Tag: death
A requiem for my mother, By Festus Adedayo
Last Friday, November 24, around 1pm, I was getting pleased with myself for having scaled the hurdle of yet another chapter in a school...
Man drags Delta hospital and others to court over wife’s death
A grieving husband has dragged several institutions and individuals to the Delta State High Court over the death of his 33-year-old wife, Mrs Anesther...
Doctor’s Death: Police Confirm Afrest Of 3 Persons In Lagos
Lagos, - The Police Command in Lagos State has confirmed the arrest of three persons over the death of Dr Vware...
Doctor’s Death: Igando Hospital Scales Down Services
Lagos, - Medical services at the Igando General Hospital in Lagos were scaled down on Thursday following directives to medical...
Ex-Bayelsa CJ, Kate Abiri dies, aged 65
•Photo: Late Justice Kate AbiriBy SAM JONESYENAGOA (Sundiata Post) - Former Chief Judge of Bayelsa State, Justice Kate Abiri (rtd) has passed on at...
Nigeria loses 2 judges in 1 day
•Photo: Late Justice Centus NwezeThe Nigerian judiciary has suffered a huge loss as two judges died hours apart.Justice Centus Chima Nweze of the Supreme...
Poem: For Kole Omotosho, who just died today at 80
He spokeJust before dawnOf a people snailing rapidly towards nightOf mystical beastsRipping the heartOut of the soulOf a corralled contraption.He'd sought to wrestleTo earth...
Obituary: Kole Omotoso, Nigerian author and public intellectual, dies at 80
Acclaimed novelist, literary scholar and public intellectual, Nigeria’s Professor Kole Omotoso, has passed on.Omotoso died at the age of 80 in South Africa, where...
Dokpesi and the Gazebo mystique, By Mike Ozekhome
Ezomo Anthony Aleogho Ayaoghena Dokpesi loved the gazebo in his beautiful Abuja residence. It is made of big rafters and roofed with thatch. A...
For Dr Raymond Aleogho Dokpesi – It was a case of...
I am a very sad man as I write this. I have been completely devastated by the ugly and rather sudden death of my...
Nollywood actor Don Brymo Uchegbu is dead, aged 56
By DORIS ISRAEL IJEOMANigeria's entertainment industry is once again plunged into mourning as news of the untimely death of veteran Nollywood actor, Don Brymo...
Why I wished my mother to die – Actress Chacha Eke
By DORIS ISRAEL IJEOMAABUJA (Sundiata Post) - Nollywood actress Charity Eke popularly known as Chacha Eke Faani, has opened up about a dark period...
Professor shot dead in Ibadan
IBADAN - A professor of social and environmental forestry at the University of Ibadan (UI) has been killed by suspected assassin.The late Prof. Opeyemi...
Ex-Borno SSG falls ill at Buhari Airport, dies at UMTH
MAIDUGURI - Alhaji Usman Jidda-Shuwa, the immediate past Secretary to the State Government (SSG) of Borno State, is dead.Shuwa, who was Governor Babagana Zulum’s...
I am sad – Ozekhome mourns Dokpesi, writes elergy
ABUJA (Sundiata Post) - Eminent constitutional lawyer and human rights activist, Prof Mike Ozekhome, SAN, has expressed sadness over the death of Dr Raymond...
Obituary: Rotarians mourn as Majiyagbe, first African RI president dies, aged...
By MAX AMUCHIEABUJA - The Rotary world has been thrown into mourning with the passage of Jonathan Majiyagbe in the early hours of...
Tina Turner: Tributes pour for legendary singer after her death at...
Tributes have been coming in from across the world reacting to the news that Tina Turner, the pioneering rock’n’roll star who became a pop...
St. Obi: Painful exit of a saintly star, By Azuh Amatus
I still can’t believe that Obinna Nwafor globally known as Saint Obi is dead.In fact, I’m still in tears and shock over his painful...
Obituary: Nollywood mourns as Saint Obi dies
Nollywood has been thrown into mourning with the death of Nigeria’s veteran actor, Saint Obi, who has passed on at the age of 57...
Teenager Pounds His Father To Death For Fighting With His Mum...
Abuja - The police in the Federal Capital Territory have arrested a 16-year-old boy identified as Emmanuel John for beating his...