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Obasanjo Mourns Ajanaku, ‘She Persuaded Me To Contest’

December 5, 2019 1:49 pm

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday, expressed shock over the death of his erstwhile Presidential Adviser on Women Affairs, Titilayo Ajanaku, noting that her loyalty and commitment to women affairs development was exemplary and worthy of emulation.

Obasanjo also recalled how the late erudite nursing professional joined other Nigerians to visit him in 1998 to persuade him to contest for the seat of the president.

The death of the late First chairman of Abeokuta Local Government, Ogun state was confirmed by her son, in a telephone chat with the former President early hours today.

Obasanjo described her as a woman

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Tears As Vietnam Village Mourns Cousins Killed In UK Truck

November 27, 2019 2:39 pm

They wailed and clutched white roses, praying for their dead — families of two cousins who were among 39 Vietnamese found in a truck in Britain held emotional homecomings for the young men Wednesday.

Relatives have waited weeks for their bodies to come home, after they were discovered lifeless in a refrigerated container in Essex, east of London, last month.

Hoang Van Tiep, 18, and his 33-year-old cousin Nguyen Van Hung were among 39 people found in the truck, a tragedy that has paralysed communities with grief across central Vietnam, where most of the victims came from.

On Wednesday, 16 …

Tam David-West Dies At 83, Buhari Mourns

November 11, 2019 3:32 pm

Former Minister of Petroleum and Energy under the Muhammadu Buhari military regime, Professor Tamunoemi Sokari David-West, is dead. David-West was 83.

President Muhammadu Buhari who received news of his passing with shock has described the late Minister as a man with an indomitable spirit.

In a statement by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, Buhari, who said the consultant virologist of national and international standing, was his ally and friend, noted that the man he usually calls “the indomitable Tam David-West,” truly had an indomitable spirit.

According to him, the former Commissioner of Education in …