Tag: Laid to Rest
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Late rapper, Mohbad laid to rest in Lagos
Nigerian rapper, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, has been laid to rest in the Ikorodu area of Lagos state. The KpK crooner died on Tuesday, September 12 in Lagos.
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Rivers Billionaire Lulu-Briggs finally laid to rest two years after death
The remains of billionaire oil magnate and renowned philanthropist, High Chief Olu Benson Lulu-Briggs, were on Saturday finally laid to rest in his hometown, Abonnema, in Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State. TheNewsGuru.om, TNG reports that Lulu-Briggs died December 27, 2018 in Ghana aged 88 but his burial was delayed by disagreements within his…
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Veteran broadcaster, Sadiq Daba laid to rest
Veteran actor and broadcaster, Sadiq Daba who passed on Wednesday has been laid to rest at a cemetery in Agege, Lagos. The actor who starred in Citation died after a long battle with leukaemia and prostate cancer. His demise was announced by the Nigerian Television Authority via a tweet that said, “Sad News; Veteran broadcaster…
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Photos: Mallam Isa Funtua laid to rest in Abuja
The remains of late founding President of the Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria (NPAN) and former Managing Director of the Democrat Newspapers, Mallam Ismaila Isa Funtua, were interred on Tuesday at the Gudu Cemetery at Abuja. The late elderstatesman died of cardiac arrest on Monday night at 78. Isa Funtua was President Muhammadu Buhari’s political…
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Mandela’s daughter, Zindzi laid to rest in Johannesburg
Zindzi Mandela, South Africa’s Ambassador to Denmark and daughter of Nelson and Winnie Mandela, was laid to rest on Friday. The 59-year-old was laid next to her mother’s burial place at Fourways Memorial Park in Johannesburg North. Zindzi’s son Zondwa said his mother’s legacy will live on. “My mother was clear that it is important…
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Lagos lawmaker, Tunde Braimoh laid to rest
The remains of the late lawmaker representing Kosofe constituency 2 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Tunde Braimoh was committed to mother earth at Ikoyi cemetery on Friday afternoon. Braimoh who passed on in the night of Thursday/ Friday at the infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba where he had spent some days, according to…
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Photos: Tears, emotions as Maitama Sule is laid to rest
There was pandemonium Tuesday in Kano as thousands of mourners paid their last respects to the late former minister and Nigeria UN representative, Yusuf Sule, as he was buried. Due to the heavy human and vehicular movement around the venues of the burial rites, many could not gain access to the Kara Burial Grounds and…