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From Malaga, Spain, where she had a surgery that went fatally awry to Abuja where her body was first received in Nigeria, to Lagos en route to her place of final rest, it was a triumphant entry for th
| 1. | ... And Abeokuta stood still for Stella (Sunday, October 30, 2005 - Vanguard) From Malaga, Spain, where she had a surgery that went fatally awry to Abuja where her body was first received in Nigeria, to Lagos en route to her place of final rest, it was a triumphant entry for th... Posted By : admin |
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| 2. | ‘Stella Died of Multi-organ Failure' (Wednesday, October 26, 2005 - From Josephine Lohor in Abuja and Adeyeye Joseph with agency reports) Preliminary results of Coroner's inquest on the body of First Lady, Mrs. Stella Obasanjo, who died in a Spanish hospital after undergoing an asthetic surgery, have revealed that she died of multi-orga... Posted By : admin |
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| 3. | Adieu to two amazons (Sunday, October 30, 2005 - The Vanguard) THE weekend of 22/23 October, 2005, will remain a dark weekend for the nation for many years to come. It started off with the disappearance of the Belleview aircraft from the airport radar shortly aft... Posted By : admin |
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| 4. | Another Tragedy: 20 Die, Others in Critical State (Sunday, October 30, 2005 - By Tony Edike) AS Nigerians continue to mourn the death of the First Lady, Mrs. Stella Obasanjo and victims of the Bellview plane crash earlier in the week, another tragedy struck in Enugu yesterday where a ghastly ... Posted By : admin |
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| 5. | Aso Rock mourns Stella Obasanjo, as she's laid to rest in Abeokuta (Thursday, October 27, 2005 - Charles Ozoemena ) For three days running the State House Abuja, the nation's seat of power, has been in mournful mood, losing its usual vibrancy and flamboyant aura. Posted By : admin |
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| 6. | Bellview crash: Adetula asks FG to overhaul Aviation industry (Monday, October 31, 2005 - By Dayo Johnson) AS the nation still mourns the two tragic events that occured last week, the Sasare of Owo, Chief Justus Adetula has called for the total overhaul of the nations aviation industry to prevent furthe... Posted By : admin |
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| 7. | Bellview crash: Relations beseige Abuja airport (Monday, October 24, 2005 - By Ben Agande) SCORES of anxious relatives eager to get news of the fate of their relatives aboard the ill-fated Bell View flight that crashed in Ifo, Ogun State stormed the local wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe Internat... Posted By : admin |
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| 8. | Body of Nigerian first lady returns home (Monday, October 24, 2005 - Mail & Guardian) The body of the wife of Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo was set to leave Spain on Monday afternoon for Abuja, a day after she died in the southern resort of Marbella, Nigerian officials said. Posted By : admin |
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| 9. | Contractors hijacked Stella's burial-Soyinka (Friday, November 04, 2005 - Dotun Oladipo) Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has said that the burial of the First Lady, Mrs. Stella Obasanjo, was turned into a charade by people who used the opportunity to curry favours from President Oluse... Posted By : admin |
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| 10. | Death and the challenges of life: Adieu Omotola Stella Obasanjo and the 117 Bellview passengers (Sunday, October 30, 2005 - ) IN as much as we have life we should never take things for granted while we still exist. Posted By : admin |
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| 11. | Dokubo washes hands off Bellview Plane crash (Thursday, October 27, 2005 - By John Ighodaro) detained leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, (NDPVF), Alhaji Mujaheed Dokubo-Asari, has dissociated himself from the crash of the Bellview Airline, which claimed 117 lives last weekend... Posted By : admin |
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| 12. | Double tragedy for Obasanjo (Sunday, October 23, 2005 - Bahrain Tribune) Spanish pathologists were performing an autopsy yesterday on the body of Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo's wife Stella Posted By : admin |
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| 13. | Fed Govt declares Wednesday, Thursday public holidays (Sunday, October 30, 2005 - The Vanguard) The Federal Government has declared Wednesday and Thursday next week as public holidays for the celebration of this year's Id-El-Fitri. Posted By : admin |
