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Former Managing Director of defunct Continental Merchant Bank, Prof. Ibrahim Ayagi is dead. Prof. Ibrahim Ayagi, proprietor of Hassan Ibrahim Gwarzo College in Kano died on Saturday after a protracted illness at the age of 80. One of…
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The Presidency has announced the death of one of President Muhammadu Buhari’s personal bodyguards, Warrant Officer Lawal Mato. A statement issued by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu,…
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A practising Nigerian medical doctor, Chugbo Emeka on Wednesday died of coronavirus-related complications after treating an infected patient in his private hospital in Lagos. Dr Chugbo Emeka, who died at the Lagos University Teaching…
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The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, on Tuesday, announced the sixth COVID-19 death in Lagos, as the total confirmed cases in the state hit 192. Abayomi, through his verified Twitter account, said that the…
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Lagos State Government on Wednesday announced the death of a British citizen aged 66-year-old over coronavirus disease. The state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, made this known through his verified Twitter handle on…
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Country music legend Kenny Rogers, whose career spanned six decades, has died at the age of 81, his family said late Friday. “Rogers passed away peacefully at home from natural causes under the care of hospice and surrounded by his…
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Tragedy hits Nigeria Professional Football League, NPFL, on Sunday afternoon as Martins Chineme, a defender with Nasarawa United slumped and died during an NPFL tie with Katsina United in Lafia. The player slumped without contact with…
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Chairman of Pinnacle Communications, Lucky Omoluwa is dead. Omoluwa, who was standing trial over a N2.5 billion alleged fraud case involving the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), died at the National Hospital in Abuja on Tuesday.…
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The Chief Security Officer to the Honourable Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, Mr Tony Iwelu died on Monday, February 17, 2020, of electric shock from a shower rose in Stone Edge Hotel, Kaduna, where they were…
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The Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Adnan Bostaji, is dead. The Embassy of Saudi Arabia in Nigeria, which announced this in a statement on Tuesday, said the envoy died in his sleep. “With the deepest sense of sadness and…
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