Obituary

More than 100,000 mourners filed through St. Peter’s Basilica on Friday to bid farewell to Pope Francis, as the Vatican prepared to seal his casket ahead of Saturday’s funeral. Shortly …

Tens of thousands of mourners packed St. Peter’s Square on Saturday for the funeral of Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff and a tireless advocate for the poor, as …

Ugandan police have launched an investigation into the death of Nigerian footballer Abubakar Lawal, who tragically fell from the balcony of a shopping mall in Kampala on Monday. The 29-year-old …

Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, who represented Anambra South district in the National Assembly, has passed away. Reports indicate that Senator Ubah left Nigeria for the UK two days ago. The politician …

Joe “Jellybean” Bryant, a former NBA player and father of the late Kobe Bryant, has passed away at the age of 69, La Salle University announced on Tuesday. Bryant, who …

The late Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings Plc, Herbert Wigwe, alongside his wife, Chizoba, and son, Chizi, were honored with a private interment in their hometown of Omueke, Isiokpo, …

The funeral for Kelvin Kiptum, the Kenyan world marathon record-holder tragically killed in a car accident earlier this month, has been rescheduled to Friday, according to the country’s athletics federation. …

The eighth day of prayer service for the late Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, former governor of Ondo State, held in his hometown, Owo. The prayer held on Wednesday at his residence was …

Veteran Nollywood actor Dejumo Lewis has died at the age of 80. His passing was confirmed by a fellow actor, Saidi Balogun, in a post on his Instagram account on …

Henry Kissinger, the relentlessly ambitious US diplomat whose unapologetic promotion of raw American power helped shape the post-World War II world, died Wednesday, his consulting firm said. He was 100. …