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| 14. | First Ladies Who Died in Office (Monday, October 24, 2005 - By Adeyeye Joseph) Late Mrs. Stella Obasanjo was the second first lady to die in the course of the week. Posted By : admin |
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| 15. | God gave Stella to me, He has taken her -Obasanjo (Tuesday, October 25, 2005 - By Lucky Nwankwere, Abuja) Grief-stricken President Olusegun Obasanjo Monday continued to mourn the death of his wife and first lady, Chief (Mrs.) Stella Obasanjo, lamenting, "God gave her to me and He has taken her. Glory be t... Posted By : admin |
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| 16. | Hospital clinic where Nigerian first lady Obasanjo died in southern Spain (Sunday, October 23, 2005 - Reuters) A car drives past the hospital clinic where the wife of Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, Stella Obasanjo, died Sunday morning at the age of 59, in Marbella, southern Spain October 23, 2005. Posted By : admin |
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| 17. | How Stella Obasanjo Died: A Surgery, A Massive Asthma Attack and A Coma... (Monday, October 24, 2005 - This Day Reporters) President Olusegun Obasanjo, in the early hours of yesterday lost his wife and Nigeria's First Lady, Stella. Posted By : admin |
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| 18. | How Stella saved Obasanjo from Abacha's hangman (Monday, October 31, 2005 - From Martins Oloja, Abuja Bureau Chief) MORE facts have emerged on how the late First Lady, Stella, saved President Olusegun Obasanjo from death during the maximum reign of deceased former military ruler, Gen. Sani Abacha. Posted By : admin |
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| 19. | I regret failing Stella twice - OBASANJO....* Govt to build memorial garden at crash site (Monday, October 31, 2005 - By Charles Ozoemena & Kenneth Ehigiator) PRESIDENT Olusegun Obasanjo recounted yesterday, how he failed his late wife, Stella, twice while they lived together as a couple. Posted By : admin |
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| 20. | Mix-Ups Follow Air Crash In Nigeria (Sunday, October 23, 2005 - By Eli Saslow) A day after a passenger plane crashed, killing all 117 people aboard, Nigerians described two tragedies: the crash and the government's slow, chaotic response to it. Posted By : admin |
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| 21. | Nigeria buries presidents wife (Friday, October 28, 2005 - By Bashir Adigun) Nigeria buried the body of President Olusegun Obasanjo's wife on Friday, with the grieving leader asking compatriots to unite in their sorrow behind a program of development and progress for Africa's ... Posted By : admin |
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| 22. | Nigeria First Lady dies after surgery - hospital is known for plastic surgery (Sunday, October 23, 2005 - Gulf Daily News) The wife of Nigerian President OLUSEGUN OBSANJO died yesterday after undergoing surgery in Spain. STELLA OBSANJO, described as Obasanjo's "beloved wife," was 60, said the one-sentence statement signed... Posted By : admin |
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| 23. | Nigerian first lady death probed (Monday, October 24, 2005 - BBC News) Stella Obasanjo, wife of Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo, died after cosmetic surgery, a doctor has said. Posted By : admin |
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| 24. | Nigerian leader's wife is buried (Friday, October 28, 2005 - BBC News) Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo's wife, Stella, has been buried in her husband's hometown Abeoukuta in south-western Nigeria. Posted By : admin |
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| 25. | Obasanjo back at work, visits the bereaved (Tuesday, October 25, 2005 - By Charles Ozoemena, Kolade Larewaju & Kenneth Ehigiator) PRESIDENT Olusegun Obasanjo was back at his desk yesterday and ordered a review of the safety of aircraft operating on domestic routes following the crash, last Saturday, of the Bellview Flight 210. Posted By : admin |
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| 26. | Obasanjo's wife dies in hospital (Sunday, October 23, 2005 - CNN) Stella Obasanjo, wife of Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, died Sunday at a hospital in Spain, officials said. Posted By : admin |
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| 27. | Obasanjo, Atiku cancel engagements, hajj over Stella's death (Monday, October 24, 2005 - By Charles Ozoemena) FOLLOWING the death of his wife Chief Mrs. Stella Obasanjo early hours of yesterday President OlusegunObasanjo yesterday cancelled all official engagements for the next two days, just as Vice Presiden... Posted By : admin |
