The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), FCT Council, has received with deep shock and sadness the news of the sudden death of the former Chairperson of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), FCT Chapter. Madam Stella Okoh-Esene. She passed away on Monday October 6, 2025 at the National Hospital Abuja after a protracted illness….
Late Stella Oko-Esene Nigeria Union of Journalists, Abuja, Chapel, has announced the passing of former chairperson of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists ( NAWOJ), Stella Oko-Esene. The announcement was made by the NUJ Abuja secretary, Jude Oyekunle, Monday morning. Oyekunle said in the statement: “We regret to announce the cancellation of the Disability-Inclusive Journalism…
Late Mrs. Akintola The Lagos political and local government community has again been thrown into mourning following the death of Mrs. Adebimpe Akintola, council manager of Coker Aguda Local Council Development Area (LCDA). Akintola, who also doubled as the chairman of the Forum of Council Managers in Lagos, passed away on Monday after a brief…
By Prof Ray Ozolua “Here was a Solomon! When comes such another?” Paraphrased from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar (Act 3, Scene 2). Shocks are often not in short supply, but some can indeed be rude. The passing away of the former Inspector-General of the Nigerian Police Force, Dr Solomon Arase, has come to me and very…
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Mr Olohundare Jimoh, has ordered a forensic investigation into the death of former Ondo State governorship candidate, Mr Bamidele Akingboye. The order followed circulation of a disturbing photograph of his body on social media, purportedly showing bruises on his head and raising doubts about the real cause of…
Investigation has commence to unravel the circumstances surrounding the death of a 100-level Mass Communication student of Taraba State University (TSU), Comfort Jimtop Oliver, at her boyfriend’s residence in Jalingo. The tragic incident reportedly occurred on Friday, September 12, 2025, at a compound in the Bakasi area of Jalingo, near Dr. Rapha’s quarters, directly opposite…
By Erasmus Ikhide FOR want of appropriate coinage, the passing of Dr. Solomon Ehigiator Arase on the 31st of August, 2025 without mincing words, compounded my eternal mystery over the last 73 days. I had lost my immediate elder sibling, Ras Johnson Ikhide, the music activist, maestreo on the 19th of July, 2025, whose sudden…
Federal Commissioner at the Code of Conduct Bureau, Hon. Johnson Agbonayinma, has denied reports that former Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, who died earlier in the week, was poisoned. In a press statement on Thursday, Agbonayinma, who described himself as a close friend of the late police chief’s family, said that the stories of food…
The Dangote Group has expressed sorrow over the death of Ruth Otabor, who succumbed to injuries sustained in a recent road accident involving one of the company’s trucks in Auchi, Edo State. The announcement was made in a statement released on its X account and signed by the company’s management on Sunday. The family announced…
The Ondo State Police Command has confirmed the death of the Divisional Police Officer in-charge of Kajola Police Station in Odigbo Local Government Area, Nimrod Anaka. The command’s spokesman, Ayanlade Olushola, confirmed this on Wednesday. Olushola did not give further details of the officer and what led to his death. “I can confirm that the…
