Former NAN Director loses 101-year-old mother

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Mr Buki Ponle, a former Director of the News Agency of Nigeria has announced the death of his centenarian mother, Madam Victoria Ibironke Ponle (a.k.a VIP).

Ponle, currently the Chief Executive Officer of an online publication — The Nigerian Expression (TNE), said the mother died in Osogbo during a brief illness at the age of 101.

Burial arrangements begin on June 29 with a Christian wake in Osogbo while church service and interment would follow on June 30 at the First Baptist Church in Iresi, her birthplace, in Boluwaduro Local Government Area of Osun.

She is survived by grand children, great-grand children and family members. (NAN)

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