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| 28. | Ogun Declares Friday Work-Free for Stella (Wednesday, October 26, 2005 - From Toba Suleiman in Abeokuta) Ogun State Government has declared Friday October 28, a work free day to enable the people of the state participate fully in the burial of the first lady, Chief Stella Obasanjo who died after a surge... Posted By : admin |
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| 29. | Oyinlola, Ogunlewe bid for Ikoyi houses,Obasanjo's in-law, Dangote, UAC, IGI also on the list (Wednesday, October 12, 2005 - Funsho Aina and Akinpelu Dada ) The Osun State Governor, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, and the Minister of Works, Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe, were among those who bid for some Federal Government properties in Ikoyi on Tuesday. Posted By : admin |
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| 30. | President's wife died in coma after surgery 'for slimming' (Monday, October 24, 2005 - From Jonathan Clayton and Edward Owen in Madrid ) THE death of Stella Obasanjo, the wife of the President of Nigeria, after cosmetic surgery at a clinic on the Costa del Sol was being investigated last night after a post-mortem examination. Posted By : admin |
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| 31. | Shock, Disbelief at Stella's Hometown (Monday, October 24, 2005 - From Omon-Julius Onabu in Benin-City) At Iruekpen, Ekpoma, the administrative headquarters of Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State the sadness was infectious as the people were apparently shocked at the news of the death of their ... Posted By : admin |
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| 32. | Stella couldn't have had a better burial (Sunday, October 30, 2005 - Dotun Oladipo, Tunde Odesola, Casmir Igbokwe and Niyi Odebode ) President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday,said that his late wife and First Lady, Mrs. Stella Obasanjo, could not have had a more befitting burial than the one accorded her. Posted By : admin |
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| 33. | Stella Obasanjo (Thursday, November 03, 2005 - Shola Adenekan) Stella Obasanjo, who has died aged 59, after plastic surgery, came into the limelight during the campaign to release her husband, Olusegun Obasanjo, now president of Nigeria, from jail. Posted By : admin |
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| 34. | Stella Obasanjo for burial Friday (Tuesday, October 25, 2005 - By Emekah Mamah, Charles Ozoemena, Umoru Henry, Chidi Nkwopara & Tina Anthony ) THE late First Lady, Mrs Stella Obasanjo, is to be buried on Friday at the Abeokuta country home of President Olusegun Obasanjo. Posted By : admin |
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| 35. | Stella Obasanjo: Doctor who performed surgery identified (Wednesday, October 26, 2005 - By JONATHAN ELENDU and SOWORE OMOYELE ) Even as the body of Nigeria's First Lady Stella Obasanjo was released by Spanish authorities Monday, the controversy over her sudden death, in the hands of plastic surgeons at the Molding Clinic, deep... Posted By : admin |
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| 36. | Stella Obasanjo: Various pictures of Stella Obasanjo (Sunday, October 23, 2005 - OnlineNigeria.com) A photo Album with various pictures of Stella Obasanjo Posted By : admin |
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| 37. | Stella Obasanjo's interment: We must change burial tradition of our daughters, Okosuns tells Esan (Friday, November 04, 2005 - By Richard Eghaghe, Correspondent, Lagos ) While tongues are still wagging over the magnetic love the president shared with the late first lady, dust is however, yet to settle on his insistence to bury his beloved wife, Stella, in his family c... Posted By : admin |
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| 38. | Stella Obhaye-liaa Omotola Obasanjo: The Warri girl (Sunday, October 30, 2005 - By Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-Sou) FOR the past five years, 40-year-old Warri-based engineer, Dr. Luke Majemite, has been pondering over the reason the late First Lady, Mrs. Stella Obasanjo, loved jokes and "yarnings" to the point of l... Posted By : admin |
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| 39. | Stella's relations disagree with burial plans (Thursday, October 27, 2005 - By Simon Ebegbulem) THE elders of Iruepken community in Esan West local government Council of Edo State and the immediate family members to the late first lady of the nation, Chief (Mrs) Stella Obasanjo, yesterday, disa... Posted By : admin |
