Category: Popular Death

I commiserate with the family of late Mr. Babatunde Omidina, popularly known as Baba Suwe on his passing. I particularly mourn with his colleagues in

He was the vice-chancellor of the University of Lagos (1962–65) and the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (1966-1970).Eni Njoku is of Igbo origin. He was born

John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo was  a Nigerian poet and playwright with several literary works to his credit. He was born in Kiagbodo and his educational background

Buchi was a Nigerian novelist, based in Britain since 1960, the year of Nigeria’s independence.  She has written plays and autobiographies, as well as for

A Senior Counselor in the Sultanate Council of Sokoto, Alhaji Hassan Danbaba, on Tuesday describes the late 18th Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki, as

CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER Justin Trudeau has been leading tributes to Leonard Cohen, following the singer-songwriter’s death overnight at the age of 82. Other figures from the

Shimon Peres dies in hospital aged 93 Former president had suffered stroke two weeks ago Barack Obama leads tributes to Nobel laureate Israeli Prime Minister

Carr was best-known for playing the eldest of the von Trapp family in the musical film The Sound of Music. According to her spokesman, Harlan

Described as the Henry Ford of Nigeria, who opened channels of riches and investment for Africans, Dr. Olorogun Michael Ibru’s innate curiosity and eventual greatness

Chief Thomas Ekpemupolo, father of the embattled former Niger Delta militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, also known as Tompolo, is dead.  Ekpemupolo, 84, died on

These are not the best of times for two prominent Nigerian families as they mourn the loss of their children, Maxwell Omabuwa Chinedu, son of

”By Allah, in whose hands our lives are, Mayowa Ahmed has left us in this world. We pray that Jannat becomes her home”. This was