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Popular social media comedienne widely known as Madam Social has passed on, it has emerged. Her death was announced on Tuesday, June 7 on her Instagram page. The popular comedienne got her breakthrough on social media after one of her…

United Arab Emirates President, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, whose modernisation policies helped transform his country into a regional powerhouse, has died on Friday at 73. Read Also: UAE Issues First Civil Marriage License For…

Renowned politician and a chieftain of  Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Arthur Nzeribe, has passed on at 83. The former lawmaker who represented Imo West district in the upper chamber of the National Assembly died on Sunday,…

Nollywood actor known for playing the role of a king in most movies, Sir David Osagie, has died hours after he was on a movie set. His colleagues, who took to Instagram to share the sad news of his demise, said he was on set yesterday,…

A Lagos-bound passenger died at the domestic wing of Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, on Tuesday, April 19. The female passenger simply identified as Mama Tobi was at the boarding area for her flight to Lagos when she…

Popular Nigerian saxophonist and highlife musician, Orlando Julius has died at the age of 79. His wife, Latoya Ekemode, confirmed his death to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos. She said that Orlando Julius passed…

Simon Harry, Nigeria’s Statistician-General has passed away on Wednesday, April 13 in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Dr. Harry had been on admission at the Nisa Premier hospital till his passing after a brief illness. His death was…

Meat Loaf, Grammy-winning American singer and actor, has died at 74, his family announced on Friday morning. The singer born Marvin Lee Aday died on Thursday, according to a family statement posted on his official Facebook page. The…

Second Republic politician, Chief Guy Ikokwu, has passed on at the age of 85, family announced. Late Ikokwu was Chairman of Nigerian Peoples Party, (NPP) in the Second Republic in old Anambra State, and was the pioneer chairman of the…

Otunba Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala, a former Deputy Governor of Oyo State, has reportedly passed on at 71. Details of his death are sketchy but according to Daily Trust, sources close to the politician confirmed the tragic…

Chief Ernest Shonekan, the former head of the Interim National Government that succeeded the military junta of General Ibrahim Babangida, has passed on. Shonekan, Abese of Egbaland, died at Evercare hospital, in the Lekki area of Lagos…

Veteran juju musician, Idowu Adedayo Kujore, has on Monday passed on aged 63, his daughter announced. Kujore, who was among the pioneers of the Nigerian styled musical art form is said to have died on Monday, according to his daughter,…

Chairman of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brigadier General Mohammed Buba Marwa (retd.), has lost his first wife, Hajiya Zainab Marwa at 66. A statement released by the family said late Mrs. Zainab Marwa, a native of Imo state, …

Veteran Nigerian actress, Kudirat Odukanmi Oluyemi, popularly known as Iyabo Oko, has reportedly passed on at 62. Foluke Daramola Salako, another actress in Nigerian movie industry, announced the passing of the Yoruba actress via her…

First female deputy speaker of the Lagos state house of assembly, Adetoun Adediran, has passed on. Adediran, who was also a former women leader of the All Progressive Congress, Lagos chapter, was said to have died in the early hours of…