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‘Days to First Work Anniversary,” Ondo SSG, Tayo Oluwatuyi, Dies

Gbenga Adeoti

“His death comes just weeks after surviving a serious auto crash” The Secretary to the Ondo State Government (SSG), Tayo Oluwatuyi, has been reported dead. Platforms Africa reports that Oluwatuyi was appointed by Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa on January 24, 2024. Sources confirmed that he died on Saturday at an undisclosed hospital, 20 days to his first work anniversary. ‘Diddy Oil Fastest To PTSD,’ Cubana Chief Priest Bombs Burna Boy As Rift Worsens ‘Strange Resurrection,’ Four Animals That Sleep And Wakeup After Six Months 5 Animals That Die After Giving Birth…

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Rosemary, Mother of Dowen College Late Student-Bullying Victim, Sylvester Oromoni Jr, Dies

Abibat Babalola

The mother of the 12-year-old boy who made headlines in 2021 following his death as a result of alleged bullying in the elite high school in Lagos, the circumstances surrounding his death, has reportedly died after a protracted illness. Mrs Oromoni was reported to have suffered heartbreak and trauma over the loss of her youngest child. Two years after her son’s passing, she reportedly succumbed to health complications attributed to heartbreak and trauma. The late Sylvester Jnr. was allegedly a victim of severe bullying by senior students in the Lagos-based…

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’12 Yrs After Dad’s Disappearance,’ Islamic Singer, Rukayat Gawat, Dies

Rofeequr Adeola--Yusuf

Popular Islamic singer, Rukayat Gawat Oyefeso, has passed on. Platforms Africa reports that the shocking news, which happened exactly 12 years, two months and seventeen days after the mysterious disappearance of her father,Aremu Gawat, has generated reactions. She was well-known for her captivating voice and religious music that resonated with many in the Muslim community. ‘Popularity To Obscurity?’ Tale Of Gbenga Adewusi, Nigerian’s Top Film Promoter Penury To Fame: Life And Times of Adegboro, Yoruba Famous Porter The news of her death was shared by popular Ilorin-based cleric Alfa Aribidesi…

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INEC Commissioner Slumps, Dies

Ganiyu Amodu

Olaniyi Ijalaye, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Ogun State, is dead. The Ogun REC was said to have slumped and died in Abuja on Monday evening after he attended a meeting with other RECs at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) headquarters. Ijalaye had returned to his hotel room, when the tragic incident occurred. The meeting, according to Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of INEC, focused on two off-cycle governorship elections in Edo and Ondo States, and seven vacant positions in the National and State Assemblies. READ ALSO NNPCL Declares ₦3.3Trn…

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Deputy Commissioner Of Police Slumps, Dies

Abibat Babalola

A Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Abubakar Guri, the DC in office of COMPOL MOPOL, Force Headquarters, Abuja, on Monday slumped and gave up the ghost. Sources said the late DCP, who was in uniform, slumped on his seat in his office and was quickly taken to the clinic inside Police headquarters for medical assistance, where he was confirmed dead. READ ALSO: Japa: Germany Has Jobs, Visas For Skilled Nigerians; 10 Things To Know Tinubu, On Wike’s Recommendation, Names Abuja Expressway After Wole Soyinka Nigerian Govt To Commission Nedogas 300…

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Nigerian Lawyer Working As Caregiver In UK Slumps, Dies

Abibat Babalola

A 37-year-old Nigerian woman working as a caregiver in the United Kingdom slumped on February 22, and died two days later. The victim, Chidimma Susan Ezenyili, known as Suzy, collapsed while on duty in the street of Bishop’s Stortford. Ezenyili who was a lawyer in Nigeria was tendering an elderly woman, Ian Hale in Scott Road, but a report said she was not feeling well herself but managed to work before her collapse on the fateful day. Ezenyili and her husband, Friday left Nigeria in August 2023, to go and…

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Tributes As Bridge Nigeria IT Manager, Nurudeen Salaudeen, Dies

Rofeequr Adeola--Yusuf

‘A life short but meaningful’; friends, colleagues pen emotional tributes for Dawah front member who “practised Islam and served humanity meritoriously with his computer networking and IT knowledge”   The Manager, IT operations at Bridge Nigeria, Nurudeen Salaudeen, is dead, Platforms Africa reports. His friend, Tajudeen Nodiu, who confirmed the news on his verified Facebook page, noted that Salaudeen popularly called “small boy” beeathed his last on Wednesday. His Facebook post has attracted hundreds of comments and tributes written by friends, families and ex-classmates of Salaudeen whom they said lived…

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Nollywood Mourns Again As Actress, Cynthia Okereke, Dies

Precious Ibekwe

Veteran Nollywood actress, Cynthia Okereke has died. Her death was announced by her colleague, Joseph Okechukwu, in a post on his verified Twitter handle on Wednesday. Okechukwu wrote, “REST IN PEACE, Nwanyi oma. I’m shattered beyond words. The fact that I was about to pay for your flight ticket to come to finish what we started only to hear you went to be with Lord just last night is one of the toughest things I’ve ever had to deal with in recent times. “I pray I’m able to recover from…

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Man Suspected Of Attempting To Steal Diesel Falls Into Company’s Tank, Dies

Abibat Babalola

The Kano State Fire Service brought out a man from a diesel tank at a company in Kumbotso Local Government Area of the state on Monday in an unconscious state. Spokesman of the Fire Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, confirmed this, adding that the man had a keg in his hand. Abdullahi said on receiving an emergency call, operatives raced to the scene to take the man out of the diesel tank. READ ALSO: 12 Bankers Nabbed For suspected Insider Fraud, Principal Beneficiary Identified Ghanaian Varsity Lecturers Begin Strike Naira Gains…

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Angola’s Ruling Party In Early Lead To Extend 47-Year Rule

ADEOLA YUSUF

Opposition kicks over results coming in for the MPLA, a party in power since Angola gained independence from Portugal in 1975   Ballot counting was underway in Angola on Thursday in a tense atmosphere after provisional results from a parliamentary election gave the ruling former Marxist party a strong lead and the opposition dismissed them as unreliable. Election officials said in the early hours of Thursday that preliminary results from Wednesday’s election showed the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), in power for nearly five decades, had garnered…

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