{SAD STORY} Remi Oyo, Obasanjo Ex-Media Aide is Dead

The former Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Oluremi Oyo, is dead. She died yesterday afternoon at a London hospital at the age of 62.

 

Mr. Dele Bodunde, NAN Deputy Editor-in-Chief confirmed Oyo’s death Thursday morning. “It is true, Aunty ti lo (meaning Aunty is gone in Yoruba),” he said in a phone chat. “She died Wednesday at about 1:30pm at a London hospital.” “Its a great loss not just to all of us at NAN, but the Nigerian media at large. This is a sad moment.” Official statement on the news of her dead is expected later today.

{SAD STORY} Adieu! ‘Black Scorpion’ Is Dead.

General Benjamin Adekunle (rtd), popularly known as ‘Black Scorpion’ is dead. His wife, Folake, said he died Saturday morning in Lagos although the cause of his death was not revealed. Adekunle was born in Kaduna. His father was a native of Ogbomosho, while his mother was a member of the Bachama tribe. He underwent secondary education at the government college, Okene (in present day Kogi State).



He enlisted in the Nigerian Army in 1958 shortly after completing his school certificate examinations. He passed the army selection examinations and thereafter was despatched to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in the UK, the British Army’s initial officer entry academy. He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant on December 15, 1960.

{SAD STORY} Veteran Nigerian Journalist, Dimgba Igwe, is dead.

The Late Dimgba Igwe died on Saturday morning after being hit by a car while jogging on his street in the  Okota area of Lagos.

Veteran Journalist, Dimgba Igwe

According to The Sun, Dimgba Igwe who was the Vice Chairman of  The Sun Publishing Limited, sustained a fatal injury and was immediately taken to the hospital where he underwent surgical emergency, unfortunately he died afterwards.