Pastor Taiwo Odukoya was a man of faith, hope, and inspiration. He was the founder and senior pastor of Fountain of Life Church in Lagos, Nigeria, and he grew the church to become one of the largest in the country. He was also a popular and respected preacher, known for his down-to-earth style and his Read More…
Irish singer and activist Sinéad O’Connor passed away at the age of 56, leaving her family and friends devastated. Her most famous song, “Nothing Compares 2 U,” released in 1990, reached number one worldwide and brought her immense fame. Taoiseach (Irish PM) Leo Varadkar praised her music, calling her talent unmatched and beyond compare, while Read More…
The news that came from Johannesburg, South Africa on July 19 was heartrending: Kole Omotoso is dead! The lionized writer, Kole Omotoso, was my teacher at the then University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University, for four years of my study there in the Dramatic Arts Department with Professor Wole Soyinka as Head of Department. Read More…
In the rascally days of the military, when generals were wedded to coups, a military officer arose in their ranks called Oladipo Donaldson Oyeyinka Diya. He was unknown to the public until January 1984 when the coup plotters led by General Muhammadu Buhari, who had overthrown the Shagari administration, announced him as the Military Governor Read More…
The family of Ismaila Abubakar, also known as Ismaila Mabo and a former coach of the Super Falcons women’s football team from Nigeria, has received condolences from President Muhammadu Buhari. The president joined the family in grieving their husband and father, who passed away on Monday at the age of 80, in a statement released Read More…
Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, a pioneer in Nigeria’s entertainment sector and the creator of the esteemed AMAA Awards, has passed away. After being in a coma since Saturday, she reportedly passed away at St. Nicolas Hospital in Lagos. While her coworkers and close friends, some of whom visited her in the hospital, refused to believe the news Read More…
Tens of thousands of mourners entered St. Peter’s Basilica in a constant stream on Monday to pay their respects to retired Pope Benedict XVI at the beginning of his three-day state burial. Benedict passed away on Saturday at the age of 95, in the remote Vatican monastery where he had been living since his shocking Read More…
The official news outlet of the Holy See, Vatican News, wrote: “Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has returned to the Father’s House.” According to the Holy See Press Office, Pope Emeritus died at 9:34 a.m. on Saturday morning in his house at the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery, which the 95-year-old Pope emeritus chose as his abode after Read More…
The renowned Brazilian soccer player Pele, who rose from barefoot squalor to become one of the finest and most well-known athletes in contemporary history, passed away on Thursday at the age of 82. Pele passed away at 3:27 PM, according to Sao Paulo’s Albert Einstein Hospital, where he was receiving medical attention “due to multiple Read More…
The body of Abdul-Sobur Olayiwola Olawale, a lawmaker from Lagos State, who died on Tuesday during an APC presidential rally in Jos, Plateau, has been buried. The lawmaker’s remains arrived at Murtala Muhammed Airport in the afternoon, and a motorcade took them right away to his home in Mushin, Lagos. The Lagos State Legislators Wives Read More…
