Hello people,
I'm working on a school project putting together a list of all famous Nigerians killed by Covid-19.
Please, if I miss a name, include the person and the link to the death announcement.
Thanks.

It should take the below format.

<Format>
Person's name (Designation)

Date: Date person died
"Text from reference"

Reference link
</Format>

Abiola Ajimobi (Nigerian senator, Former Governor of Oyo State)

Date: June 25 2020?
"The immediate past governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi is dead.
Akin Alabi, Nigerian Lawmaker representing Egbeda/Ona-Ara Federal Constituency in Oyo state confirmed the ex-governor's death on Thursday, June 25, 2020, on Twitter"

https://www.pulse.ng/news/local/ajimobi-dies-at-70/4rw5kvj

Abba Kayri (Chief of Staff to Nigerian President)

Date: April 17 2020
"Abba Kyari, the chief of staff of Nigeria’s president and one of the most powerful men in the country, died on April 17 in a cardiology hospital in Lagos. He was said to be 67"

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/23/obituaries/abba-kyari-dead-coronavirus.html

Dan Foster (Nigerian-American broadcaster)

Date: June 17, 2020
"Mr. Foster, a former U.S. Marine, pioneered a new style of on-air personality in his African home, becoming a top celebrity. He died after testing positive for the coronavirus."

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/24/obituaries/dan-foster-dead-coronavirus.html

Nasir Ajanah (Kogi State Chief Judge)

Date: June 28 2020

"Nasir Ajanah, chief judge of Kogi state, is dead.
TheCable understands that Ajanah died at the COVID-19 isolation centre in Gwagwalada, Abuja.
A member of the family confirmed the death to TheCable on Sunday morning"

https://www.thecable.ng/breaking-kogi-chief-judge-dies-at-covid-19-isolation-centre/

Emeka Chugbo (Nigerian doctor)

Date: 15 April 2020

"A Nigerian doctor exposed to a coronavirus patient at his private clinic has died from the virus.
Emeka Chugbo was taken to Lagos University Teaching Hospital on Monday with "severe symptoms" and died on Wednesday, according to the hospital.
The 60-year-old doctor also had a history of asthma, his friend Lawal Oyeneyin told local media"

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-52311599

Suleiman Achimugu (EX-PPMC managing director)

Date: 22 March 2020

"According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the deceased is a 67 year old man who returned home from the UK where he had gone for a medical treatment.

The victim has since been identified as Suleiman Achimugu, a former managing director of the Pipelines and Products Marketing Company, a subsidiary of Nigerian National Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC). He reportedly died at 2am on Monday"

https://www.manfabulousblog.com/2020/03/nigeria-records-first-coronavirus-death-exppmc-managing-director-suleiman-achimugu-dies.html

Dr Alfa Saadu (Nigerian doctor)

Date: 31 March 2020

"A doctor who dedicated nearly 40 years to saving others has died after contracting coronavirus.
Dr Alfa Saadu, 68, died on Tuesday afternoon at the Whittington Hospital in north London.
The doctor had been a medical director at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Essex and Ealing NHS Trust and worked at many hospitals in the capital."

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-52126029

Koleade Adeniji Abayomi (Nigerian Lawyer, Former DG of Nigerian Law School)

Date: April 2 2020

"Prominent on the list released by NIDCOM is Dr Kole Abayomi (SAN), a former Director General of the Nigerian Law School who died at a London hospital on April 2 just four months to his 80th birthday"

https://neusroom.com/all-you-need-to-know-about-dr-kole-abayomi-former-dg-of-nigerian-law-school-who-died-of-covid-19-in-uk/

Olumide Okunuga (Nigerian doctor)

Date: March 10 2020?

"According to Gazzette di Modena, on Tuesday March 10, Okunuga’s lifeless body was found on the floor of his apartment in via Morselli 9, where he lived alone since he separated from his wife.

64 years old Dr Olumide Saraju Okunuga, an alumnus of one of the foremost private schools in Nigeria – Mayflower School Ikenne, in Ogun State, was a pathologist and an indigene of Ikenne Remo"

https://neusroom.com/olumide-okunuga-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-nigerian-doctor-who-died-in-italy-not-canada/

Apostle Caleb Anya (Top Nigerian doctor)

Date: ?
"It is a sad day for the country as another Nigerian top doctor died abroad. Apostle Caleb Anya lost his life in the US as Covid-19 hit the country hard. The deceased is among thousands of health officials overwhelmed in America as the country becomes the third country with the highest coronavirus cases in the world."

https://www.legit.ng/1317807-apostle-caleb-anya-nigerian-doctor-dies-coronavirus-us-cremated.html

Menegian Saro-Wiwa (Ken Saro-Wiwa's son)

Date: April 16 2020?

"Menegian, one of the children of late Ogoni environmental activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa, has died of Coronavirus at a London hospital.
Noo, sister to the deceased, in a social media post, made the announcement.
She said, “We said goodbye to my brother, Gian, on Monday.
"He had COVID-19 combined with underlying health conditions."

http://saharareporters.com/2020/04/16/ken-saro-wiwas-son-dies-coronavirus-london

Malam Rabiu Musa (Head of Communications in the Kano Field Office of UNICEF)

Date: May 2 2020?
"Malam Rabiu Musa, Head of Communications in the Kano Field Office of UNICEF, is dead.

