The Deputy Comptroller in charge of Finance Administration and Technical Service of the Nigerian Customs Service, Essien Etop Andrew, is dead. Andrew slumped and died at the National Assembly Clinic in Abuja on Tuesday. He was a guest of the Public Account Committee of the House of Representatives where he appeared for questioning in continuation of the ongoing probe of …

A United States-based Nigerian bodybuilder, Michael Chidozie, 26, has died 18 days after he was shot multiple times by his wife, Keaiirra Shavoiyae, in the middle of an argument on 21st March. Chidozie lingered on life support, but he suffered a devastating spinal injury and died of complications on 8th April, Daily Mail reports. Chidozie was reported to have been …

The immediate past Senior Special Adviser on Vocational and Technical Education to Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun, Prof. Joseph Odemuyiwa, is dead. Odemuyiwa, a Professor of Business Education with passion for training people in vocational skills, reportedly died on Tuesday in an accident on his way to Ibadan. The lawmaker representing Remo North State constituency, Dickson Awolaja, confirmed the news …

A man identified as Usman Abubakar reportedly died during a fight that occurred at Isale Koko, Ojagboro area, Ilorin in Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara State. The incident, which happened last Wednesday and claimed the life of the deceased, was a result of the combat between him (the deceased) and another man identified as one Omotosho Jimoh of …

A 81-year-old woman from Aral Moreira, Brazil, Daniela Vera, has died after undergoing surgery to remove a 56-year-old lithopedion, a calcified foetus, from her abdomen. Daniela had unknowingly carried the foetus since her youth, with doctors dismissing her complaints of stomach pain over the years. As reported by NDTV, on Friday, Vera visited a local health centre on March 10, …

Highlife music icon, Godwin Opara (popularly known as Kabaka), who broke a two-decade silence with the release of his acclaimed Abialam album in September 2023, is dead. He was aged 77. Derda Promotions, the management team, confirmed the death of the music icon, who spearheaded and transformed the realm of highlife music on Thursday. The Chief Operating Officer of Derda Promotions, …

Akintoye Benson, an aide to the chairman of the Lagos State Park and Garages Management, Musiliu Akinsanya, aka MC Oluomo, has reportedly died. Benson, who was seen in a wrecked vehicle in a viral video, was said to have died in an auto crash on Third Mainland Bridge on Thursday night. Confirming his death, a friend of the deceased, Ogunseye …

The renowned Kenyan long-distance runner, Henry Rono, who famously set four world records within 81 days passed away at the age of 72. Athletics officials announced the passing of Rono on Thursday. Rono was a student at Washington State University in the United States when he blazed the track with four world records in 1978 in the 3,000m, 5,000m and …

The Chief of Staff to then President Goodluck Jonathan, Brigadier General Jones Arogbofa, is dead. He was 72 years old. Arogbofa was said to have died on Saturday, although the circumstances surrounding his death remain unclear as of the time of filing this report. His family has also not issued any statement on his death at press time. But the …

The former governor of Yobe State, Senator Bukar Abba Ibrahim died in Saudi Arabia on Sunday after a protracted illness, according to a source. He was 73. Another source close to the family posted on his Facebook page: “Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi rajiun. “Sen. Bukar Abba Ibrahim has passed away just now in Makkah. May Allah grant him peaceful …