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  • Ex-HOD buried

    The late Ajueyitsi Omatsola Neil Ayonshe, an engineer and former Head of Department(HOD) of Mechanical Engineering, who passed on in January, this year has been buried amid tears in his Warri home town, Delta State.

    In a funeral oration for the late don, the Rector  Dr. Taiwo Akande, described him as “an amiable and diligent colleague who had fought the good fight and kept the faith” and one who has contributed immensely to the overall growth and development of the polytechnic.

    In a sermon at the burial, Apostle Roland Ahwin in his message titled: ‘The Journey of life’, said everyone is on a journey towards a destination and shall disembark and give account of his life to the creator while facing the judgment.

    The week-long burial activities included a commendation service held in the polytechnic, as well as a service of songs held at the Akure residence of the deceased.

  • ‘Ajimobi has buried Accord, Ladoja politically’

    ‘Ajimobi has buried Accord, Ladoja politically’

    Liaison Officer to Governor Abiola Ajimobi in Ibadan North Local Government, Hon. Yinka Akinbode, has said that the Accord Party (AP) and its governorship candidate, Senator Rasheed Ladoja has been buried politically following the victory of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the just concluded general elections in Oyo State.

    Akinbode made this claim during an interactive session with journalists in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

    He said, “The victory of Senator Abiola Ajimobi and our National Assembly candidates has brought political doom for Accord and its leader, Senator Ladoja. There is no doubt that they have been finally buried politically.”

    He continued, “It is a known fact that Senator Ladoja cannot aspire for any political office again, because age has definitely caught up with him. Not only that, he has lost his political relevance and now consigned to the dustbin of Oyo State politics.”

    Ajimbobi, the council chief noted, deserves accolades despite going into the election as an underdog.

    He noted, “Senator Abiola Ajimobi is a lion in the political forest of Oyo State, everyone knows this and the just concluded election has attested to this. A man that many of his aides, SAs, the SSAs and even commissioners resigned from his cabinet believing that he would lose the election now winning three senatorial seats, 12 seats into the House of Representatives and majority of seat into the State House of Assembly for his party deserves commendation.”

    Akinbode said Ladoja’s decision to challenge his loss at the election petition tribunal would not yield any positive result.

     

     

     

  • Bamidele Aturu buried

    Bamidele Aturu buried

    The remains of the late Lagos lawyer and human rights activists, Bamidele Aturu, were yesterday buried  in his hometown, Ogbagi Akoko, Ondo State.

    Scores of symphatisers, including  human rights activists, legal practitioners, members of the organised labour union, were in attendance to witness the burial service.

    His corpse was moved into the venue of  the burial programme around 10.25 by the casket bearers and followed by a song rendered by members of the Redeemed Christain  of God (RCCG) who came to honour one of their own.

    Aturu  was an Assistant Pastor in the church before his death.

    The officiating minister, in his sermon, said death is an  inevitable end for every human, hence the need for people to move closer to God

    He described Aturu as a dogged fighter and a fearless lawyer who stood for justice and equity,urging the younger ones to emulate his virtues.

    People later moved round his casket to pay their last respects to the late human rights activist.

    Some of his friends, colleagues, close associates and those he defended paid glowing tributes to him, describing him as a good man.

    Aturu’s corpse was later moved to the burial ground where he was later buried amid tears.

    The late Bamidele Aturu died on July 9 at the age 49 during a brief illness.

    He would be remembered for his fearless disposition to injustice and oppression

  • Amaka Igwe to be buried June 13

    Amaka Igwe to be buried June 13

    The late Nollywood filmmaker and CEO of Top Radio, Amaka Igwe, will be buried on Friday, June 13, at Ndiuche Arondizuogu, Imo State. According to information, the funeral will begin with a tribute evening and Lagos service of songs at Haven Gardens G.R.A Ikeja on June 9.

    This will be followed by a service of songs at the Okpara Square, Enugu on June 12, before she will be finally laid to rest at Ndiuche Arondizuogu, Imo State on June 13.

    She died of complications from asthma at 51 on Monday, April 28. Amaka, had gone to Enugu for the pre-production of a new Igbo soap with her husband when the incident occurred. She, however, died while she was being rushed to hospital.

    She founded the BoB TV Expo and was the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Top Radio 90.9 FM, Amaka Igwe Studios and the newly-launched Q Entertainment Networks.

