PRESIDENT TINUBU CONGRATULATES GOVERNOR HYACINTH ALIA ON HIS 60TH BIRTHDAY. (PHOTO).

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 PRESIDENT TINUBU CONGRATULATES GOVERNOR HYACINTH ALIA ON HIS 60TH BIRTHDAY President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Reverend Father Hyacinth Alia,  Governor of Benue State, and an ordained priest on his 60th birthday. In a statement personally signed by President Tinubu, he says "I commend Governor Alia for his transformative efforts to industrialise the state and expand its road network. Benue State, famously Nigeria's food basket, now has tomatoes and fruit juice, beer, nylon and polythene factories, as well as a large-scale bakery, providing jobs for its people and adding value to its agricultural products. The iconic underpasses in Makurdi and Gboko have also eased traffic and improved urban life." It adds that Governor Alia's political journey is simply that of faith made manifest, ordained a Catholic priest in 1990 by Bishop Athanasius Atule Usuh of Makurdi Catholic Diocese. It was no surprise that his people, whom he had long served faithfully in the vineyard o...

DEE FREEMAN, SISTAS AND YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS ACTRESS, DIES AT 66.(PHOTO).


 Dee Freeman, Sistas and Young and the Restless actress, dies at 66

Dee Freeman, the actress known for her roles on Sistas and The Young and the Restless, has died at 66.

Freeman passed away Thursday after a battle with cancer, her family shared on Instagram. “On behalf of her family, it is with deepest sadness that we share this update with you. Dee passed away peacefully on April 2, 2026, after a brave and fearless fight with cancer,” the statement read. “Thank you to everyone who supported Dee during her battle. She is now in heaven, being the force of nature she always was, now with her angel wings on. Rest in peace, Dee.”

Born in Louisiana in 1959, Freeman joined the United States Marine Corps after high school. Following her military service, she began a career in the arts, starting in theater before moving into film and television. She most recently appeared in seasons nine and 10 of Tyler Perry’s Sistas, portraying Valerie Barnes, the mother of KJ Smith Black’s character Andi Barnes.

Freeman’s screen work also included appearances on three episodes of The Young and the Restless, a 2016 episode of Shameless, and a 2021 episode of NCIS: Los Angeles. From 2010 to 2015, she led the satirical comedy Pretty the Series. At the time of her passing, she was developing a novel adaptation of her one-woman show Poison Gun, inspired by her family history.

Her publicist, Desirae L. Benson, described Freeman as “someone I truly respected and admired. Even in the face of stage 4 lung cancer, she showed up with courage and dignity. Dee had a quiet power that commanded respect without ever needing to demand it. Her legacy is not just in her work, but in how she made people feel — and that will stay with us forever.”

Freeman is survived by her children, Amber and Shane, as well as her mother, brothers, and sisters.


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