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  • Ekwueme helped stabilized PDP in its trying times – Atiku

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    Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has said the late former Vice President and elder statesman, Dr. Alex Ekwueme helped stabilized the then ruling party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in times of crisis when it was in power. Atiku said this on Sunday at the Evening of Tributes in Memory of late sage at the International…

  • Ekwueme’s body to arrive in Enugu today for final rites

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    The body of Second Republic Vice President Alex Ekwueme will arrive Enugu today. It will be brought in from Abuja where it was kept since its arrival from London where Ekwueme died in December. Governors of the southeast, lawmakers, traditional rulers and other categories of people are expected to turn up at the Akanu Ibiam…

  • Buhari has released over N1bn to give Ekwueme befitting burial – Ngige

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    The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige has said the President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government is committed to giving a former Vice President, late Dr. Alex Ekwueme, a befitting burial. Ngige spoke on Sunday at Ekwueme’s hometown in Oko, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State after inspecting facilities for the…

  • Ambode, Fashola, Alakija others extol Ekwueme

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    Governors of Ogun and Lagos States; Ibikunle Amosun and Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday paid tributes to Nigeria’s first elected Vice President, Dr Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme during the commendation service held in his honour in Lagos. The service was held at the Cathedral Church of God, Marina and the ‘Evening of Tributes and Music’ at the…

  • Ekwueme’s funeral rites commence today

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    Femi Ajasa
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    The final funeral rites for former Vice-President Alex Ekwueme will begin in Lagos on Friday (today). The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha, who chairs the National Burial Committee, said this during a press conference in Abuja on Thursday. Mustapha, who was represented by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chief…

  • Obiano sets up planning committee for Ekwueme’s burial

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    Femi Ajasa
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    Governor Willie Obiano of Anambra State has set up a 22-member committee for the burial of Nigeria’s first Vice President, Dr Alex Ekwueme. According to the governor, the committee which is headed by the Secretary to the State Government, Professor Solo Chukwulobelu, is constituted to complement the other set up by the Federal Government. Obiano…

  • Jonathan congratulates Ekwueme at 85

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    Former President Goodluck Jonathan has felicitated with Second Republic Vice President, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, on his 85th birthday. Jonathan, in a letter of goodwill to Ekwueme, described him as a blessing to the nation. In a statement by his aide, Ikechukwu Eze, Jonathan also described the former Vice President as a democrat who laid the…