Tag: DEATH
Two lives and other stories, by Reuben Abati
Two lives lost recently in the creative industry convey useful messages in terms of the import of their careers and the circumstances of their...
Lai Mohammed sad at Bukky Ajayi’s death
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has described Nollywood matriarch, Bukky Ajayi, who died on Wednesday, as an iconic thespian and a...
Veteran actress, Bukky Ajayi, dies at 82
Nigerian actress, Bukky Ajayi, has died.
The Nollywood matriarch, who clocked 82 in February, passed on Wednesday.
The AMVCA Industry Merit Award winner appeared in TV...
Buhari mourns Ojo Maduekwe, Niki Tobi, Elechi Amadi
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the families, government and people of Abia, Delta and Rivers states on the passing away of former Minister...
Former transport minister, Ojo Maduekwe, dies at 71
Secretary of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ojo Maduekwe, has died at the age of 71.
He passed on...
Literary icon, Elechi Amadi, dies at 82
Foremost African novelist and civil war veteran, Elechi Amadi, died Wednesday evening in Port Harcout at the age of 82.
According to a family member,...
Shocker: Former Abuja NUJ chairman, Chuks Ehirim, dies on 50th birthday
Immediate past chairman of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Mr Chuks Ehirim, is dead.
He died on...
OJB Jezreel’s kidney failed last week, management confirms
Handlers of music maker, OJB Jezreel, released a statement on Tuesday officially confirming his death.
The 49-year-old died of suspected kidney failure three years after...
Music producer, OJB Jezreel, dies at 49
Contemporary Nigerian music producer, Babatunde Okungbowa, popularly known as OJB Jezreel, is dead.
He was a few weeks shy of his 50th birthday.
The death, which...
Remembering 2 Nigerian entertainers who died on June 12
June 12 is often remembered as the day Nigerians set aside ethnic, religious and other differences to vote for the late Chief MKO Abiola...