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| 40. | Stella: Allow me to work - OBASANJO (Thursday, November 03, 2005 - Vanguard) PRESIDENT Olusegun Obasanjo pleaded yesterday, that he be allowed to concentrate on state matters, particularly the implementation of his administration's reforms for now, following requests for cond... Posted By : admin |
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| 41. | Stella: Coroner Probes Medical Malpractice (Tuesday, October 25, 2005 - By Moses Jolayemi and with agency report) There are fears that the First Lady, Mrs Stella Obasanjo, may have been a victim of medical malpractice as coroners investigating the possibility performed an autopsy yesterday on her body. Posted By : admin |
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| 42. | Stella: Coroner Probes Medical Malpractice (Tuesday, October 25, 2005 - By Moses Jolayemi and with agency report) There are fears that the First Lady, Mrs Stella Obasanjo, may have been a victim of medical malpractice as coroners investigating the possibility performed an autopsy yesterday on her body. Posted By : admin |
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| 43. | Stella's body arrives • I planned to be with her in Spain -Obasanjo (Monday, October 24, 2005 - Dotun Oladipo, Tony Amokeodo, Michael Faloseyi and Niyi Odebode) President Olusegun Obasanjo, his deputy, Atiku Abubakar, family members and top government officials received the remains of the First Lady, Stella, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport on Mond... Posted By : admin |
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| 44. | The Bellview Plane Crash• Victims dies a week to wedding (Tuesday, October 25, 2005 - By JAMES OJO, Abuja) Last week, a most horrendous and barbaric phenomenum was visited on the psyche of Nigerians with the gruesome murder of an infant by an irate mob who accused him of child kidnapping. Posted By : admin |
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| 45. | The passing on of an Amazon; Stella Obasanjo: 1945-2005 (Monday, October 24, 2005 - By Jide Ajani, Bolade Omonijo, Paul Odili, Ogbonna Amadi & Charles Ozoemena) In 1999, few months after her husband Chief Olusegun Obasanjo assumed office, as the civilian President of Nigeria, the first lady, Chief (Mrs.) Stella Obasanjo established the Child Care Trust (CCT) ... Posted By : admin |
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| 46. | The Woman, The First Lady (Monday, October 24, 2005 - From Josephine Lohor in Abuja and Tokunbo Adedoja in Lagos) Death has struck again in the land--this time in the highest seat of power claiming the First Lady, Mrs Stella Obasanjo. Posted By : admin |
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| 47. | Treason Charge: Obasanjo Pardoned Me Since 2004 - Dokubo (Thursday, October 27, 2005 - By Emeka Mamah) DETAINED leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Alhaji Asari Dokubo yesterday commenced a legal move before a Federal high court sitting in Abuja to challenge the validity of a set... Posted By : admin |
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| 48. | Uncertainty over the First Lady's motherless babies (Sunday, October 30, 2005 - Vanguard) BETWEEN the Federal Government Girls College and the Nigeria Law School, Bwari, the headquarters of Bwari Area Council, Abuja is the Child Care Trust established by the late First Lady, Mrs. Stella Ob... Posted By : admin |
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| 49. | We have no hand in Stella's death - Hospital (Wednesday, October 26, 2005 - Dotun Oladipo ) The Spanish hospital where Mrs. Stella Obasanjo was operated before she developed complications that led to her death on Sunday, Molding Clinic, has denied responsibility for the death of the First La... Posted By : admin |
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| 50. | While We Mourn, We Should Celebrate My Mum's Life, Says Stella's Son (Thursday, October 27, 2005 - From Josephine Lohor in Abuja) Olumuyiwa, the only child of the late First Lady, Mrs. Stella Obasanjo, yesterday urged Nigerians not only to mourn his mother but to also celebrate her life. Posted By : admin |
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| 51. | Why Stella's Family Didn't Insist on Burial at Iruekpen' (Wednesday, October 26, 2005 - From Omon-Julius Onabu in Benin-City) Fears in certain quarters that relations of late Mrs. Stella Obasanjo in Iruekpen, Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State, might raise dust over the decision to bury their daughter outsi... Posted By : admin |
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| 52. | Why we didn't attend the burial - Iruekpen leaders (Sunday, October 30, 2005 - By Simon Ebegbulem) COMMUNITY leaders in Iruepken, Esan West local government area of Edo State, the ancestral home of the late First Lady of the nation, Mrs Stella Obasanjo, yesterday, shunned the burial of their daugh... Posted By : admin |