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  • Ex-president George HW Bush is dead

    Ex-president George HW Bush is dead

    Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush, who presided over the end of the Cold War and routed Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi army died on Friday night at the age of 94, a family spokesman said.

    Bush, the 41st president of the United States, lived longer than any of his predecessors. His death at 10:10 p.m. Central time was announced in a statement issued by longtime spokesman Jim McGrath.

    Bush lost a chance for a second term after breaking a no-new-taxes pledge. But his son who bears his name, came in as the 43rd President after the era of Bill Clinton .

    The death was also announced by his family Friday night on Twitter.

    “George Herbert Walker Bush, World War II naval aviator, Texas oil pioneer, and 41st President of the United States of America, died on November 30, 2018. He was 94 and is survived by his five children and their spouses, 17 grandchildren, eight great grandchildren, and two siblings,” the former president’s office said in a statement.

    “He was preceded in death by his wife of 73 years, Barbara; his second child Pauline “Robin” Bush; and his brothers Prescott and William or “Bucky” Bush.”

    His son George W. Bush, who served as the country’s 43rd president, released a statement of his own from the family.

    “Jeb, Neil, Marvin, Doro, and I are saddened to announce that after 94 remarkable years, our dear Dad has died,” George W. Bush said. “George H. W. Bush was a man of the highest character and the best dad a son or daughter could ask for. The entire Bush family is deeply grateful for 41’s life and love, for the compassion of those who have cared and prayed for Dad, and for the condolences of our friends and fellow citizens.”

    Bush was admitted to Houston Methodist Hospital with a blood infection on April 22 — two days after the funeral for his wife of 73 years, former first lady Barbara Bush.

    He is survived by his five children, including former President George W. Bush and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.

    Bush was with his wife when she died at the age of 92 on April 17.

    “He of course is broken-hearted to lose his beloved Barbara, his wife of 73 years. He held her hand all day and was at her side when [she] left this good earth,” a statement from his office said after her death. “But it will not surprise all of you who know and love him, that he also is being stoic and strong, and is being lifted up by his large and supportive family.”

  • Fans, celebrities mourn Tosyn Bucknor

    Talented radio personality and singer, Tosyn Bucknor is dead.

    TheNewsGuru reports that Bucknor was found dead by her husband, Aurelien Boyer, when he arrived at home from work on Monday night.

    The versatile media personality and writer was born with sickle cell anaemia.

    During her lifetime she worked with Top Radio, and was an on-air -personality at Inspiration FM Lagos before her sad demise.

     

    Nigerian celebrities like Seyi Shay, KSolo and others have taken to their social media handles to pay tribute to the multi-talented damsel who passed on at the age of 37.

     

     

     

    Tosyn Bucknor dead? GOD!!! This is not the rite news for me. May God Almighty grant all her loved ones fortitude to bear this loss. RIP to an angel n Area Mama pic.twitter.com/LR38qjXWhS

     

     

  • Inferno kills four family members, another in Kebbi

    Inferno kills four family members, another in Kebbi

    Three children of same parents, their mother and another child have been burnt to death in an early morning inferno on Friday in Argungu Local Government Area of Kebbi State.

    News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident, which has thrown residents of the area into mourning, also partially razed the victims bungalow.

    The Chairman of the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Alhaji Sani Dododo, who was at the scene, told NAN that the man of the family, was not at home when the incident happened.

    “The incident happened around 1a.m on Friday, in the house of a West African Cotton Company Limited (WACCOT) staff, Malam Umar Argungu, who was on duty on that day.

    “His wife was in the house with her three children: two daughters and a boy as well as a neighbour’s daugther who was keeping them company because the husband was away,” he said.

    Dododo said the incident was caused by an electric heater which unattended to in the house.

    “The woman had forgotten the heater and it kept on heating till all the water had finished.

    “The house caught fire, which resulted in the death of the woman, her three children and the neighbour’s daughter,” he said.

    He warned residents of the state to always switch off electricity in their home before sleeping in the night, especially during the harmattan season.

  • BREAKING: Ojukwu’s first son, Debe is dead

    BREAKING: Ojukwu’s first son, Debe is dead

    First son of late Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, Chief Debe Sylvester Ojukwu, is dead.

