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Hadiza Shagari, Former Nigerian First Lady
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Hadiza Shagari, Former Nigerian First Lady

Former Nigerian First Lady Hadiza Shagari, has died of coronavirus complications after contracting the deadly virus. The deceased first lady, who is the wife of late former President, Shehu Shagari, died at the age of 80. The statement signed by Capt. Muhammad Bala Shagari (rtd) confirm her death. “We regret to announce the demise of our beloved mother, Hajiya Hadiza Shehu Shagari,  wife of H.E late President Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari, GCFR (Turakin Sokoto),” reads the statement. “We lost her in early hours of today, August 12, 2021, at about 3.00 am, after battling COVID-19 at the Gwagwalada Isolation Centre inside Abuja,” it reads. President Shagari bin govern Nigeria between 1979 -1983. A grandson of the late former president Her death also share di tori of Hadiz...
Nasir Ajanah, judge
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Nasir Ajanah, judge

Nasir Ajana ‑ a Nigerian judge who served as the Chief Judge of Kogi State – passed away at a COVID isolation centre in Gwagwalada on 28 June 2020. Ajana was born in Okene Local Government Area in Kogi State to MJ Fari Ajanah. Ajana received early education at the Native Authority (Central) Primary School, Okene between 1962 and 1968. In 1969, he enrolled in Federal Government College, Keffi and graduated in 1973. In 1974, Ajana enrolled in the same college for a Higher School Certificate (HSC) finishing in 1975. Ajana earned LLB from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. He attended Nigerian Law School and was subsequently called to the Nigerian Bar as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. Ajana's legal career started at the Kwara State Ministry of ...
Abiola Ajimobi, politician
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Abiola Ajimobi, politician

Isiaka Abiola Adeyemi Ajimobi – a Nigerian senator – died from Covid-19 on June 25, 2020. Born on the 16th of December 1949, he was from Oyo State, south-western Nigeria. He was formerly the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the National Oil and Chemical Marketing Company, a subsidiary of Shell Petroleum, Nigeria. He left the oil sector in 2002 after 26 years of meritorious service and was elected in 2003 as a Senator of the Republic of Nigeria representing Oyo South Senatorial District on the platform of the Alliance for Democracy (AD). After one term in the senate, he contested in 2007 for the governorship seat of Oyo state under the banner of the All Nigeria People's Party, a bid which he lost. He contested again in the April 2011 gubernat...
Daniel Foster, radio personality
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Daniel Foster, radio personality

Daniel Foster aka "the Big Dawg" and "Top Dawg" was an American radio personality based in Nigeria. He died due to complications from Covid-19 on June 17, 2020 Formerly an Idol series judge  he also held a similar position with the Got Talent franchise. Foster was brought up with his three siblings in Washington, D.C. by their father - their mother had died when he was ten - but was partly raised in Baltimore by his grandmother. As a teenager, Foster was rebellious, but after a stint with the Marines he attended Morgan State University where he studied Broadcasting and Drama. Foster worked with numerous radio stations including Cathy Hughes Radio One, Mix 106.5 both in America, and Virgin Island-based WTBN  before moving to Nigeria in 2000...
Sikiru Osinowo, politician
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Sikiru Osinowo, politician

Sikiru Osinowo aka pepperito ‑ the Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District in Nigeria ‑ passed away on June 15, 2020, after contracting coronavirus-related illnesses. The deceased had been placed under isolation to prevent a possible spread after contracting the virus. Osinowo’s death was confirmed by one of his family member, Chairman of Agboyi-Ketu Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Dele Osinowo. Commiserating with the Osinowo family over the loss, All Progressives Congress (APC) Lagos Chapter, described the deceased as a leading light during struggle for the revalidation of June 12. According to the party, Osinowo was a strong pillar and a stabilizing force at the Lagos State House of Assembly where he served the state before been elected to repre...
Ty, rapper
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Ty, rapper

Ben Chijioke aka Ty died on May 7, 2020 Ben Chijioke ‑ a British rapper better known by his stage name Ty – died on 7 May 2020 due to pneumonia after intensive treatment for COVID-19 had seemed successful on 19 April. Ben Chijioke, 47, released the albums Awkward (2001), Upwards (2004), Closer (2006), Special Kind of Fool (2010) and A Work of Heart (2018). Upwards was nominated for a Mercury Prize. Ty collaborated with musicians such as Shortee Blitz, Drew Horley and Tony Allen. Benedict Chijioke was born in London, into an Igbo family from Nigeria. He spent many years of his youth in the care of private foster parents in Jaywick, Essex, as reported in a 2019 Channel 4 News feature by Symeon Brown. Chijioke was one of over 10,000 West African children sent from the inner citie...
Mohamed Ben Omar, politician & teacher
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Mohamed Ben Omar, politician & teacher

Mohamed Ben Omar a Nigerien politician and teacher died on 3 May 2020 at National Hospital in Niamey at the age of 55. Omar served as a government minister in several cabinets, most recently as Minister of Employment, Labor and Social Protection from April 2017 until his death on 2 May 2020. Omar also founded the Nigerien Social Democratic Party (PSD) in 2015. Mohamed Ben Omar was born on 1 January 1965 in Tesker, Niger, located in the country's Zinder Region. From 2000 to 2004, Omar was a professor of geography at the Lycée Franco-arabe LFA de Niamey. From 2004 to 2007, he was a minister who was responsible for relations among higher-learning institutions. He served as Niger's Minister of Communication from 2007 to 2009, and was simultaneously a spokesperson for the govern...
Suleiman Adamu, politician
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Suleiman Adamu, politician

Suleiman Adamu, a Nigerian politician, died from COVID-19 at Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Keffi, Nasarawa State, Nigeria, on April 30, 2020. He was serving as a member of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, representing Nasarawa Central constituency, at the time of his death due to COVID-19 in April 2020. Adamu was buried on May 1 in his hometown, Nasarawa. His test results, which were not completed until after he died, confirmed COVID-19. Adamu was the first recorded fatality from coronavirus disease 2019 in Nasarawa State during the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria. In response to his death, the state government closed the Nasarawa State House of Assembly building for decontamination and imposed a lockdown on Suleiman Adamu's hometown of Nasarawa to slow the spread of COVID-19...
Dominic Essien, General Practitioner
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Dominic Essien, General Practitioner

Dominic Essien – a Family Medicine specialist/General Practitioner at San Dominique Hospital Uyo, University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Uyo, Nigeria – passed away on 19 April, 2020, after suffering from COVID-19. Dominic was 50 years old. Essien was the Chief Medical Director of San Dominique Hospital, Ewet Housing Estate, a physiotherapist and lecturer in the Department of Physiology, University of Uyo. Source: The Guardian Please help us in adding details.
Abba Kyari, businessperson and lawyer
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Abba Kyari, businessperson and lawyer

Abba Kyari ‑ a Nigerian businessperson, lawyer, and government official. He served as Chief of Staff to the President of Nigeria from August 2015 to April 2020 ‑ died on the evening of 17 April 2020 at age 67.   Kyari was born on 23 September 1952, to a Kanuri family from Borno. He was educated in St. Paul's College in Wusasa Zaria, and later considered joining the Nigerian Army following advice from Mamman Daura and Ibrahim Tahir. In 1976, he met General Muhammadu Buhari who was then Governor of Borno State.   He graduated with a bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Warwick in 1980, and also obtained a law degree from the University of Cambridge. Kyari was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1983 after attending the Nigerian Law School. &n...