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The Tanzanian government has announced the death of President John Magufuli. Samia Suluhu Hassan, vice-president of Tanzania, confirmed his death in a live…

Sylvester Ngwuta, justice of the supreme court, is dead. Ahuraka Isah, spokesperson of the supreme court, confirmed the incident to TheCable. According to Isah, the justice who had been ill for some time died on Sunday…

Junaid Mohammed, a lawmaker in the second republic, is dead. Mohammed, who trained as a medical doctor, died on Thursday in Kano. When TheCable visited his residence on Thursday night, a family member…

Nsikak Eduok, former chief of air staff, is dead.  Eduok died Wednesday night, aged 74, in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state capital.  Family sources said the retired air-marshal had been battling with a kidney-related crisis before he…

Oye Ibidapo-Obe, a former vice-chancellor of the University of Lagos, is dead. Details of his death are still sketchy but the professor of systems engineering reportedly died…

Renowned Islamic cleric, educationist and former Sharia court judge, Dr. Sheikh Ahmed Lemu, is dead. He died early Thursday morning in Minna, the capital of Niger State, according to…

Nigerian Ambassador to the United States, Sylvanus Adiewere Nsofor, is dead. He reportedly died Thursday night at 85. Nsofor, a retired justice of Nigeria’s Court of Appeal, assumed…

Alhaji Mai Umar Mustapha Aliyu, The traditional ruler of Biu in Borno State, has passed away at the age of 79. He died on Monday night at the Federal Medical Center (Federal Teaching Hospital),…

The first military administrator of Jigawa State, Olayinka Sule, is dead. Mr Sule died on Sunday at the age of 72 years. A retired brigadier-general of the Nigerian army, he was appointed the military administrator when Jigawa…

Walter Carrington, a former United States ambassador to Nigeria, is dead. According to PUNCH, Arese Carrington, wife of the deceased, confirmed his death in an email. “It is with a heavy and broken heart but with gratitude to God…

Founding managing director of Democrat Newspaper  and an associate of President Muhammadu Buhari, Mallam Ismaila Isa Funtua,is dead. He reportedly died of cardiac arrest Monday night. He was…

Lagos State House Of Assembly Member representing KOSOFE II , Tunde Braimoh, is Dead. His death is coming exactly two weeks after his counterpart in the upper legislative chamber,…

Immediate past governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi, is dead, THE WITNESS reports. The former governor, who was named the acting National Chairman of the All Progressives Congresslast…

Daniel ‘Dan’ Foster, a prominent Nigerian-American broadcaster, has passed on. A source told TheCable Lifestyle that the veteran radio host died around 1pm on Wednesday. “He died today around 1pm. His wife is currently at the…

Senator Representing Lagos East Senatorial District, Senator Adebayo Oshinowo is dead. Details of his demise is yet to be ascertained. Lawmakers in the Assembly sat to adjourn sitting as a result of this incident. Details…

•Her two-year battle with multiple sclerosis Alive, she shouldered a rare and inspiring womanhood stepping up to motivate and lift the spirits of many a woman in the corporate world. In…

The immediate-past managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Maikanti Baru, is dead. He was 60. The current GMD of the corporation, Mele Kyari,confirmed the death on his…

The acting Executive Director of Finance and Administration, Niger Delta Development Commission, Ibanga Bassey Etang, is dead. A source within the NDDC who spoke on…

Lagos monarch, Oba Yushau Goriola Oseni, the Oniba of Ibaland, has died at the age of 77. Palace sources said the monarch, who was kidnapped some years ago, died in a private hospital. It…

Fuji legend, Alhaji Wasiu Ajani Tekoye aka Pure Water is dead, LailasNews can confirm. The singer reportedly died at the age of 52. According to reports Wasiu Ajani Tekoye, died in the early hours of Thursday May 14, at his residence in…

Chris Olakpe, the chief executive officer and chairman of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), is dead. According to PUNCH, Olakpe died at an undisclosed hospital in the on Sunday. Isaac Adetimiro, LASTMA director of…

Veteran Nollywood actor, Kayode Odumosu, popularly known as Pa Kasumu is dead. Nollywood actress, Foluke Daramola-Salako, who broke the news on her Instagram page on Sunday, said the actor died after a brief illness.

A former Minister of Science and Technology in Nigeria, Professor Emmanuel Emovon, is dead. He would have been 91 years by 24 February, 2020. He was made minister during the Military…