     

    According to a family source who prefers anonymity, he slumped and died at a private hospital in Lagos.

    Debe reportedly died in Lagos, Friday night, after a brief stay in hospital.

     

    Details later

  • BREAKING: Former Minister of Works, Chief Tony Anenih is dead

    A former works minister, Tony Anenih, is dead.
    His death was confirmed by multiple sources including his son who said the family would release a statement later tonight.
    Mr Anenih, 85, died on Sunday evening at Cedarcrest Hospital, Abuja, where he was receiving treatment for an undisclosed ailment, a family source said.
    Born in Edo State, Mr Anenih was one of the most influential politicians of his era. He was nicknamed ‘Mr Fix It’ for his ability to manipulate the electoral process.
    Mr Anenih was a state chairman of Nigeria’s then ruling party, NPN, between 1981 and 1983. He is believed to have played a major role in the controversial 1983 general elections including in his home state of Bendel (now Edo State) where he helped Samuel Ogbemudia to victory.
    Mr Anenih was also the national chairman of the Social Democratic Party in 1993 under whose platform Moshood Abiola won the June 12, 1993 presidential election. Mr Abiola was later imprisoned by the Sani Abacha dictatorship with many of his supporters accusing Mr Anenih of betraying the June 12 cause.
    Upon return to democracy in 1999, Mr Anenih was also a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party and was appointed works minister by then President Olusegun Obasanjo. He was accused of masterminding the mismanagement of tens of billions of naira while he held sway as works minister.

  • South African hip hop star, Jabulani Tsambo is dead

    Jabulani Tsambo, a South African hip hop icon better known as HHP, has died at the age of 38.
    HHP’s death was confirmed on Wednesday by Lerato Sengadi, his wife and publicist.
     
    Kuli Chana, the rapper’s close pal and colleague, also confirmed his passing on Times Live.
    Chana was quoted as saying : “It is sad. It is the most heartbreaking thing. Everyone is there … I just don’t know how to paint a picture of everything. For me, it is just sadness. Unbelievable sadness.”
    The Citizens Report notes that it may have been an apparent suicide.
    A close friend of the rapper was quoted as saying: “It was the depression that took him.”
     
    HHP had suffered from depression in the past. He was reported to have attempted suicide three times in 2015.
    South African rappers, AKA, DJ Cleo, Cassper Nyovest and Rouge have paid tributes to him on Twitter.
     
    HHP is popular for hit songs such as ‘Tswaka’, ‘Bosso’, ‘Mpitse, and ‘Harambe’.
    He recently released an EP titled ‘Feels Good To Be Back’.
     

  • 5 things you should know about Late Baba Sala

    5 things you should know about Late Baba Sala

    Veteran comic-actor, Moses Adejumo Olaiya better known as Baba Sala is dead.
    The ace entertainer died in Ilesa on Sunday evening and his body has been deposited at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex Annex, (Wesley Guild Hospital) in Ilesa.
     

    In this report, TNG takes a look at 5 things you need to know about the veteran entertainer.

    1. Baba Sala, regarded as the father of modern Nigerian comedy,[alongside other dramatists like Hubert Ogunde, Kola Ogunmola, Oyin Adejobi and Duro Ladipo popularized theater and television acting in Nigeria.

    2 In 2017, Baba Sala solicited the financial support of well-meaning Nigerians for him to be able to take care of his health.He was said to be suffering from stroke.
     
    3. Baba Sala was also a rounded artiste who made his marks in other areas of the performing arts, especially music. The King of World Beats, King Sunny Ade, for instance, had his skills honed under the tutelage of the Ile-sha, Osun State-born performer.
     
    4. In 2017, a book was published in his honour titled ‘Triumph of destiny’ written by Collins Oyedokun, Akinola Babatunde and Kunle Ajani.
     

    1. In an interview, his son, Reverend Dele Adejumo noted that Baba Sala’s fortunes were wrecked by circumstances and debt incurred as a result of scrupulous business man, who pirated his ‘Orun Mooru’ flick many years ago.
      Among his investments listed by Adejumo are the Awada Spot in Ibadan; Alawada Standard Hotel, Ilesha; Alawada Records, Ibadan; and Ibukun Alawada photo magazine.

