Obituaries

Norm Macdonald, the popular comedian, actor, writer and “Saturday Night Live” star, has died after a protracted battle with cancer. He died at the age of 61. Comedians like Seth...

Famous Hollywood actor, Michael K. Williams, has died at the age of 54. According to law enforcement agents, he was found dead in his Brooklyn penthouse and suspected to have...

The founder of South Korea’s biggest churches which doubles as the world’s largest megachurches, David Cho Yong-gi, has died. He died at the age of 85. According to a release issued by...

The publisher of Sahara Reporters and human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has announced that his brother, Olajide has been killed. Sowore made this announcement in a recent Facebook post and added that...

Widow of the late Major-General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Nigeria’s first military head of state, is dead. Chief Victoria Nwanyiocha Aguiyi-Ironsi died at the age 97. Born on November 21, 1923, she...

Iconic Nigerian singer, Sir Victor Uwaifo has died. He died at the age of 80.  According to reports, Uwaifo died in his house after a brief illness.  Uwaifo's son has...

The family of Steve Nkusi, a 24-year-old Canadian athlete who represented Canada at the 2015 Junior Pan American Games disclosed that the police have recovered his body from Lake Ontario....

The wife of the first Military Head of State in Nigeria, Victoria Aguiyi-Ironsi, has died. Mrs Aguiyi-Ironsi served as First Lady between January and July 1966. She died at the...

A Nigerian man who worked as a delivery driver was shot dead on the job in Mitchellville, Maryland, recently, police said.  Prince George’s County police said Noel Njoku, of Springdale,...

Patricia Hitchcock O’Connell, the only child of famous filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and an actor that made an unforgettable appearance in her father’s “Strangers on a Train” and gave life to...