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<strong>BREAKING: Nigeria’s Ambassador To Spain Dies</strong>

15Dec

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BREAKING: Nigeria’s Ambassador To Spain Dies

Demola Seriki, Nigeria’s ambassador to Spain has passed on at the age of 63. Seriki, a Lagos State politician reportedly died in Madrid, Spain. His death was confirmed by a notice issued by his children on Thursday. According to the notice, he died in Madrid, Spain during the early hours of the day. See Also: Why I Don’t Attend Debates – Tinubu The notice read, “It is with heavy hearts and profound gratitude to Almighty Allah that we announce the loss of our much-loved and admired patriarch, husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend, His Excellency, Ambassador Demola Seriki, on December 15, 2022. “He passed away peacefully surrounded by his family in Madrid, Spain.” Source: Punch

11 Migrants Die In Shipwreck Off Algeria

Eleven migrants have reportedly drowned after their boat sank off the Algerian coast of Tipaza as they attempted to reach Europe. International Centre for the Identification of Missing Migrants CIPIMD, a Spanish NGO, said that a boat carrying 16 migrants had set sail from North Africa for Spain's Balearic Islands. "Eleven harragas (Arabic nickname for illegal migrants) who had set sail from Fouka (near Tipaza), died and five young people, including two children, were rescued," the private television channel El-Hayet TV reported on its Facebook page. Read Also: Over 40 Migrants Drowned Off Western Sahara Photos of the victims have gone viral on social media. According to Algerian social media users, the victims hail from the town of Fouka, in the Tipaza prefecture, 70km wes...

Over 40 Migrants Drowned Off Western Sahara

At least 44 migrants drowned after their boat sank on Sunday off Western Sahara in southern Morocco, the Spanish NGO Caminando Fronteras said. Moroccan authorities are yet to confirm the deaths. However, according to Helena Maleno, the founder of the NGO Caminando Fronteras, 44 migrants died after their boat sank off Cape Boujdour, Western Sahara. "Seven bodies were transferred to the morgue and the other victims were swallowed by the sea," she added on Twitter. Twelve other migrants survived the sinking and were arrested, according to the same source. Helena Malenon did not specify the destination of the boat, but migrant boats departing from this area usually head for the Spanish archipelago of the Canaries. Located at the north-western tip of Africa, Morocco is ...