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  • Burial for ex-nuj President Adeyemi’s wife

    Family members, friends and associates of bereaved former National President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Senator Smart Adeyemi are to bid his late wife eternal farewell in a three-leg solemn ceremony beginning today.

    The 30-year marriage between the senator and  Helen, who died at 54 about two weeks ago, produced four children – two males and two females.

    Funeral arrangements put together by the family and associates of Adeyemi indicates that a Service of Songs is scheduled for RCCG Central Parish, Plot 1249, Aminu Kano Crescent, Wuse 2, Abuja at 5 pm today.

    A Christian wake will take place at Adeyemi’s residence in his hometown, Iyara in Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State at 5 pm on Thursday.

    The funeral service is billed for  10 am on Friday at St. Paul Anglican Church, Iyara.

    Although the death of his wife  has shaken  Adeyemi, his associates who lament the loss of the God-fearing and motherly Mrs. Adeyemi have rallied to console him and ensure a befitting eternal farewell.

    “The loss is not only felt by Senator Adeyemi but by all members of the constituency that the senator and his wife have selflessly served; she was an exemplary wife, a true Christian and a unique woman,” a politician from Kogi state, Honourable Dare Olayemi said.

  • Burial for 11 soldiers killed in Kaduna

    The Army is set to bury 11 soldiers killed by suspected bandits at Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State last week.

    The army authority said arrangement had been completed for the burial of the soldiers tomorrow.

    A statement by Deputy Director Army Public Relations, 1 Division Nigerian Army, Col. Muhammad Dole, said:

    “One Division Nigerian Army will conduct a befitting burial ceremony for its personnel who paid the supreme sacrifice during exercise AYEM AKPOTUMA.

    “The burial will take place on 29 March, 2018 at Commonwealth Cemetery Kaduna.” The statement read.

    Eleven soldiers were killed at Kanfanin Doka, along Funtua road about 45 kilometres from Birnin Gwari town last week.

     

  • Ngige denies saying govt spent N1b on burial  

    Ngige denies saying govt spent N1b on burial  

    Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige has said that media reports quoting him as saying that the federal government has spent about N1 billion in the burial plans of former Vice President, Alex Ekwueme were misleading, while the controversy generated by the report were needless.

    The Minister said he never attached any figure to the plans being made by the government to ensure that the former Vice President gets what he termed “a deserving national tribute to one of Nigeria’s foremost Statesman.”

    In a statement signed by the Special Assistant no Media to the Minister, Nwachukwu Obidiwe e, the Minister said he only gave a summary  of the number of projects the  Federal Government has undertaken to ensure that a man who  easily was Nigeria’s beacon of democracy was given a decent burial.

    The statement said: “Perhaps the Hon. Minister has prempted the rhetorics of cynics and detractors  who could have easily run to town to claim the Federal Government has abandoned Ekwueme in  death.

    “For the avoidance of doubt, what he did as a member of the Burial Planning  Committee was to give the details of the road rehablitation projects from the Awka end of the State and from Abia and Imo State axis , all leading to Ekwueme’s home town of Oko, as well as the   medical services, the  Mausoleum and others.  But at no time did the Minister  attach a figure of One Billion Naira.

    “An unedited video and audio tape of the interview as recorded by both broadcast and print reporters  is easily within reach.

    “The Minister is an Igbo man and knows full well that just as  a count is not taken of the number of children a parent is blessed with in Igbo tradition, the same tradition holds the burial rites and attendant expenses even more sacred to warrant such display of figures.

    “ However, it is important  to add that such pieces of  information in an administration such as ours  that is  anchored on openess, and bouyed by the Freedom of Information could be at the finger tips of any investigative reporting.”

    The statement further that the Burial Planning Committee was satisfied with the progress of the  work and looked forward to a very successful event which has already kicked off beautifully and successfully  in Lagos, Abuja and Enugu.

  • Madam Ojeleye for burial

    Madam Ojeleye for burial

    The late Mrs. Bolanle Ojeleye (Nee Bakre) will be buried on Thursday in Lagos.

    Ojeleye was an Assistant Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Lagos Province 28 and Director of Finance at the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) until her death on January 8.

    She was also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN).

    She is survived by her mother, husband Pastor Tunde Ojeleye, children, grandchildren and siblings.

    Her burial will be preceded by a Service of Songs on Wednesday and a funeral service at RCCG Church of The Firstborn Ogudu GRA Scheme 2, Ogudu Lagos on Thursday.

  • Southeast governors meet on burial

    Southeast governors meet on burial

    Southeast governors met yesterday in Enugu to deliberate on the burial of former Vice President Alex Ekwueme scheduled to hold on Friday,  February 2.

    Briefing reporters after the meeting, the Chairman of the South East Governors Forum and governor of Ebonyi State,  David Umahi, stated that the governors were “very committed” to the programme, stressing that their presence at the gathering “underscores the seriousness the governors have attached to this important burial of our late father”.

    Umahi said Imo State Governor Owelle Rochas Okorocha, who was represented by his deputy, Prince Eze Madumere, was “out of the Southeast” and could not attend the meeting in person.

    Umahi added that the governors studied the  budget for the burial, disclosing that the timetable was out and the details were with the Director General of the Forum.

    “We as governors of the South East have set up a Committee headed by the Director General of our forum and he has been working very hard with the members of the committee especially the committee members from Amambra State”.

    He said the forum also reviewed its previous deliberations on the railway for the Southeast, gas to industrial zones and other issues such as the recently held South East Economic Summit.

  • Community leader for burial

    Funeral activities for Mrs. Mercy Ifeoma Ifenkwe, mother of Organising Secretary of the Imo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Sir Roy Iwuala, will begin with a service of songs on Thursday.

