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Nigerian Business Mogul, Chief Michael Subomi Balogun, Is Dead

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Nigerian top business Mogul, Otunba Subomi Balogun, is dead. Platforms Africa reports that Balogum, Founder of the First City Monument Bank Group, died in a London Hospital of old age related ailment. The consullmate financial expert , philanthropist and boardroom giant , renowned for his sartorial elegance , according to reports coming in , died at the age of 89 on Friday May 19,2023. This is a breaking story. More to follow.

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Sunday Mbang, Methodist ex-Prelate, Is Dead

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Sunday Mbang was born in Idua Eket, Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State on August 26, 1936. A former Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, Sunday Coffie Mbang, is dead. Mbang died at 86. Details of his death are still sketchy. Sunday Mbang was born in Idua Eket, Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State on August 26, 1936 into a humble and Christian family. He studied at the Effoi Group School, Salvation Army School, Akai-Ubium, Government School, Eket, Methodist Boys’ High School, Oron, Teacher’s College,…

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BREAKING: Popular Actor, Murphy Afolabi, Is Dead

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. Becomes 3rd Nollywood Actor To Die In the last 24 hours Less than 24 hours after the news filtered out about the death of two popular Nollywood actor, Saint Obi, and Mukail Adedigba, another popular actor of Yoruba movies, Murphy Afolabi, has died on Sunday. No details yet about the circumstances surrounding Afolabi’s death, however, a colleague of the deceased in the Yoruba subsector of the Nollywood, Tunde Ola-Yusuf, has confirmed the sad news. Ola-Yusuf, a well-known actor, director and producer, took to his Facebook page on Sunday afternoon…

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BREAKING: Nigerian Actor, Saint Obi, Is Dead

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Reports have emerged that popular Nigerian actor, Saint Obi, has passed on at the age of 57 after a protracted illness. It was reported that he died early in the week after battling an undisclosed illness for several with no successful treatment. The Actors Guild of Nigeria is yet to make a statement as the family reportedly have a little disagreement hence the delay to make a formal announcement

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Nollywood Veteran Actor, Mukail Adedigba Alaafin Oro, Is Dead

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“He pronounced Khalimat Sha’adah, oneness of God, before he died,” first daughter opens up to Platforms Africa on the last minutes of actor who featured in most Yoruba films as an herbalist         Veteran Yoruba actor Adedigba Mukail known by his stage name Alafin Oro has passed away. Alafin Oro’s demise was announced on Saturday by her first daughter, Barakat Adedigba in a telephone call with Platforms Africa. “He proclaimed the oneness of God. His last statement was Kalimat Sha’adah,” Barakat said. Alaadin Oro who died in…

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Popular Transporter, Abel Omoruyi, Is Dead

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“He was a visionary, beacon of hope, and a rare breed of leader who epitomized the very best of the human spirit. – Gov Obaseki         The Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Iyare Motors, Abel Omoruyi, is dead. Omoruyi, also the owner of the popular transport company, reportedly died on Friday night. Iyare Motors, which operates all over the country, is headquartered in Benin City, Edo State. READ ALSO: It’s A Forever Thing,’ Davido Assures Wife Chioma On Birthday Why 13 Houses Were Demolished In Ajao…

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Nigeria’s Ex-Labour Minister, Musa Gwadabe, Is Dead

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He died in Kano. Daughter of the 86 year-old pioneer member of PDP gives details   A former Minister of Labour and Productivity, and pioneer member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Musa Gwadabe, is dead. Gwadabe died Wednesday morning (today) at the age of 86 at a Kano hospital after a prolonged illness. READ ALSO: WhatsApp To Support Multiple Phones On One Account To Save Sudan, These Four ‘Unseen Hands’ Must be Appeased 143 Entries In Race For $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature BREAKING: 80 Year-Old US President…

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Breaking: Nigeria’s Iconic Journalist, Peter Enahoro, Is Dead

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One of Nigeria’s iconic journalists, Peter Enahoro, popularly known as Peter Pan, is dead. According to available information, Enahoro, born January 21, 1935, died in London, United Kingdom on Sunday. READ ALSO: 34 Days Away, 34 Days To Inauguration, Tinubu Lands In Nigeria Abducted Kogi Monarch Dies In Kidnapper’s Den Three Dead As Indigenes Clash With Hausa Youths In Abuja The 88-year-old journalist, author, businessman and publisher was known by the pen name Peter Pan because of his popular column in New African magazine.

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World Court ex-Jurist, Prince Bola Ajibola, Is Dead

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How the former Attorney-General of Nigeria breathed his last at a Lagos hospital + what his eldest son wrote on the topmost Owu Prince   A former Judge of the International Court of Justice, Hague, Netherlands, Prince Bola Ajibola, is dead. Ajibola, who was also a former Attorney-General of Nigeria, died in a Lagos hodpital aged 89. Ajibola, the founder of Crescent University, Abeokuta, died on Saturday midnight after a long-time illness as a result of old age. The eldest child of the late jurist, Segun Ajibola, SAN, disclosed this…

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BREAKING: Ekiti ex-Deputy Gov, Bisi Egbeyemi, is Dead

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The immediate past Deputy Governor died at a private hospital in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital The immediate past Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi, is dead. He was aged 78. Egbeyemi, who was a Deputy Governor of Ekiti State between 2018 and 2022, died around 8 pm on Friday after a brief illness. READ ALSO: Sanwo-Olu votes, says MC Oluomo’s intimidation not verifiable Egbeyemi’s last public appearance was on February 25, during the presidential and National Assembly elections. A source close to the Egbeyemi family said the former Deputy…

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