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A mother of six, Mrs Anulika Uguru, has died in Ebonyi State a week after she cried out over alleged incessant battery and other forms of domestic violence by her husband, Sunday Uguru.   Sampson Oko Nweke, Chairman of Human Rights Defenders (HURIDE) Ebonyi State, who disclosed this in a statement …

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed another outbreak of Ebola in Africa.   WHO sounded the alarm after a second person died from the deadly disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.   This marks the 14th breakout of the disease that the country has seen since 1976, with WHO beginning …

A former Minister of Youth, Sports, and Culture under the Babangida military era, Alabo Graham-Douglas, is dead.   He was 82 years old. He died in a hospital in Abuja on Monday, April 25.   The Late Graham-Douglas became Commissioner for Youths, Sports and Culture in 1986 in Rivers State and …

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, has died. He was 83-years old.   The monarch died at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, on Friday night, April 22nd. His body has since been taken to Oyo state where his burial rites have since begun.   He was the …

The Niger State Correspondent of the African Independent Television (AIT), Mallam Muhammad Danladi Ibrahim, has died in a fatal motor accident.    It was gathered that the accident occurred on Thursday, April 21, in Minna, the Niger state capital.   Chairman and Secretary of the Niger State Correspondents Chapel of the …

A 27-year-old Nigerian man identified as Victory has died after he allegedly jumped from 21st floor of his condominium in Malaysia.   It was gathered that the incident happened at Mutiara ville (21st floor. Block F2) in Cyberjaya on Tuesday afternoon, April 19, 2022.    The reasons for his action are unknown, …

Mwai Kibaki, Kenya’s third president from 2003-2013, has died aged 90.   Kibaki’s death was announced by current Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta.   While announcing Kibaki’s death, Kenyatta recalled his long public service, including being a member of parliament for five decades.   “Kibaki was a quintessential patriot whose legacy …

An Assistant Commissioner of Police, Emmanuel Idowu Asufi, has died while on duty on Tuesday, April 19.   Asufi who was in the office on Tuesday, had attended an official function and went back to his office where he was said to have collapsed and died before help could come …

A National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Chiwendu Lovina Ezeh, has died few months after she was allegedly shot and wounded in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital.    Details of the incident are still sketchy at the time of filing this report, however, LIB gathered that Ezeh died on Easter Monday in Enugu …

A lecturer with the Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka, Professor Ovaborhene Idamoyibo, who was kidnapped last week has died.    LIB reported that the The Head of Music Department was abducted on April 9, at Eku, Ethiope East Local Government Area of the state, while on his way back to Abraka after a …