    An accomplished writer, producer, director, entrepreneur and teacher, Amaka is survived by her husband, three children and an aged mother.

  • Femi Segun to be buried Friday

    Femi Segun to be buried Friday

    The late veteran broadcaster, Femi Segun, who died last Friday, will be interred exactly eight days after his death. The deceased’s ex-wife, Yeni Kuti, told The Nation in a shaky voice on the telephone.

    “The wake will hold on Thursday, while the burial is on Friday. The wake will hold at his house, the Quadrangle Millennium Estate, Lekki. But the funeral will be at the House on the Rock. We have not finalized on the burial ground. By tomorrow (Monday), we should be able to determine the burial ground. The reception will be at the house after internment,” she said.

    Segun, son of renowned writer, Mabel Segun, died of injuries sustained in a fatal power bike crash in Lekki, Lagos.

    His death was first reported by a fellow broadcaster and Igbobi College alumnus, Bola-Wola Makinde, on the Facebook. “Who can question the Lord? Requiescat in pace, Femi Segun,” condoled Makinde who, for several days, had prayed for the late Segun’s recovery on the social media.

    He had two girls: Rolari, 26, Yeni’s only child, and Fakemi, 14, from another relationship. He was 55.

    His marriage to the daughter of the late Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, crashed a long time ago. But both remained quite close until he passed on.

    Segun had stayed close to the Kuti family, participating in the family functions, including the annual Felabration concert in honour of the late Afrobeat king.

    One of the celebrated moments for the two was in 2010, when Rolari graduated from the University of Leeds, United Kingdom.

    Sadly, Rolari who had returned from the United Kingdom, on account of her father’s illness, did not meet him alive.

    “Rolari is back, she came back the day her father died. She didn’t know her father had died when she was coming. He died a few hours after she returned. I had told her that her father was very ill and that she should come. But she didn’t get to see him alive. She’s very sad,” Yeni revealed.

    Speaking to The Nation yesterday, Makinde noted that the Igbobi College Old Students’ Association was also planning to meet soon to decide its participation in the deceased’s burial.

    He described the late Segun “as a perfect gentleman, with adorable talent.”

    “Like me, he was a broadcaster and master of ceremonies. But Segun was a polyglot, who spoke more than five languages. He spoke French, Portuguese and German; he had a working knowledge of Spanish, Italian, Ibo and Hausa.”

    The deceased was CEO of Coltrane Nigeria Ltd., a multi-sector and ancillary logistic solutions provider. He was also the director of research and protocol at the Lagos Black Heritage Festival from 2010 to 2013.

    Born in 1959, Segun obtained a Master’s degree in International Relations and Strategic Studies. He attended numerous training courses in diplomacy, government, banking and public relations.

    In November, 1983, he was honoured as the ‘Officer of the Order of Rio Branco’ by the government of Brazil.

  • Akhigbe to be buried November 23

    Akhigbe to be buried November 23

    The burial of the former Chief of General Staff (CGS), Vice Admiral Mike Akhigbe, has been fixed on November 23 at Fugar, Etsako Central Local Government Area of Edo State.

    The head of the family and older brother to the deceased, Chief Joseph Akhigbe-Alemoh, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Fugar yesterday that the body was expected to arrive at Fugar on November 22.

    He said a Christian wake would be held that day. The funeral mass at the St. Theresa Catholic Church will hold the next day.

    Aikhigbe died in New York on October 28. He was 67.

    Ikhane, the first son of the late CGS, has said he would miss his father.

    Ikhane spoke in Lagos when he received sympathisers at the family’s home on Victoria Island.

    The son said his last moments with his father were emotional.

    He said: “I am going to miss my father; that part of him that no one knows. Everyone knows the public figure, but he was my father.

    “I have memories, recollections (of him). The advice he gave me, the legacy he left behind – of service and goodwill and doing justice to fellow men.

    “More than anything else, the principles he stood for, which I have sworn to uphold. I will miss all that and will also miss the person who only I got to know.”

    Among the callers at the Akhigbes’ home were Senate President David Mark; Lagos Governor Babatunde Fashola (SAN), his Edo State counterpart, Adams Oshiomhole; former Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ganiyu Adekeye; the Chairman, Eleganza Group of Industries, Alhaji Rasak Okoya; popular lawyer, Mike Ozekhome (SAN) and Chief A. K. Mohammed.

    In his condolence message, Fashola wrote: “I salute a patriot and predecessor, who did not turn back when his country called for service.”

