Tag: funeral

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YNaijaSeptember 15, 2022

King Charles will improve ties with Nigeria – Deputy British High Commissioner

Ben Llewellyn-Jones, who is the deputy British high commissioner in Nigeria, says that King Charles III will make the relationship ...

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ItunuoluwaJune 22, 2017

Thousands gather to bid Otto Warmbier farewell

 Friends, family and community members were lined up as early as 7 a.m. outside Wyoming High School, where Warmbier graduated ...

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AzeezJanuary 13, 2017

Elderly man ‘comes back to life’ during his funeral

An elderly man left his family, friends and well-wishers in shock after he sat up in his coffin and asked ...

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Oludolapo AdelanaNovember 16, 2016

Dasuki’s lawyer denies knowledge of FG’s offer to allow him attend father’s funeral

Ahmed Raji (SAN), a lawyer in the defence team of the immediate past National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.), ...

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Joachim MacEbongNovember 8, 2016

YNaija Says: Mr. President, you should have attended Abu-Ali’s funeral

Dear President Buhari, You came into power in part on a pledge to turn around the fight against Boko Haram, ...

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AzeezNovember 4, 2016

Woman lies in coffin for a day to experience her own funeral

A Brazilian woman, Vera Lucia da Silva, 44 has fulfilled her 14-year dream of experiencing her own funeral. Silva slept ...

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Ada IgboanugoJune 21, 2016

OJB Jezreel to be buried July 4-8 [DETAILS]

The family of late Nigerian music producer and artiste, Babatunde Okungbowa, a.k.a OJB Jezreel has released the schedule for his ...

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Oreoluwa PetersJune 7, 2016

This is the role Will Smith will play during Muhammad Ali’s funeral

Actor, Will Smith has been named as one of the pallbearers for Muhammad Ali‘s funeral on Friday in his home town of ...

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Oreoluwa PetersJune 6, 2016

Muhammad Ali’s body arrives hometown for funeral (VIDEO)

Ahead of his funeral on Friday, June 11 2016, Muhammad Ali‘s casket arrived in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, on ...

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Mazi EmekaMay 8, 2016

‘PDP is dead, Sheriff to perform funeral rites, lying in state on May 21’

“Ali Modu Sheriff is there to perform the final funeral rites of the PDP. The May 21 national convention will ...

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Adebayo EmuleomoFebruary 12, 2016

Olubadan finally laid to rest (PHOTOS)

The deceased Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Samuel Odulana‎, has been laid to rest at the Igbo Elerin home of the ...

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Ada IgboanugoSeptember 17, 2015

How Pastor stole money, phones from widow at husband’s funeral

Founder and General Overseer of City of Reality Christian Centre, Apostle Nsikak Etim, has been arrested for allegedly robbing a ...

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Ada IgboanugoAugust 3, 2015

See Joke Silva and her beautiful sisters at their mom’s burial

Nollywood star and veteran Joke Silva recently lost her mum and the family buried the late doctor yesterday. See a ...

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Kolapo OlapojuMarch 15, 2015

There will be a ‘good funeral’ on March 28… and APC hopes to officiate

by Kolapo Olapoju The opposition party would like nothing better than to bury the Peoples Democratic Party. According to All ...

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Op-Ed EditorAugust 17, 2014

Opinion: The funeral of the Chibok girls

by Ayo Alaba Idowu Let no man bother for now how a young entrepreneur in the city of Lagos managed ...

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February 9, 2014

Femi Aribisala: How God spoke to me about his Kingdom

by Femi Aribisala One of those things I questioned was Jesus’ statement to his disciples that many of them would ...

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January 10, 2014

Wole Soyinka’s daughter buried in Oyo, Amaechi, Duke attend (PHOTOS)

by Oge Okonkwo   Iyetade Soyinka, second daughter of Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka was today, interred at Ultimate Gardens, Ibadan ...

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December 11, 2013

Pius Adesanmi: On the (purported) slight of Nigeria at Mandela’s funeral

by Pius Adesanmi Perhaps in 2015, you should vote in folks with enough brain power to understand that you cannot ...

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December 6, 2013

Nelson Mandela’s funeral plans: Daily breakdown of Madiba’s final farewell

For the Xhosa people of South Africa, death is traditionally not something to be talked about or to be planned ...

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November 14, 2013

#AssociatedCrash: Olatunji Okusanya Jr, son of MIC boss laid to rest in Lagos (PHOTOS)

by Adeola Balogun The remains of Olatunji Okusanya (Jnr), son of the Chief Executive of MIC funeral services, were finally ...

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November 14, 2013

#AssociatedAirlinesCrash: ‘Deji Falae to be buried today

by Adeola Balogun Ayodeji Falae, the son of Olu Falae, will be buried today, 14 November 2013. ‘Deji died in ...

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November 1, 2013

First Lady Patience Jonathan says one last goodbye to her foster mother at grand funeral in Rivers (PHOTOS)

by Rachel Ogbu The First Lady of Nigeria Patience Jonathan said her final goodbye to her foster mum, who was ...

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September 28, 2013

REVEALED: Shocking tale of how woman conspired to murder her husband with pastor who read a eulogy at his funeral

Betrayal: Teresa Stone conspired to kill her husband of 19-years, Randy Stone (left) after she dreamed of running away with ...

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June 7, 2013

Opinion: Igbo funeral requirements and the outstanding 20 wraps of fufu

by Sam Hart  In traditional Igbo funerals, the bereaved are saddled with monumental expenses and monetary demands in the name of ...

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June 4, 2013

#StoriesWeHear: Teenager to face the music after stabbing his friend to death for mocking Lionel Richie’s song (PICTURED)

A man has been jailed for 10 years after stabbing his friend to death when he offended him over a ...

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May 19, 2013

Opinion: A corpse is not just a body – The case of the ‘Boston Bomber’

by Robert M. Sapolskly If you don’t believe in souls or an afterlife, then a corpse is just a body ...

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May 15, 2013

#StoriesWeHear: Mourners shocked as dead man comes back to life at his own funeral

Mourners freaked out when a dead man came back to life at his own funeral. Friends and family “jumped out ...

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April 20, 2013

Tragic: 22-year-old student who planned her own funeral dies after vowing ‘never to give up’ (PHOTO)

A young woman who faced a life-threatening illness has finally succumbed to a fate she fought so hard against. Jessica ...

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April 17, 2013

“In a way we’re all Thatcherites” – 31 Margaret Thatcher funeral quotes

David Cameron arrives at Margaret Thatcher’s funeral. Photograph: Chris Jackson/Getty Images “In a way we’re all Thatcherites.” – David Cameron on Radio ...

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April 2, 2013

Insensitive? Couple gets married at the funeral of groom’s uncle (PHOTOS)

Reggie Wade and Monique McMillian-Wade got engaged in a Walmart parking lot, wore gold-and-black T-shirts to their wedding and got ...

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