Popular American radio presenter and host, Dan Foster, has passed away. According to circulating reports, Foster, who is widely referred to as Big Dawg, died on Wednesday at a Lagos medical facility, where he was receiving treatment for an illness. There has been an outpouring of emotions on social media, as friends and colleagues of the deceased…
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Ibidun Ajayi Ighodalo, a popular businesswoman and wife of pastor and founder of Trinity House Church, Pastor Ituah Ighodalo, has passed away. According to The PUNCH, the lagos-based marriage counsellor died in Port Harcourt. Also a member of the church’s media team confirmed the sad incident to the news outlet. Although the cause of her death has not…
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Professor James Nwoye Adichie, the father of renowned Nigerian novelist, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has passed away, according to reports from PM News. The news outlet said a family source disclosed that the 88-year-old man died on Wednesday night in Awka, Anambra State. Before his death, he was said to have been admitted at the Chira Memorial Hospital in Awkuzu,…
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Legendary musician and entertainer, Majekodunmi Fasheke, popularly known by the stage name, Majek Fashek, is dead. The PUNCH reports that he died in a hospital in New York on Monday around 5:45pm after a prolonged illness. His manager, Omenka Uzoma Day, confirmed the news via a short video on Instagram, saying the “the legend has gone…
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One of the Emirs of the newly created emirates in Kano, Emir of Rano, HRH Dr Tafida Abubakar Ila ll is reportedly ill and was whisked away to an hospital yesterday, May 1, in critical condition. Though it is still not clear if his illness is related to Coronavirus, Daily Trust reported that he was brought…
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Nigerian film magnate, Jason Njoku has narrated the painful ordeal his 73-year-old mother who tested positive for coronavirus had to go through before overcoming the illness. According to the Iroko TV boss, his 73-year-old mother was tested 4 times before she finally got a positive result and even though, she also had an underlying illness,…
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Nigeria has recorded its second coronavirus death as cases in the country increased to 111. This was confirmed on Monday in at a press briefing in Abuja by the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, The Punch reports. “Till date, three persons have been discharged after successful treatment. But sadly, another fatality was recorded over…
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According to The CableNG, Rose Oko, a 63-year-old senator representing Cross River north has passed away. Oko is said to have died on Monday night at a hospital in the UK after a protracted illness. Oko’s death is the third since the inauguration of the ninth senate. TheCable reported that on Tuesday that for the…
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According to Strait Times, hospitals, health workers and doctors in the US are struggling to come to terms with the new challenge of the Coronavirus as it has just been discovered in the country. Washington state on Monday (March 2) confirmed three more deaths from Covid-19, the coronavirus disease, bringing the total for the state to…
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