Veteran Nigerian Actor Mr. Ibu Reported Dead

 Veteran Nigerian Actor, John Okafor, popularly known as Mr. Ibu has been reported dead.

Unconfirmed reports suggest that he died at Evercare hospital in Lagos. Details surrounding the cause of death and the veracity of these reports are still unclear.

Mr Ibu’s family and representatives have yet to comment publicly.

Similar rumours were rife in the past. However, according to Nairaland website he died on Saturday March 2.

The legendary actor has been battling health issues in October 2023, and undergone multiple surgeries that led to the amputation of his leg but received treatment and was discharged from hospital in early January this year.

Mr Ibu until his death was an indigene of Nkanu West Lagos of Enugu State. He is survived by wife and three children.

 

 

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In an interview with Nigerian Vanguard Newspaper in May 2022, the comic actor disclosed that he was already “seeing people on the other side” but God brought him back to life.

President Biden authorises sanctions against Sudan

 President Joe Biden has issued an executive order authorising sanctions against Sudan, saying the fighting must end.

Mr Biden called the violence a tragedy and a betrayal of the Sudanese people.

He said the violence in Sudan was “unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States”.

Earlier, the director of National Intelligence, Avril Haines, told a US Senate committee that the conflict was likely to be protracted, as both sides believed they could win militarily and had few incentives to negotiate.

The latest ceasefire has failed to hold, with heavy fighting continuing in the capital Khartoum, as well as the adjoining cities of Omdurman and Bahri.

The World Food Programme has estimated that more than $13m (£10.3m) worth of food aid destined for Sudan has been looted since fighting broke out last month.

The WFP said pillaging in the country was rampant.

The UN children’s agency, Unicef, warned the situation was teetering toward catastrophe, with youngsters increasingly caught in the crossfire.

source : BBC