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Ekwueme: Petty traders make brisk businesses

Chidi Roberts — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 18:44:15 +0000

Petty traders made brisk businesses at the burial of former Vice President Alex Ekwueme on Friday in Oko, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State. At the St John D Divine Church, Oko where the commendation service was held, small scale businesses boomed in the area. Hawkers seized the opportunity to make quick businesses […]

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FG renames Federal University, Ebonyi after Ekwueme

Chidi Roberts — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 17:19:09 +0000

The Federal Government has renamed Federal University, Ndufu Alike, in Ebonyi State after the late former Vice President, Dr Alex Ekwueme. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo announced this on Friday during the funeral service for the deceased at St. John the Divine Anglican Church, Oko, in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra. Osinbajo said that […]

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Ekwueme lives on

Freedom Reporter — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 15:09:05 +0000

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State speaking at a memorial service in honour of former Vice President Alex Ekwueme, at Opara Square, Enugu, Enugu State…on Thursday.

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My encounter with Ekwueme in prison, by Babatope

Femi Adewale — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 19:27:24 +0000

A former Minister of Transport, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, on Tuesday, described the late Dr. Alex Ekwueme as a man with excellent qualities. Ekwueme, who was Vice-President to former President Shehu Shagari between 1979 and 1983 died in November 2017 at 85. Babatope, while paying tributes to the deceased, said in Lagos that Ekwueme was a […]

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Osinbajo: Ekwueme committed to Nigeria’s unity

Ibrahim Ahmadu — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 20:27:07 +0000

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says the late former Vice-President, Dr Alex Ekueme, was committed to the unity of Nigeria throughout his lifetime. Osinbajo made the statement during a Parade of Honour for Ekwueme mounted at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Monday as part of the last respects by the Federal Government for him. He expressed […]

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The Ekwueme we knew, by Tinubu, Atiku

Freedom Reporter — Mon, 29 Jan 2018 20:20:10 +0000

Tribute to Dr. Ekwueme By Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Dr. Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme was a man of destiny who exemplified the best of Nigeria. A child of humble beginnings in Oko, Anambra State, through the dint of hard work, love of country and his innate sense of dignity and decorum, Alex Ekwueme became a consummate statesman and visionary. Dr. Ekwueme […]

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Secondus, PDP leaders pay condolence visit to Ekwueme’s family

Chidi Roberts — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 19:23:19 +0000

The national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) paid a condolence visit to the family of the late former Vice President, Dr Alex Ekwueme, on Wednesday in Enugu. The delegation, led by the National Chairman of the party, Mr Uche Secondus, was received at the Independence Layout residence of the deceased by his wife, […]

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FG inaugurates Alex Ekwueme Burial Committee

Ibrahim Ahmadu — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 19:06:45 +0000

The Federal Government on Tuesday in Abuja, inaugurated an 11-member committee to organise a state burial for former Vice President Alex Ekwueme who died on November 19 in London. Inaugurating the committee in Abuja, Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), urged the committee to ensure that Ekwueme gets a befitting state […]

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Ekwueme: SGF heads National Burial Committee

Ibrahim Ahmadu — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 05:04:49 +0000

The Federal Government has inaugurated a national burial committee headed by Mr Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) for the burial of former Vice President Alex Ekwueme. Mr Laolu Akande, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the Vice President, made this known when he briefed State House correspondents […]

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Senate to FG: Immortalise Ekwueme

Ibrahim Ahmadu — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 19:10:44 +0000

The Senate on Tuesday called on the Federal Government to immortalise the late former Vice President, Dr Alex Ekwueme, by naming the Federal Polytechnic, Oko, or other key federal institution or asset after him. This was sequel to a motion on “The Passing on of Former Vice President, Dr Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme (1932-2017)’’, sponsored by […]

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Ekwueme: A patriot gone, say Buhari, Obasanjo, Shagari, IBB, Atiku, Saraki, Tinubu, Dickson, Daniel, Obi, others

Freedom Reporter — Mon, 20 Nov 2017 18:39:52 +0000

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, commiserated with the family of former Vice President Alex Ekwueme over the death of the elder statesman. A statement by presidential spokesman, Mr. Femi Adesina, reads: “President Muhammadu Buhari sends condolences to Nigerians, and to the Government and people of Anambra State, on the passing away of elder statesman and […]

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Ekwueme: Governors, Bode George, Nwodo, Ogbulafor others mourn

Robby Akeju — Mon, 20 Nov 2017 10:59:50 +0000

The South-East Governors’ Forum, on Monday, joined millions of Nigerians to mourn the death of former Vice-President, Dr Alex Ekwueme. Ekwueme died on Sunday night at a London Hospital. His brother, Igwe Laz Ekwueme, who announced this in a statement, said: “Ekwueme family regrets to announce the peaceful passing away of their patriarch, the former […]

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Boss Mustapha visits Ekwueme in London, delivers Buhari’s goodwill message

Freedom Reporter — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 19:12:15 +0000

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, has conveyed President Muhammadu Buhari’s goodwill message to former Vice-President, Dr Alex Ekwueme in a London hospital. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Monday. Shehu stated that […]

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Ekwueme flown abroad for treatment

Chidi Roberts — Sun, 12 Nov 2017 18:47:02 +0000

Second Republic Vice-President, Dr Alex Ekwueme, was on Sunday airlifted abroad for further medical treatment. Ekwueme was hospitalised at Memfys Hospital of Neurosurgery, Enugu, for chest inflection on October 29. The elder statesman departed the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, around 8:30 a.m. on Sunday in a white air ambulance with registration number N605AJ. However, […]

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Buhari approves Ekwueme’s treatment abroad

Freedom Reporter — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 17:13:01 +0000

President Muhammadu Bubari has approved the immediate medical treatment of former Vice-President, Dr Alex Ekwueme, outside the country. The approval followed a brief the President received on Friday on the medical condition of the former Vice-President. The approval covers the immediate charter of an Air Ambulance for the emergency movement and the cost of treatment. […]

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