Ibadan-based comedian, Peteru Comedy, is dead
The entertainment industry has been thrown into mourning as Ibadan-based comedian, Tobi Owomoyela Nifemi aka Peteru Comedy, has died. The skit maker who is known for his Yoruba take on Big Brother Naija is said to have passed away on Wednesday, December 21. The cause of his death is yet to be made public. However, his colleagues have taken to social media to mourn his untimely demise. He only buried his father in November this year. He is said to be the only son in a family of seven. StarnewsNG.
JUST IN: MKO Abiola’s challenger in 1993 election, Bashir Tofa, is dead
One of the leading candidates in the 1993 Presidential election, Alhaji Bashir Tofa, is dead. He was 74 years old. He was the Presidential Candidate of the defunct National Republican Convention and a major challenger of MKO Abiola’s in the controversial June 12, 1993, presidential election, annulled by the military government of General Ibrahim Babangida. Family sources said the former presidential candidate died in the early hours of Monday after a protracted illness. “Alhaji Bashir Tofa died after being admitted in hospital for some time,” one of the deceased’s relations told TheCable. Details of his death were still sketchy as
Breaking: Veteran Nollywood Actress, Rachael Oniga, Is Dead
Reports just filtered in that popular Nollywood actress, Racheal Oniga, is dead. The news is coming at a time the movie industry is grappling with mixed issues and after mourning the death of another entertainer, Sound Sultan, who passed on early this month. The cause of Oniga’s death was unknown at the time of this report. Oniga, who was a veteran actress, featured in over a hundred movies. Details Later…
