Tag: death
Tosin Dada: My mum is dying? [Nigerian Voices]
by Tosin Dada Is she dying? The words were slurred because my tongue felt thick and heavy from the tears ...
Edwin Okolo: Small deaths [NEW VOICES]
Seventeen was an odd year to die. But I did. It was the first of many small deaths. Seventeen had ...
Bolade Ogunfuye: What life has taught me thus far [NEW VOICES]
by Bolade Ogunfuye Pointers on a few insights I’ve learnt in my not-so-short life. Our education system was built on ...
Ugochukwu Favour: A tribute to our late sister [Nigerian Voices]
by Ugochukwu Favour When she was alive, she did not forget the birth date of every of our family member, ...
Precious Akinkuolie: I’m scared to die [Nigerian Voices]
by Precious Akinkuolie Every morning I tell myself I don’t mind dying anytime as long as I make heaven. I ...
Chiebuka Ojukwu: Death came [Nigerian Voices]
by Chiebuka Ojukwu I remember it vividly. The day the sun came down and never went up. I was in ...
Comedian Basketmouth loses mum
Ace comedian Basketmouth on Sunday night lost his mother to the cold hands of death. Basketmouth revealed the sad news ...
Taribo West is not dead – Ikpeba
Reports filtered in earlier on Friday that former Super Eagles defender Taribo West had died. An online news outlet (not ...
Opinion: The illusion of our earthly lives
by Tony Ogunlowo Every three years in the village of Toraja in South Sualwesi, in Indonesia they hold a very strange ...
#30Days30Voices: ‘People are dying… We can’t stand it again’ | Man complains bitterly about the economy
The economy of Nigeria is at its worst for the first time in decades. Inflation rate is through the roof ...
In just 2 years, 11, 436 Nigerians killed in road accidents – FRSC
The Federal Road Safety Corps says 11,436 persons lost their lives as a result of road accidents across Nigeria in 2014 ...
Former Oceanic bank CEO, Cecilia Ibru loses husband at 86
The husband of the Chief Executive Officer of the defunct Oceanic Bank Cecilia Ibru, Olorogun Michael Ibru died on Tuesday ...
Sex with girlfriend sends married clearing agent to his grave
A 37-year-old man Sikiru Olanrewaju, has lost his life after having sex with his girlfriend in the Abule-Egba area of ...
Stella Oduah’s son dies at 28
The senator representing Anambra North Senatorial District, Stella Oduah, on Friday lost her son, after a brief illness, The Punch reports. The ...
Reuben Abati: The tragedy of O.J Abuah’s death
by Reuben Abati Life is all about memories. It is the only thing we are left with when flesh and ...
Arome Ameh’s touching story of stroke and survival (READ)
by Arome Ameh Honey, I am dizzy! These words will always haunt me, as these where the words that would ...
POETRY: When I die, may I not die
by Adedoyin Olumodeji ERSATZ Rivers flowing with glee, Buried beneath souls, so deep, Sun shining with glee, Hidden within, hearts so ...
Opinion: Fulani herdsmen, deaths and repercussions
by Simon Utsu Some days ago, I was somewhere and someone joked about Cows in Nigeria being issued passports soon, ...
Man kills pregnant woman with scissors over an argument
A man in Kogi state, Hussain Zubairu has been arrested by the police for allegedly stabbing his pregnant neighbor to ...
Reuben Abati: Bukky Ajayi, OJB Jezreel and other stories
Two lives lost recently in the creative industry convey useful messages in terms of the import of their careers and ...
Former president of OPEC, Ali-Monguno dies in Borno
A former minister of Mines, Power and Petroleum, Shettima Ali-Monguno has been declared dead. The demise of the elder statesman ...
The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today
These are the top five news to monitor today Niger Delta Avengers attack again Militant group, Niger Delta Avenger attacked another ...
Former head of secret police, Umaru Shinkafi is dead
Umaru Shinkafi, a titan in the political landscape of Nigeria has died. Shinkafi, also known as the Marafan of Sokoto ...
Hawker killed by BRT bus while being chased by KAI officials
A hawker was on Wednesday run over by a BRT bus while being chased by officials of Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI). The ...
’30 IDPs (mostly children) die of hunger daily in Bama’
In the aftermath of the blistering effects of Boko Haram attacks in the North East of Nigeria, hunger and starvation is ...
How over 100 militants invaded Ogun village, left corpses behind
About 15 people are said to have died in Imushin community of the Ogijo area of Ogun State after suspected militants, ...
Egypt’s ex-president, Mohammed Morsi sent to jail for life
An Egyptian court has sentenced the country’s former Islamic President, Mohammed Morsi, to life imprisonment for leading an unlawful organization. ...
Opinion: 2 coaches, 2 changes and 2 days
by Lakunle Jaiyesimi Two eminent Nigerian coaches, Stephen Keshi and Shaibu Amodu, discovered and joined two different coaches on the ...
Keshi’s children shocked over ‘fixing of burial date’
The children of the late Nigeria captain and coach Stephen Keshi are presently in the country for the funeral of their ...
‘Most Nigerian football coaches are hypertensive’
About 75 percent of Nigerian coaches are hypertensive, says the President of the Nigeria Football Coaches Association, Bitrus Bewarang. Bewarang’s ...
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