WORLD’S YOUNGEST REIGNING MONARCH , KING OYO, DIES AT 34.(PHOTO).
World’s Youngest Reigning Monarch , King Oyo, Dies at 34 King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, the traditional ruler of Uganda’s Tooro Kingdom who became the world’s youngest reigning monarch after ascending the throne at three, has died at the age of 34. The monarch reportedly died on Thursday, with the Prime Minister of the Tooro Kingdom, Calvin Armstrong Rwomiire Akiiki, announcing his death on Friday. The cause of death was not immediately disclosed. However, Ugandan media reports quoted a government minister as saying that King Oyo had been critically ill and was receiving medical treatment in the United States. Reacting to the development, Akiiki described the monarch’s death as a major loss to the royal family and the people of Tooro. He urged members of the kingdom to remain united and calm while mourning the traditional ruler. King Oyo ascended the Tooro throne in 1995 following the death of his father, King Patrick Matthew Kaboyo Rukidi III. He was only three years ol...
The Governor of Anambra State,Chief Willie Obiano has described the loss of five members of the Nwigwe family of Urunnebo,Enugwu-Ukwu,Njikoka Local Government as a painful loss.The governor who was represented by the Head of Service ,Prince Harry Uduh stated yesterday at the burial of the victims including a wife,Francisca; three children: Chisom,Ebubechukwu,Ifechukwu and a house-help already buried at Ihiala her home town.Consoling the bereaved the Governor said ''What can you tell a man that lost his wife and four children? It is a very painful loss.I believe in my heart that there is nothing God cannot do.He will surely give the family the fortitude to bear the loss,''.The governor told the family that the government and Ndi Anambra are standing with them at this moment of grief and assured that the state will render assistance to assuage their immediate needs.In her Condolence message,the Wife of the governor,Chief {Mrs} Ebelechukwu Obiano,told the Mr Hyacinth Nwigwe the husband who survived the accident,''take heart and be strong in faith because God in His infinite mercy kept you alife for a good purpose'',The family was involved in a tragic road accident which left the husband,Hyacinth with broken leg on their way from Pilgrimage at Holy Landd,Olo,Enugu State on September 

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