The family of a Second Republic Minister of Steel, Wantaregh Paul Unongo has confirmed his death. Naijacrawl reports.The ex-minister died on Tuesday afternoon at the age of 87.The elder statesman died at a hospital in Jos, Plateau State.Unongo, who was a former Chairman of the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, has been battling with ill-health lately.The late Unongo was born on September 26, 1935 and belonged to the Kwaghngise-Anure-Abera ancestry in Turan of Kwande Local...

Nigeria has lost a staunch advocate of unity in the person of Chief Ernest Shonekan who headed the Interim National Government that succeeded the junta of General Ibrahim Babangida.Shonekan died in Lagos at the age of 85 earlier this morning according to a reportHe was the interim head of the Nigerian Government between August 26 and November 17 1993 when he was ousted in a coup led by late General Sani Abacha.He was born in Lagos but from Abeokuta in Ogun state.

Barely a year after she set an unprecedented record in the Nigeria Airforce history, Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, the first ever female combat helicopter pilot in Nigeria has been confirmed dead, she died at 23 years of age.The gallant female Arotile died as a result of head injuries sustained from a road accident at Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Base Kaduna.Her death came barely a year after she was winged as a combat helicopter pilot in the Air Force following th...