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Hair Shaving, Bathing Naked: Travails Of A Nigerian Widow

March 28, 2020 3:00 pm

Lagos, Nigeria — For many years, Rose’s clothing store was the destination of choice for Lagos women in search of a new outfit for a party or occasion.

She traveled regularly to textile hubs in Turkey to source high-quality fabrics for her clients and her children helped out in the family business on busy days during December festivities.

The small store in Oshodi — in the heart of the bustling Nigerian city — did a booming trade until personal tragedy struck the businesswoman in 2015.

Doctors diagnosed Rose’s husband with chronic kidney failure that eventually led to his death two

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Iranians Mass For Burial In Hometown Of General

January 7, 2020 5:22 pm

Iranians gathered in Kerman for the burial Tuesday of top general Qasem Soleimani in the final stage of funeral processions after he was killed in a US strike in Iraq.

The massive number of mourners in the hometown of the slain commander of the Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force foreign operations arm appeared to match the huge turnout seen in the cities of Tehran, Qom, Mashhad and Ahvaz.

A hugely popular figure in the Islamic republic, Soleimani was killed outside Baghdad airport on Friday in a drone strike ordered by US President Donald Trump, ratcheting up tensions with arch-enemy Iran which

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Kanu Will Attend Mother’s Burial – IPOB

November 24, 2019 11:20 am

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has reassured supporters that he would be attending his mother’s funeral in South East Nigeria.

According to the Igbo separatist leader, who spoke through the director of media and publicity secretary for the group, Emma Powerful, he is not afraid to come and give his mother her last respects.

Although he says that the date for the funeral has not been fixed, he assured that when it is done he would not only be present but will also will accord his mother a befitting burial.

According to Powerful “The …

Why We Reduced Cost Of Marriages, Burial Rites In Anambra

November 6, 2019 10:42 am

The traditional ruler of Oraukwu community in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra state, Igwe Emeka Onuorah, in this interview disclosed that his community has reduced the costs of marriage and burial ceremonies, adding that fines await defaulters. He noted that he has modernised the New Yam festival with prizes to encourage farming in the community. He however, appealed to Government to come to their rescue over the menace of gully erosion in the community.

Your community is a major producer of yam. How do you celebrate New Yam festival?

It celebrated every September and this year’s event …

Anambra Assembly passes bill to reduce burial expenses

April 10, 2019 7:45 am

A Bill seeking to curtail burial and funeral expenses in Anambra State has been passed by the state House of Assembly.

The Bill which was sponsored by the member representing Anaocha 11 constituency,Hon Charles Ezeani, was passed after due consideration by the House during Wednesday’s plenary.

The burial and funeral expenses had been on the rise in the state, which forced the Catholic Bishop of Awka, Most Rev Paulinus Ezeokafor to raise the alarm a few years ago.

The Cleric said if not curtailed, people in the state would go hungry after such burial ceremonies, while also advocated for a …