    A statement by Sir Roy Iwuala, on behalf of the family, said relatives, friends and well wishers will gather for an evening of songs and testimonials at St. Andrews Anglican Church, Anara, at 5pm.

    Lying in state will hold on Friday at the family house before proceeding to St. Andrews Anglican Church, for a commendation service, at 10am.

    The deceased, 77, died on October 30, after a brief illness. She is survived by her husband, Reginald Iwuala, six sons, two daughters, many grandchildren, brothers and sisters.

    She was conferred with the Nneoma title, the highest recognition for service reserved for women of the Okigwe Diocese of the Anglican Church.

    She was a community leader, who held various positions in Anara Women Association and was chairperson of the Women’s wing of the Umuneke Development Union (UDU).

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • Modupe for burial in Ekiti

    The remains of the late  Mrs Comfort Modupe Adetunmbi will be laid to rest in  Ifaki-Ekiti, Ekiti State, on Saturday, November 25, 2017. The funeral ceremonies will begin with the Service of Songs on Thursday November 23, 2017 in Ifaki-Ekiti at Adetunmbi Family House, Ido-Ekiti Road, Ifaki-Ekiti. On Friday November 24, 2017, the remains of Mama will arrive in the morning for lying-in-state at 10 a.m. in Adetunmbi Family House, Ido-Ekiti Road, Ifaki-Ekiti. Christian Wake-keep starts from 5 p.m. at the same venue. On Saturday November 25 , the funeral service holds at St Michael’s Anglican Church, Ifaki-Ekiti at 11 p.m., while internment is at Anglican  Church Cemetery. Reception for guests will hold at Ifaki Campus of Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti road, Ifaki-Ekiti, while the family thanksgiving will be done on Sunday November 26  at  St Michael’s Anglican Church, Ifaki-Ekiti at 10 a.m.

    She is survived by Mrs Yetunde Makinde; Senator Olubunmi Adetunmbi; Engineer Adedayo Adetunmbi; Mrs Adenike Adetunmbi; Okan Seye Adetunmbi and Mrs Bimbo Afolabi.

     

     

  • Burial for Igbokwe September 15

    The Igbokwe Royal Family of Uruagu Nnewi in Anambra State has announced the death a member of the family, John Chukwudum Igbokwe.

    He was 66.

    Described by the family as “our brother, father, uncle, evangelist and elder”, John Igbokwe died on August 19 after a protracted illness.

    A statement by the deceased’s younger brother, Joe Igbokwe, said John will be buried on September 15 at his compound in Uruagu Nnewi.

    The deceased attended St Mary’s Primary School at Uruagu Nnewi and Okongwu Memorial Grammar School (OMGS) at Nnewi and left in 1974.

    He started as a businessman at Warri in Delta State.

    On the deceased, his younger brother said: “He worked so hard to provide for his younger brothers and sisters and paid our school fees. He became the bread winner of the family.

    “In 1998 or thereabout, John became diabetic and battled with it for close to 20 years. John gave his life to Christ and served with faith, vigour, courage and sense of commitment and devotion.

    “He humbly became the family’s pastor and left no stone unturned to lead all of us and many others to Christ. John loved God. He was an evangelist, an elder in the Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Movement. May his gentle soul rest in perfect peace.”

  • Suntai’s burial now to hold Aug. 19

    Suntai’s burial now to hold Aug. 19

    Taraba Governor Darius Ishaku has announced the postponment of the state burial of former Governor Danbaba Suntai from Aug. 5 to Aug.  19.

     A press statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor Alhaji Hassan Mijinyawa in Jalingo on Saturday said the new date followed the governor’s consideration of the report submitted to him by the steering committee for burial of the late governor.
    “Other activities lined up for the funeral ceremony will be announced soon” Mijinyawa said.
    He quoted Gov.  Ishaku as describing  Suntai as a great leader who impacted positively on the lives of Taraba people and therefore, deserved to be honoured.
     Ishaku also urged them to keep praying for the repose of the soul of Suntai and his family.
    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)  reports that Suntai, who was receiving treatment from injuries he sustained from a plane crash in Oct. 2012, died at a hospital in Florida, U.S. on June 28. (NAN)
  • ADEBAYO FALETI FOR BURIAL SEPTEMBER 8

    ADEBAYO FALETI FOR BURIAL SEPTEMBER 8

    FOLLOWING the death last Saturday of actor, scholar, poet and film writer, Pa Adebayo Faleti, an actor and close friend to Faleti’s family, Tubosun Odunsi, has disclosed that September 8, 2017 has been tentatively fixed for the late Faleti’s burial.

    “We are looking tentatively at the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th of September (2017),” Odunsi said in a telephone interview with The Nation.

    He also disclosed that Faleti would be buried in Agbo-Oye, Oyo Town.

    As per the various events such as service of songs, wake keeping and church service lined up for the funeral, Odunsi said “we’re still arranging things. We’ve not actually finalised events.”

    Faleti, a pioneer of the first television station in Africa, Western Nigeria Television (WNTV), Ibadan, wrote and acted in many films such as Thunderbolt: Magun (2001), Afonja (1 & 2) (2002), Basorun Gaa (2004), and Sawo-Segeri (2005). He was born on December 26, 1930 and died on Saturday, July 22, 2017, aged 86.

    Faleti was also a Yoruba translator and translated Nigeria’s National Anthem from English to Yoruba. He also translated speeches of former military president Ibrahim Babangida and Head of National Interim Government Chief Ernest Shonekan from English to Yoruba.