Charley Pride, country music’s first Black star whose rich baritone on such hits as “Kiss an Angel Good Morning” helped sell millions of records and made him the first Black member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, has died. He was 86. Pride died Saturday in Dallas of complications from Covid-19, according to Jeremy Read More…
Former Senegalese soccer international, Papa Bouba Diop, who died last Sunday in Arras, northern France, will receive a post-humous national award on Friday, after his body arrived in Dakar, before his burial on Saturday in Rufisque, his hometown. Papa Bouba Diop made history in Senegalese football and sport by scoring the goal that won Senegal Read More…
Pope Francis remembers soccer legend and fellow Argentine Diego Maradona with affection and is keeping him in his prayers, the Vatican said on Wednesday. Maradona, who died on Wednesday at his home in Argentina following a heart attack, met the pope several times at the Vatican after Francis was elected in 2013 as Latin America’s Read More…
By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu The living legend, Emeritus Professor John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo, universally known as JP Clark, passed away in the early hours of Tuesday, October 13, aged 85. Tributes have poured in from across the globe in celebration of the iconic poet, dramatist and folklorist. JP Clark belonged to the troika of Nigeria’s literary Read More…
By Barack Obama James wrote to the believers, “Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.” It is a great honor to Read More…
The lawmaker representing Kosofe Counstituency II at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Tunde Braimoh, is dead. Mr Victor Akande, representing Ojo Counstituency I, confirmed his demise to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos. Akande noted that his death was shocking because the late Braimoh was always cautious of his Read More…
The Lagos State chapter of the National Conscience Party (NCP) says it is saddened by the death of the party’s National General Secretary,Mr Ayodele Akele. The state chairman of the party,Mr Fatai Ibu-Owo said in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)on Wednesday, that the party was devastated by the news of Read More…
The Creative Industry Group (CIG) on Tuesday joined the rest of the world to mourn the death of the raggae music icon, Majekodunmi Fasheke, popularly called Majek Fashek, describing him as a true legend. Amb. Felix Duke, CIG President, paid the tribute in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Read More…