KATSINA, Nigeria (Reuters) -Nigeria's former President Muhammad Buhari was buried on Tuesday in the backyard of his home in northern Katsina state, as residents climbed trees to bid farewell to the 82 ...

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Former Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari salutes during an inspection of guards on parade to mark Democracy Day in Abuja, on June 12, 2019 [File: Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP] Nigeria’s former President ...

The final burial rites for Dr. Doyinsola Hamidat Abiola, former Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of the defunct Concord Press of Nigeria, have been tentatively scheduled for September 7–9, 2025, in ...

AYESHA RASCOE, BYLINE: In many parts of Nigeria, funerals are often huge celebrations of life, but they can also involve some painful and unwelcome demands. NPR's Emmanuel Akinwotu experienced just ...

People in Ebola-hit eastern DR Congo are struggling to come to terms with high-security burials that are part of a hard-pressed strategy to roll back the disease. Health workers dig the graves and ...

The family of the late activist, Abiodun Aremu, has agreed with the Labour Movement to postpone his burial to Thursday, October 23, 2025. This is to allow ...

Prominent Plateau State-based clergy, Rev. Ezekiel Dachomo has cried out over sinister plots to eliminate him for daring to ...

The greatest oxygen of insecurity in Nigeria is what people call "political correctness". Most people do not want to call a spade by its name. The question of whether there are Christian genocides in ...