The burial ceremony of former Governor of Oyo state, Abiola Ajimobi has been postponed as confirmed by his spokesperson Bolaji Tunji. Speaking to newsmen at the late politician’s Ibadan residence on Friday morning, Tunji said the family would soon make an announcement of the burial programme. Ajimobi’s spokesperson said; “The funeral arrangements will be announced soon by the family but it will be observed privately so as to be in accordance with the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) …
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Rivers state government has released new guidelines on how burial ceremonies will henceforth be conducted in the state adding that defaulters of these new guidelines will have to pay a fine of N10 million. The new Executive Order signed by Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and released today June 8, is to help check the spread of COVID19 in the state. According to the new order, residents of the state who wish to carry out any burial ceremony will have …
A Nigerian mixologist who witnessed moment corpses of Coronavirus patients were loaded into a van at the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba, has spoken up against relaxation of the lockdown in Lagos. The man who took a sick friend to the hospital for treatment, said he has seen 7 people die in a space of 14 hours. @AmeenJimoh described relaxation of the lockdown as the worst idea anyone could conceive as the daily cases is now more than the capacity …
French Ligue 1 club, Lille, have offered Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen, a private jet to bring him back to Nigeria for his father’s burial rites. Osimhen announced the death of his father, Mr. Patrick Osimhen, 80, on Twitter on Sunday morning, after he died in Lagos on Saturday night following a brief illness. “RIP dad. No words to describe this feeling,” Osimhen tweeted. President Amaju Pinnick, the Nigeria Football Federation also commiserated with the former Wolfburg …
Popular Nigerian punter, Otunba Fowosere who died after tweeting “I don’t care to die tomorrow” has been laid to rest. He was buried this morning at the Gudu Cemetary in Abuja. His death was announced on Monday five days after he revealed that his doctors had told him to take a long rest after he was rushed to the hospital again. Otunba was known on Twitter as Bet2win and was popular for giving betting tips to sports bettors. He …