Pope Francis has said his final farewell to his predecessor as he bowed his head and touched the coffin of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at his funeral service in St Peter’s Square. The former pope died on December 31 in the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery inside the Vatican. At the funeral’s end, the coffin was carried by 12 white-gloved pallbearers…
A 32-year-old man identified Damien Bendall, on Wednesday, December 21, pleaded guilty to murdering a mother and three children, and raping one girl as she laid dead. Appearing before a Derby Crown Court, Bendall admitted to killing his 35-year-old partner Terri Harris, her 11-year-old daughter Lacey Bennett, her son John Paul Bennett, 13, and Lacey’s friend Connie…
The 32-year-old UNIJOS graduate, Ruth Yakadi Bako, who was murdered in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau state, has been buried. The body of the victim suspected to have been raped, was found dumped at a car wash close to a bridge in Farin-Gada area of Jos on Sunday, December 11, 2022. She was…
Two brothers who were allegedly poisoned to death have been laid to rest in Kwaya-Kusar Local Government Area of Borno State. Luka,17, and Othniel Jonathan, 14, were the sons of Rev. Jonathan Milila, a pastor with Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (EYN), also known as the Church of the Brethren. The brothers died on November…
The remains of Flight Lieutenant Chapele Ebiakpo, one of the pilots of the NAF Alpha-Jet aircraft that crashed in Maiduguri, Borno state on March 31, 2021, have been laid to rest. It will be recalled that the Nigerian Air Force fighter jet was declared missing on 31 March 2021 after losing radar contact. The crash…
A 40-year-old man, Ikechukwu Onuma, who was killed by his wife’s alleged lesbian lover, has been laid in Onitsha, Anambra State. The deceased was stabbed to death by the suspect after he allegedly caught her and his wife, Nkemdili, in bed on August 9, 2022. Another version of the story also had it that the deceased had stopped…
Troops of Guards Brigade Nigerian Army who were killed by terrorists in the Bwari area of the Federal Capital Territory, on July 24, were buried today Thursday, August 11. The leader of the soldiers, Captain Attah Samuel, and four other soldiers, who paid the supreme price during a clearance operation, were buried at the Guards…
A young man who was allegedly poisoned to death by his friends was laid to rest amid tears in Akwa Ibom State on Saturday, July 16. The deceased identified as Ofonime Okokon popularly known as Estro De Barbguy was until his death a barber based in Uyo. It was gathered that Ofonime died on…
The Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) pastor, Rev. Ezra Shamaki, who was killed by bandits in Kaduna State, has been laid to rest. LIB reported that bandits attacked Kasan Kogi village, Ankwa Ward, Kachia Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday morning, June 21, 2022, killed the 49-year-old clergyman and abducted many others including his…
A couple, Chukwudi Onuoha and Deborah Onuoha, who were killed in the June 5, 2022, terrorist attack at the Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owaluwa, Owin Owo, Ondo State, have been laid to rest in their hometown. The Chukwudi and Deborah were buried at Anyarigwe Amoffia in Ukawu, Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State on Saturday,…
The remains of Deborah Samuel, the 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto state, who was gruesomely murdered by her colleagues on Thursday May 12, were laid to rest amidst tears today May 14. Deborah was hacked to death over allegations that she made a comment in her school’s WhatsApp platform which her…