     

  • BREAKING:Foremost comedian, Baba Sala is dead

    Renowned Nigerian comic actor and comedian, Moses Adejumo, popularly known as Baba Sala, is dead.
    The ace entertainer died in Ilesa on Sunday evening and his body has been deposited at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex Annex, (Wesley Guild Hospital) in Ilesa
    Mr Isaac Hastrup, his publicist confirmed the sad news .
    Hastrup said, “Baba has died. He died some minutes to 10pm on Sunday night. His remains had been taken to the morgue. He died of old-age related sickness.
    “He came to church two Sundays ago and he was the one that said the benediction. Baba has gone to be with the Lord and he will be missed by many people including his fans”, he told Punch.
     

  • BREAKING: Senator McCain is dead, Trump, Obama pay tributes

    McCain, a celebrated war hero known for reaching across the aisle in an increasingly divided America, died following a lost battle with brain cancer.

    Former President Barack Obama swiftly led the outpouring of condolences and tributes for Senator John McCain whose death was announced on Saturday by his office.
    McCain, a celebrated war hero known for reaching across the aisle in an increasingly divided America, died following a lost battle with brain cancer.
    He was 81.

    “Senator John Sidney McCain III died at 4:28 pm on August 25, 2018. With the senator when he passed were his wife Cindy and their family,” his office said in a statement.
    Obama, the Democrat to whom McCain lost the presidency in the 2008 elections, said “we are all in his debt.”

    “John McCain and I were members of different generations, came from completely different backgrounds and competed at the highest level of politics,” Obama said in a statement.

    “But we shared, for all our differences, a fidelity to something higher — the ideals for which generations of Americans and immigrants alike have fought, marched and sacrificed.”
    Former vice president Al Gore — who served under Democrat Bill Clinton — said: “I always admired and respected John from the opposite side of the aisle, because he thrived under pressure, and would work to find common ground, no matter how hard.”

    President Donald Trump, who once mocked McCain’s war record, said he sent his “deepest sympathies and respect.”

    McCain had been a rare and outspoken Republican critic of Trump, accusing him of “naivete,” “egotism” and of sympathizing with autocrats.

    On Capitol Hill, McCain became close friends with Senator Lindsey Graham and former senator Joe Lieberman — a trio dubbed the “Three Amigos.”
    Now that the trio is missing its driving force, Graham wrote that “America and Freedom have lost one of her greatest champions… And I’ve lost one of my dearest friends and mentor.”

    McCain, who was tortured during his five years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, stopped treatment from an aggressive form of cancer on Friday , his family saying “the progress of disease and the inexorable advance of age render their verdict.”

    “At his death, he had served the United States of America faithfully for 60 years.”

    “Sen McCain, thank you for your service,” read a sign near the driveway of his home in a rural part of Sedona, Arizona, television footage showed, as a police escort accompanied the hearse that was to carry his body and local residents came bearing flowers for the late political titan.

    While he had many disagreements with fellow politicians, the Republican stalwart’s integrity was not at question.

    He had spent more than three decades in the Senate, looming large in debates over war and peace and the moral direction of the nation. Before joining the upper chamber, he served as a US representative from 1983 to 1987.

    McCain had not been on the Senate floor in months, remaining at his Arizona home for treatment of glioblastoma — the same form of brain cancer that took the life of another Senate giant, Democrat Ted Kennedy, in 2009.

  • [Graphic photo] APC Chieftain, Bunmi Ojo shot dead in Ekiti

    [Graphic photo] APC Chieftain, Bunmi Ojo shot dead in Ekiti

    A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC and Commissoner, Federal Character Commission, Bunmi Ojo has been shot dead In Ekiti State.

    The APC Chieftain who served as the Personal Assistant to former Governor of Ekiti State, Segun Oni between 2008-2010 was reported assassinated at a Football Viewing Center in the state capital at around 8.30 on Friday evening while watching the English Premier League match between Manchester United and Leicester City.

    The late Bunmi Ojo was born on the 1st of November, 1966 and left behind a Wife and three children.

     

    More details soon…