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Brig-Gen John Shagaya (rtd) who died on February 11th, 2018 is scheduled to be buried on March 16th, 2018. The burial space would be in Langtang in Plateau State from where he hails. The no... Read more
Death has occurred of Comrade Patrick Ameh Ochiga, a unionist, politician and community leader in Okpokwu Local Government Area of Benue State. He gave up the ghost earlier this morning on t... Read more
Pictures from the scene of the accident that killed Gen John Shagaya earlier today showed he could hardly have survived it. Again, a clear idea of what exactly happened is still difficult to... Read more
The witticism of the erstwhile Radio Kaduna Tiv soloist that the dead does not weep his own funeral cannot be over quoted. There is no superior text than it to apply in this case. For, if Ch... Read more
Published originally as “The Taju Challenge” in May 2009 as a tribute to the departed, this piece serves as an appetizer to tomorrow’s inviting surgery on democracy that the Centre for Democ... Read more
Tribute by The President of the Republic Of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, At The Funeral Of Hugh Masakela, On Tuesday, 30th January, 2018, In Johannesburg, South Africa I had to come,... Read more
Written by Robin Denselow and published in The Guardian in the UK (Jan 23rd, 2018) as “Hugh Masekela Obituary” with a rider “Trumpeter and singer-songwriter who was a pioneer of jazz in Sout... Read more
It is the another heart rendering story of a passage and the associated rites, this time for Mrs Maureen Mimidoo Fateh, (nee Tarka), a quintessential case of a quiet but noted successful cha... Read more
It was a case of temporary mental freeze for teachers and students of the Educational Resource Centre in Abuja, belonging to the Naval Officers Wives Association, (NOWA) as news of the insta... Read more
Dr Titi Omeche Ogiri is dead and gone to meet her maker. However, the totality of activities around her burial has made her departure a subject of reflections and questions. In Africa, it is... Read more
