RIP Archives - Page 22 of 30

Mar

23

2023

‘He was unusual’, Pete Edochie mourns grandson

Entertainment, MetroEntertainment, Nollywood, Pete Edochie, RIP, Yul Edochie

*My grandson was unusual person, very brilliant and easy-going —Pete Edochie Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie, yesterday, lost his first son, Kambilichukwu Edochie. The son died two months after Edochie celebrated his 16th birthday with his wife, Mary Edochie. Confirming the sad news to Vanguard, yesterday, Pete Edochie said his son, Yul, called him on the telephone, Wednesday, informing him that Kambilichukwu fell down while playing football with his school mates and developed a seizure. According to him, the deceased was rushed to the Mother and Child Hospital, Lagos, where he died hours later. The legendary actor said his family started praying for…

Mar

20

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Bandits took N2mill ransom, kill chief Imam’s senior wife in Kaduna

NewsBandits, Boko Haram, Crime, Kaduna State, Metro, Nigeria, RIP, Security

Bandits have shot dead the senior wife of the Chief Imam of Nomadic Central Mosque in Rugan Ardo, Isyaka Adamu. Mrs. Hulaira Hussaini Ardo was shot dead after the bandits collected 2 million Naira as ransom. The bandits had on February 11, 2023, Kidnapped four wives of Malam Husaaini Ardo, at Rugan Ardo in Kagarko LGA, and killed the Chief Imam of Nomadic Central Mosque in Rugan Ardo, Isyaka Adamu. The Madaki of Janjala, Samaila Babangida, confirmed the killing and said the community was mourning the killing of their chief’s wife, adding that the bandits refused to release her corpse.…

Mar

14

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Emeka Nwankpa Condole With Abians On Demise of F. N. Nwosu, Describes Him as a Statesman

Lifestyle, PoliticsAbia State, Emeka Nwankpa, Lifestyle, Politics, RIP

The governorship candidate of the Accord Party in Abia State, Bishop Emeka Nwankpa, has expressed his deepest condolences to Abians, and to the family of the late Chief F. N. Nwosu who, until his death, was the National Welfare Secretary of the APC. In a statement personally signed by him, the revered cleric and frontline governorship candidate, described the late politician as 'a statesman and one of the greatest sons of Abia State who fought for the good governance of Abia State.' Bishop Emeka Nwankpa, who expressed his confidence of winning the March 18 rescheduled governorship election, said he would…

Mar

13

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Dad says daughter was preparing for master’s in UK before dying in a train crash

Lifestyle, MetroAccident, Education, Lifestyle, Metro, Nigeria, RIP, Security

By Dayo Oyewo Oreoluwa Aina, a National Youth Service Corps member, was one of those who died on Thursday when a Lagos State Government staff bus collided with a train in the PWD area of the state. In this interview with DAYO OYEWO, her father, Femi Aina, speaks on her daughter’s plans after the service year How did you receive the news of your daughter’s death? I was in Abuja watching the television around 9 am when I saw the incident. An hour after that, I got a call that my daughter was involved in it. That was when I…

Mar

11

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Nigerian-born music manager, Emmanuel Odunlami, stabbed to death in the UK

Entertainment, Lifestyle, MetroEmmanuel Odunlami, Entertainment, Music, Nigeria, RIP, United Kingdom, World News

A Nigerian-born music manager was stabbed to death after celebrating his birthday with a designer watch worth up to £300,000, a London court heard. The Old Bailey heard that Emmanuel Odunlami, 32, was attacked by three robbers after leaving the Haz restaurant near St Paul’s Cathedral in the City of London on May 1, 2022. They were allegedly informed by a security operator, Kavindu Hettiarachchi that Odunlami was wearing a Patek Philippe Nautilus watch worth between £90,000 and £300,000 if genuine. Prosecutor Duncan Atkinson KC stated that Hettiarachchi was a vital member of the security team hired by the event’s…