Khamenei lies in state in Tehran as Iran begins week of funeral ceremonies
The body of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei lay in state in a vast hall in Tehran on Friday as clerics, officials, ...
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Muslims in Kaduna launch WhatsApp group for immediate funeral alerts
Muslims have formed a WhatsApp group to centralise the announcement of Muslim funeral prayers, known as Janazah, across Kaduna State. ...
Tinubu extols late Ogbeh’s commitment to national development as septuagenarian laid to rest in hometown
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has paid glowing tribute to former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, the late Chief Audu ...
Photos: Tinubu, family, others receive Buhari’s body at Katsina Airport
Yusuf Buhari, the son of the deceased, being assisted by other mourners to put his father's body onto a stretcher ...
Tinubu, Shettima, other dignitaries bid farewell as Buhari laid to rest in Daura
Former President Muhammadu Buhari has been laid to rest at his residence in Daura, Katsina State, following funeral prayers and ...
Pelé buried at cemetery in Brazilian city he made famous
SANTOS, Brazil (AP) — Brazil said a final farewell to Pelé on Tuesday, burying the legend who unified the bitterly ...
More than 60,000 view Benedict XVI’s body at Vatican
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI ’s body, his head resting on a pair of crimson pillows, lay ...
Brazilians mourn Pelé at the stadium where he got his start
SANTOS, Brazil (AP) — Thousands of mourners, including high school students and supreme court justices, began filing past the body ...
Tafa Balogun, former Inspector-General of Police, buried in hometown
Former Inspector-General of Police, Mr Tafa Balogun, was buried in his country home of Ila-Orangun, Osun, on Saturday. Balogun was ...