    Oshiomhole described Akhigbe as his leader and elder, who taught him the core values of leadership, fearlessness, truth and defence for the people.

    Ozekhome said Akhigbe was among those who midwifed Nigeria’s present democracy.

    He said: “Even though he was an excellent military man, he had democratic blood running through his veins.

    “At 54, he was already vice president in this country (as the CGS was) and within nine months, they were able to hand over power to a democratically-elected government in 1999, when they had the opportunity. Akhigbe deserves our regards…”

  • Octogenarian highlife star body buried in Ikorodu

    Octogenarian highlife star body buried in Ikorodu

    The body of legendary highlife artiste, Fatai Rolling Dollar, was buried in Ikorodu, a Lagos suburb, yesterday.

    The funeral was held at his uncompleted house on Number 4, Unity Street, Maya Village, Ikorodu.

    Rolling Dollar died of cancer at a Surulere, Lagos hospital on Wednesday.

    The funeral was witnessed by his family, colleagues and several dignitaries, such as the Chairman, Ifako Ijaiye Local Government, Oloruntoba Oke, former President, Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN), Admiral Dele Abiodun, Evangelist Ebenezer Obey and Stella Monye.

    His eldest daughter, Mrs. Jumoke Badmus, said her father urged his family not to cry shortly before his death.

    He is survived by 16 children and three wives. Some of the children are Jamiu, Funmi, Mojeed Nimota and Adewumi.

  • Achebe to be buried May 23

    Foremost novelist and author Chinua Achebe will be buried on May 23.

    The Chairman of the Southeast Governors’ Forum, Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State, said this yesterday at the end of their meeting in Enugu.

    The governors met with the Achebe family and leaders of Ogidi community on the funeral arrangements.

    Obi said the Southeast would give the late author a befitting burial.

    Achebe, he said, had portrayed Nigeria in a good light to the outside world more than any Nigerian through his literary works.

    Achebe’s son, Ike, told reporters that his father deserve every honour given to him by the governors and the Federal Government.

    He said his father spent most of his life fighting for a just and fair society in Nigeria.

    Present at the meeting were Theodore Orji (Abia), Sullivan Chime (Enugu), Martins Elechi (Ebonyi) .

    Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha was represented by Deputy Governor Eze Madumere.

  • Damino Damoche buried

    Damilola Ibrahim Olaniyan aka Damino Damoche, a student of the Lagos State University, who was shot dead by suspected cultists last Thursday was buried yesterday at the Badagry Cemetery.

    A candle light procession also took place for the deceased on the evening of his burial.

    Meanwhile, fresh facts are beginning to emerge over the gruesome killing of the lewd lyricist.

    Sources revealed that Damoche was a prominent member of the Buccaneer Confraternity who unfortunately got caught up in a reprisal attack by the Aiye Confraternity.

    Tension has been on the high in recent times as relationship between both rival cults groups soured over an unsettled issue, which had been left unresolved for over a year.

    The source further revealed that Damoche’s death also resulted in the killing of two members of the Aiye Confraternity hours after the artiste was gunned down.

    Palpable fear now pervades the air as students of LASU are scared of being caught up in the ensuing mayhem, even as the semester examinations are around the corner.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • Slain Gombe lawmaker buried

    The remains of the slain Gombe State House of Assembly Minority Leader Abdulhamid Waziri Doho, who was shot dead by unknown gunmen in his home, was yesterday buried in Gombe.

    Waziri was a member of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and represented Kwami West.

    A family source said Doho is survived by three wives and 23 children, most whom are young.

    Addressing reporters in her Gombe home, his second wife Hajia Maijidda said her husband received an envelope containing two bullets, a phone number and a handwritten letter with a message: “Here are two bullets; the third is for you.”

    Hajia Maijidda said Doho made frantic efforts to reach the person through the phone number, but could not reach him.

    She said the matter was not reported to the police, adding that her husband left everything to Allah.

    Hassan, the eldest son of the deceased, urged relatives and friends of the deceased to leave everything to Allah.

    He said: “God gives and God takes; every soul must taste death.”

    Hajia Fatimah, the first wife, prayed for the repose of the deceased’s soul.

    The Gombe State Government has imposed a partial ban on the movement of motorcycles from 5pm to 6am.

    A statement by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Abubakar Sulei Bage, said the ban takes immediate effect.

    It urged the residents to cooperate with security operatives to enforce the ban for the security of life and property.