Tag: Funeral
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Funerals of royalty and disloyalty, songs of defeat and victory – By Owei Lakemfa
Funerals, official and unofficial, were held in parts of the world this Monday September 19 to eternally send-off Queen Elizabeth II.
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Queen Elizabeth’s coffin arrives Windsor Castle
Queen Elizabeth’s coffin has arrived Windsor Castle in the state hearse, after an elaborate and sombre procession though London with huge crowds lining the route. Windsor, where the Queen broadcast to the nation in wartime and spent so much of her time throughout her life, will be her final resting place.
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Russia fumes over Queen Elizabeth II funeral snub
Moscow has blasted London for not inviting Russian officials to the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, calling the decision as deeply immoral. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, on Friday said the UK Foreign Office notified Moscow invitations to the queen’s funeral weren’t sent to Russian officials due to the conflict in Ukraine.
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In solemn procession, Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin taken through Edinburgh
The coffin of the late Queen Elizabeth was taken along the Royal Mile in the Scottish capital Edinburgh on Monday in a solemn procession watched by thousands of people lining the street to pay their respects to Britain’s longest reigning monarch.
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Kwara loses pioneer NUT chairman
The remains of the pioneer chairman of Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Kwara chapter, Sir Joseph Oyinloye, has been committed to mother earth in Esie, Irepodun Local Government Area of the state on Friday.
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Koleoso Family celebrates exit of matriarch at 101 years
The family of Papa Emmanuel Koleoso of Labo Area, Ibadan in Oyo State, on Friday celebrated the glorious exit of its matriarch, Mama Comfort Koleoso, who died at the age of 101 in Ibadan.
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SAD: Yobe Commissioner, Goni Lawan dies in tragic road accident
The death has occurred of Goni Bukar Lawan, the Commissioner of Youth and Sports in Yobe State. He was said to have died in a ghastly motor accident along Damaturu, Kano highway on Tuesday evening.
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I learned the hard way with my mother’s death – Don Jazzy
Nigerian record producer, Michael Collins Ajereh, popularly known as Don Jazzy has said he has learned in a hard way how it feels like to lose a loved one. Don Jazzy stated this on Sunday while apologizing to his friends and associates who lost loved ones and do not think he was there enough for them.
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Michael Awe for burial July 29
The burial arrangements have been announced of Michael Olusesan Awe (aka Michael West), a columnist with TheNewsGuru.com (TNG). TNG reports Michael Awe, born on September 10, 1963 in the ancient town of Akure in Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State, died on Saturday, June 11, 2022.
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Man states why cultists attacked rival’s burial ceremony in Anambra
A social media user, Godwin Okpala has explained why about 20 persons in the Ebenebe community of Awka North Local Government Area, Anambra State, were killed at the funeral of a suspected cultist. Persons suspected to be members of a rival cult group had invaded the burial venue of Ozor Chibuike Chukwuka, a 34-year-old cultist,…