in Lagos in 2017. Toyin

“Hello Dad, U once called me and asked me what I do for a living and I told U I am an actress. Another day

This one hit me bad cos our last conversation was an argument in London 3 effing yrs ago!!! We didn’t make up. We avoided each

God made an angel. He gave the heavenly being a human face so I wouldn’t be scared if I saw the wings concealed in a

“I am at an age now where I should be confident that, should anything happen to me and I quit this realm eternally, somebody like

  “I can say it at any time of the day, at any point in time, now. For you have changed days into nights and

Courage, you are an exceptionally kind soul…very selfless and always willing to go the extra mile to make sure everyone is happy. Your love for

The famous Nigerian broadcaster, Pa Adebayo Faleti, died at the University College Hospital, Ibadan in the early hours of Sunday at the age of 86.

The widow of the late Major Maxwell Adam Mahama, Barbara Mahama, has described her late husband as her adviser, teacher, and mentor in an emotional

TRIBUTE TO MY LATE MOTHER! {mama nurse} We can never turn back the pages of time, though we may wish to relive a happy moment

Pastor Paul Adeolu Adefarasin, the Senior Pastor of the House on the Rock Church, has paid tribute to gospel artiste, Eric Arubayi, who before his

Grammy Awards nominated nominee, Femi Kuti, has lost his maternal grandmother. Femi, who is also the son of late Afro beat legend, Fela Anikulakpo Kuti,

Carrie Fisher, the actor famous for her role as Princess Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy, has died aged 60 just days after suffering a cardiac

Nigerian Football Legend, Kanu Nwankwo, yesterday December 3rd buried his late mum, Susan Nwannediya Kanu at his hometown – Amannagwu village- Arochukwu in Abia State.

It was Author Laurie Buchanan who said, “Never underestimate the influence you have on others”. My venture into Law was inspired by the outstanding achievements

A picture of Cuban former president Fidel Castro hangs in front of the Cuban National Library at Revolution Square in Havana, Cuba November 27, 2016.

Basketmouth has paid his final respect to his late mother who was buried on Saturday, November 26, 2016 in Abia State. She passed away on

He still owes me a visit. After he spied a rug from his factory years ago, on which a lion had been emblazoned, it became

A ban on funerals, drumming and noise making has been placed in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region until Asantehemaa, Queen mother of Asante Kingdom, Nana Afia

And the man died! Suddenly the tic-toc of the clock faded, the sun would neither set nor rise again. The downpour momentarily simmered into light

Colonel Mohammed Ali’s life was snuffed out by terrorists during a gun battle, throwing an entire nation into mourning. “By all indications, Lieutenant Colonel Abu

The burial ceremony of the Tunteriwei of Gbaramatu Kingdom, High chief Thomas Osen Ekpemupolo, father of ex-Niger Delta Militants leader, Oweizide Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known

Surely, after death, the next thing is usually a burial that can happen immediately or at a much later time. However, for the later burials,

Late 55-year-old New Jersey man Leroy Black got not one, but two obituaries in Friday’s Press of Atlantic City. The authors? His “loving wife,” Bearetta