Widow of Lambo, ex-WHO director-general, dies at 93
NIGERIA: THE wife of the former Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), the late Professor Thomas Adeoye Lambo, is dead. Mrs. Vivian Lambo (nee Adams), 93, died on Saturday, a statement by the Ogun State Government on Sunday, said. Lambo, it would be recalled, who was the first Professor of Psychiatry in […]
Amosun laments death of famous educationist, Dotun Oyewole
NIGERIA: OGUN State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has lamented the death of the renowned educationist, Dotun Oyewole. Amosun, in a condolence message, said that the demise of the last of the famous Oyewole twins from Abeokuta, was “a painful, yet inevitable loss.” While urging the Oyewole family to take solace because Dotun and his […]
HID was a role model to women, say S’West Iyalodes
NIGERIA: WOMEN in the South West have described the late Chief (Mrs.) Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo as role model in the country and beyond. The Council of South West Women Leaders, who visited the Ikenne, Ogun State home of the deceased, lamented the passage of the wife of the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo. The […]
HID’s feat unattainable, says Saraki
NIGERIA: SENATE President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on Thursday said that Chief (Mrs) Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo, the wife of the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo has attained a feat never achieved by any wife of a political leader. “In my remarks, I remembered Mama HID as a unique woman who held the forte and […]
Alamieyeseigha, ex-Bayelsa governor, dies at 63
NIGERIA: FORMER Bayelsa State Governor is dead. Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, 63, died at the Rivers State University Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Alamieyeseigha, whose extradition to United Kingdom, is to begin by the David Cameron government, was said to have died of cardiac arrest after he went into coma last Thursday. The former […]
