Tributes pour in for former health minister Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin

Tributes pour in for former health minister Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin.

Maitama Sule buried in Kano amid tributes (Report).

Tributes pour in as Gen Danjuma marks 80th birthday.

Tributes as Winnie Mandela dies at 81.

Ten journalists were amongst the dead on Monday in the worst series of terror attacks in Afghanistan since 2001.

People gather outside the US Supreme Court in Washington DC and in New York City to honour late justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on Friday at 87 years old. nited States President Donald Trump says he will "most likely" pick a woman to succeed Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, and adds that the choice of a woman "would certainly be appropriate".

Messages of condolences from leaders in Africa and the rest of the world are pouring in as Tanzania comes to terms with the death of President John Magufuli. A succession plan has already been set in motion.

Nigerian Entertainment Conference (NECLive), in collaboration with The Fasasi family, friends, colleagues and fans of Sound Sultan held an evening of music, poetry, dance, comedy and talk, in honour and celebration of Olanrewaju ‘Sound Sultan’ Fasasi. This special event, which was held at Terra Kulture, Lagos, celebrated the extraordinary talent of the late singer, Sound Sultan whose notable contributions can be seen in music, film, basketball and creative art. Tribute events organised by friends of the beloved late icon was hosted simultaneously in London, New York and Atlanta.

In this edition we pay tribute to Jean-Paul Belmondo, a leading figure in French film who's died aged 88. The cool rebel of the New Wave of French cinema shot to international fame in Jean-Luc Godard's revolutionary classic "Breathless". Film critic Lisa Nesselson tells us about her memories of meeting Belmondo.

Queen Elizabeth and other members of the Royal Family have taken to Twitter to wish Duchess Catherine a happy 40th birthday.