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Breaking: Captain Hosa Okunbo is Dead
8Aug By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
Life, News

Breaking: Captain Hosa Okunbo is Dead

Billionaire Businessman, Captain Hosa Okunbo is dead. The Business magnate was aged 63. Capt. Okunbo died in london on Saturday, August 7th, after a long battle with Pancreatic Cancer. It was gathered that he moved there after being told by doctors that his situation was critical. He is survived by a wife and kids. See Also: Former Deputy Senate President, Mantu Is Dead Idahosa Wells Okunbo was born on January 7th, 1940 in Benin City, Oredo LGA of Edo State to the family of Rev. Robert Amos Okunbo. He became a pilot at 21. He ventured into agriculture later on, starting a company called Wells Farm Limited and has invested millions of dollars in green house farming and agro-allied business in Edo State. As a commercial pilot, he worked for Intercontinental Airlines and ...
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APC Condoles With Abiodun on Dad’s Death
3Aug By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
Life, News, Nigeria

APC Condoles With Abiodun on Dad’s Death

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State has commiserated with Governor Dapo Abiodun and his family on the death of his father, Dr. Emmanuel Adesanya Abiodun. A statement yesterday in Abeokuta, signed by the Publicity Secretary of the Ogun APC Caretaker Committee, Tunde Oladunjoye, described the death of Pa Abiodun as “most painful and a huge loss to the bereaved family and Ogun State as a whole.” See Also: Buhari Backs Buni As Forces Ask Him To Quit As APC Chairman The party said ‘Baba Teacher’, as the late Dr. Abiodun was popularly known and fondly called, “lived a life of dedication of service to his community and to humanity. He was a teachers’ teacher, a disciplinarian, who imparted the right values and impacted positively not only on his children, but also on his st...
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Slain Super TV boss Usifo Ataga Laid to Rest
30Jul By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
Life, News, Nigeria

Slain Super TV boss Usifo Ataga Laid to Rest

The remains of slain CEO Super TV Micheal Usifo Ataga were on Friday interred in a private ceremony at the Ebony Vaults in Ikoyi, Lagos amid eulogies and tears from family members, close associates and other sympathisers. The service of songs and funeral rites on Thursday and Friday respectively held amid tight security. The Nation reports Ataga was found dead in an apartment at Lekki last month. He was murdered few days to his 50th birthday. Following his death, Lagos Police Command arrested a 21-year-old undergraduate of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Chidinma Ojukwu and others in connection with his death. During the funeral service, which held at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, Lagos, the officiating priest, Very Rev. Fr. Julius Olaitan, described the dece...
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Adeboye Consoles Prophet TB Joshua’s Wife
17Jul By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
Life, News, Religion

Adeboye Consoles Prophet TB Joshua’s Wife

General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Pastor Enoch Adeboye has condoled with  family of late founder of Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), Prophet T.B Joshua. Adeboye’s condolence was contained in a letter he personally signed to wife of the late popular televangelist, Evelyn, dated July 6, 2021. T.B Joshua died on June 12, 2021 and was buried on July 9, 2021. He said: “We want to join million of people across the globe to register our condolence with you on the passing of your husband, Temitope Joshua. “We take solace in the lord, believing that we shall meet again at the feet of our Lord Jesus, on the resurrection morning.” He prayed for the family that Prophet T B Joshua left behind. Adeboye said “We therefore pray for you, your children and the ent...
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Why I Separated Myself From Catholicism – Chimamanda Adichie
11Jul By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
Life, News, Nigeria

Why I Separated Myself From Catholicism – Chimamanda Adichie

Popular Nigerian author, Chimamanda Adichie, recently shared her reasons for separating herself from Catholicism, her early church. She made this known in her piece titled ‘Dreaming as a single family’ published in the latest edition of the L’osservatore Romano weekly bulletin, released on Friday. Giving a brief introduction to her early years in Catholic, Adichie wrote, “I was raised Catholic, on the campus of the University of Nigeria. We attended a love-filled church run by the Spiritan congregation. “As a teenager, I wore my Catholic identity like a favorite dress, joyfully and reverently. I was a self-styled Catholic apologist, arguing passionately with the Protestant children in defense of such subjects as the Blessed Virgin Mary, tradition, and transubstantiation.” The a...
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Revealed! Alleged Killer of Super TV CEO Booked Apartment with Fake name, Jewel
3Jul By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
Crime, Life, News, Nigeria

Revealed! Alleged Killer of Super TV CEO Booked Apartment with Fake name, Jewel

A preliminary police report on the alleged murder of Super TV Chief Executive Officer, Usifo Ataga, has shown that the prime suspect, Chidinma Ojukwu, used the name ‘Jewel’ to book the short let apartment on Adebowale Oshin Street, Lekki Phase I, Lagos, where Ataga was killed. The report also indicated that several calls placed to a phone number with which 21-year-old Ojukwu booked didn’t go through after Ataga’s body was discovered in the room on Wednesday, June 16. Ojukwu, a 300-level Mass Communication student of the University of Lagos, had reportedly checked into the service apartment with Ataga to have fun. What started as an amorous encounter however went awry under the influence of drugs as Ojukwu reportedly stabbed her lover multiple times with a knife. The young lady,...
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BREAKING: NECO Registrar is Dead
1Jun By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
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BREAKING: NECO Registrar is Dead

The Registrar and Chief Executive Officer National Examinations Council (NECO) Professor Godswill Obioma is dead. He died last night in Minna, Niger state. Obioma was appointed as the Registrar of NECO on the 22nd of May 2020 Details shortly…  
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Presidency Explains Buhari’s Absence at Late COAS Burial
26May By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
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Presidency Explains Buhari’s Absence at Late COAS Burial

The presidency has disclosed the reason why President Muhammadu Buhari did not attend the funeral of late chief of army staff Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 other military officers who died in an air crash. It was earlier reported that there was furore over the absence of President Muhammadu Buhari and his Vice, Yemi Osinbajo at the funeral ceremony, in which many Nigerians, who condemned the action, described it as ‘lack of empathy.’ Although Buhari had in a statement released by his spokesman Femi Adesina, expressed sadness over the air crash condoling with families of the deceased, the military, and Nigerians in general, describing them as “heroes who paid the ultimate price for peace and security in the land.” But Nigerians were displeased over the president’s absence at the...
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Army Announces Burial Activities for Late COAS, Other Officers
22May By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
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Army Announces Burial Activities for Late COAS, Other Officers

The Burial proceedings of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Late Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahir and other senior officers has been slated for Saturday in Abuja. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, said the event would commence at the National Mosque and National Christian Centre, Abuja by 10am respectively. Yerima said that the interment for the late COAS and other senior officers would take place at the National Military Cemetery, Abuja by 1pm. (NAN)
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