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Lagos Ohanaeze Ndigbo Mourns Eze Uwazulike
The Lagos State chapter of Ohanaze Ndigbo has expressed sadness over the passing of Eze Igbo of Lagos State, Eze Hyacinth Nwabueze Ohazulike, who died on 20 April 2025.Eze Ohazulike also was the ...
The grisly killing of over 100 residents by bloodthirsty marauders in two local governments within two weeks has attracted outrage.
The low turnout of Igbo youths in the ongoing army recruitment exercise has been attributed to historical grievances and systemic marginalisation. On Wednesday, the Nigerian Army disclosed that ...
The funeral for Pope Francis will include many long-held traditions, but will also eschew some of the more intricate customs after the pope amended the Catholic Church's papal funeral rights.
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump will attend Pope Francis’s funeral, following the death of the 88-year-old pontiff Monday morning. “Melania and I will be going to the funeral of ...
The apex body of Igbo lawyers in Nigeria, Otu Oka-Iwu, has criticised the composition of the recently constituted Presidential Committee on the 2025 National Population and Housing Census ...
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Saturday accused President Bola Tinubu-led All Progressives Congress of keying into the anti-Igbo policies of former President Muhammadu Buhari.
Pope Francis’ funeral on Saturday will bring together leaders who sometimes clashed with the pope on issues such as global migration. By Amelia Nierenberg Reporting from London Presidents ...
The Vatican has not announced a date for the funeral. Hours before his death was announced early Monday, Francis met briefly on Sunday morning with Vice President JD Vance, a Catholic convert.
Though Francis made changes to the "Ordo Exsequiarum Romani Pontificis," the church's book on funeral rites for popes, the three stations, or main moments, of the procedure remain the same.
A UK funeral director took to social media to share what his life is like working with the deceased — which includes some spooky encounters and many one-sided conversations. “Ghosts — have ...