Aluta News No fewer than 3,590 inmates across the custodial centres in Nigeria are on death row, the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), has revealed. NCoS Public Relations Officer, Assistant Controller of Corrections (ACC) Abubakar Umar made this known while speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday inContinue Reading
Aluta News The President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu is dead. The Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Dr Alex Ogbonnia confirmed the death to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Enugu. “Today is a bad day for Ndigbo. It’s true! Ahaeji aga Mba is gone.Continue Reading
Aluta News A female pilgrim from Kaduna State, Hajiya Asma’u Muhammad-Ladan, has passed away at the King Fahad hospital in Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Friday after a brief illness. This is contained in a statement by the Public Relations Officer (PRO), Kaduna State Pilgrims Welfare Agency, Malam YunusaContinue Reading
May 26, 2024 The Kebbi Pilgrims Welfare Board has announced the death of one of its pilgrims,, Tawalkatu Busare Alako, from Jega Local Government Area. Alhaji Faruku Aliyu-Enabo, Executive Chairman of the board, disclosed this in a statement in Mecca, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Sunday. He said the deceasedContinue Reading
May 17, 2024 Gov. Mohammed Umaru-Bago of Niger has described the death of a former Military Governor of Bauchi and Sokoto states, Retired Lt.-Gen. Garba Duba, as a huge loss to the state and Nigeria at large. Umaru-Bago, in a condolence message issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Bologi Ibrahim,Continue Reading
By Aluta News April 11, 2024 The National President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Emeka Rollas, has confirmed the death of Nollywood actor, John Paul Odonwodo, popularly known as Junior Pope. The late actor and three of his colleagues were coming back from a movie location in aContinue Reading
By Aluta News April 4, 2024 A 112-year-old man, recognised as Japan’s oldest male, has passed away in Chiba prefecture near Tokyo, local media reported on Thursday. Gisaburo Sonobe, who died in late March, was born on Nov. 6, 1911 and became the country’s oldest man after his predecessor diedContinue Reading
By Aluta News April 3, 2024 The death toll after a severe earthquake off the coast of Taiwan has risen to seven, the Central Emergency Operation Centre (CEOC) said on Wednesday. The 7.2-magnitude earthquake centred about 25 kilometres south-east of Hualien in eastern Taiwan triggered several landslides in the ruggedContinue Reading
By Aluta News March 13, 2024 The First Lady, Mrs Remi Tinubu, has said that she wasn’t afraid of death as she was more than 60 years old now. She stated this on Tuesday while reacting to Gov. Bala Mohammed’s comment regarding recent threats to her life. “I want toContinue Reading
By Aluta News March 3, 2024 Mr Peter Obi, 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has mourned the death of veteran Nollywood actor, Mr John Okafor, popularly known as Mr Ibu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Mr Ibu died on Saturday, March 2 at age 62. TheContinue Reading