His son, Musa Rabiu, who confirmed the death to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano, said that the UNICEF official died on Saturday at the age of 60."

https://thenationonlineng.net/unicef-loses-head-of-communication-kano-field/

Godwin Akwaji (Lawmaker, Obudu State Constituency, Cross River State House of Assembly)

Date: ?

"Lawmaker representing Obudu State Constituency in the Cross River State House of Assembly is dead.
He was said to have died at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital from illness suspected to be Coronavirus."

http://saharareporters.com/2020/06/18/breaking-cross-river-lawmaker-godwin-akwaji-dead

Edmond Adefolu Adedeji (Nigerian doctor)

Date: April 9, 2020

"Another Nigerian medical doctor, Edmond Adefolu Adedeji, has died in the UK, killed by coronavirus.

Adedeji died on Thursday 9 April. He was 62."

https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2020/04/11/another-nigerian-doctor-adefolu-adedeji-dies-of-coronavirus-in-uk/

Victor Ikwuemesi (Chairman of the defunct Sosoliso Airline)

Date: April 11, 2020

"Mr Victor Ikwuemesi, the Chairman of the defunct Sosoliso Airline died today in London, United Kingdom few days after he was diagnosed for coronavirus pandemic.

A source close to the family confided in our correspondent that Ikwuemesi was admitted to an unnamed London hospital after brief illness."

https://www.independent.ng/breaking-covid-19-sosoliso-airline-chairman-dies-in-london/

Ben Chijioke (British-Nigerian rapper)

Date: April 19 2020

"Ty has died at the age of 47 after contracting coronavirus.

The rapper's death was confirmed by his team on Thursday after he was hospitalised and placed in a medically-induced coma following 'complications' surrounding the virus."

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8298337/Rapper-Ty-dies-aged-47-contracting-coronavirus.html

Abdullahi Lawal (Regional Manager with First Bank PLC)

Date: April 24 2020?

"Family sources said the late banker took ill on Friday and was first put on admission at a private clinic in Kano from where he was referred to Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital.

Sources said late Lawal, who was on his early 50s, was rushed to a private clinic after he suffered high fever, intermittent cough, and respiratory hiccups without getting medical care before he gave up the ghost"

https://www.independent.ng/top-banker-dies-of-covid-19-in-kano/

Sule Adamu (Lawmaker, Nasarawa State House of Assembly)

Date: May 3, 2020?

"A member of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, representing Nasarawa central, Mr. Sule Adamu, has died of coronavirus, The PUNCH reports.
Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa state confirmed this on Sunday while briefing newsmen on the update of COVID-19 pandemic in the state"

https://punchng.com/breaking-nasarawa-assembly-member-dies-of-covid-19/

Sikiru Osinowo (Nigerian Senator)

Date: June 15
"The Senator popularly known as Pepperito in the state political circle died at the First Cardiologist Hospital, Lagos after a brief illness.

According to source, the senator died of suspected coronavirus-related complications "

https://www.nairaland.com/5928069/osinowos-death-caused-covid-19

So these people are better off than those hundreds who died nobody knew?

Lati Raheem (CSO to former Lagos governor, Bola Tinubu)

Date: April 24 2020

"He was the most trusted aide of Tinubu, insiders told TheCable.
“He was sick briefly and hospitalised. He had high blood pressure and diabetes. He died in early hours of Friday,” the source said."

https://www.marketwatch.com/press-release/coronavirus---tinubu-wife-test-negative-after-cso-dies-from-virus-2020-04-28

Nneka Omera-Okeke (Professor at University of Port Harcourt, Head of Department of English Studies)

Date: ?

"Professor Nneka Omera-Okeke was the Head of Department of English Studies, University of Port Harcourt until death was said to have been treated for Malaria and Typhoid before she was later diagnosed of COVID-19.

Late Omera-Okeke reportedly passed on Thursday after battling the virus without knowing"

https://authenticng.com/uniport-professor-omera-okeke-dies-of-coronavirus/

Ibanga Bassey Etang (Acting Executive Director, Finance and Administration, Niger Delta Development Commission)

Date: ?

"The management of the Niger Delta Development Commission on Tuesday said its late Acting Executive Director, Finance and Administration, Ibanga Bassey Etang, died of Coronavirus."

http://saharareporters.com/2020/06/02/late-nddc-director-died-covid-19-commission-says

Babajide Arije (Principal counsel, Babajide Arije & Co)

Date: April 26, 2020

"Principal counsel at the law firm, Babajide Arije & Co, has died of the new coronavirus on the eve of his 60th birthday.
Multiple accounts by friends of the deceased indicate he died on Sunday shortly after he was evacuated from his Lagos residence."

https://globaltimesng.com/2020/04/27/lawyer-dies-of-covid-19-hours-to-60th-birthday-in-lagos/

Odiari Princewill (Chairman, Asari Toru Local government council, Rivers State)

Date: May 27, 2020

"Panic hits Asari Toru this morning as the Chairman of Asari Toru Local government council in Rivers State, Odiari Princewill, dies of Coronavirus (COVID-19)
His remains has been buried at the Port Harcourt Cemetery as ordered by the Government of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike.
According to reports, he died at about 10 pm on Wednesday, from yet to be ascertained illness, even though there are indications that his death is COVID-19 related"

https://www.nairaland.com/5887601/residents-panic-rivers-state-council

Kyari El-Kanemi (Shehu Of Bama)

Date: April 28, 2020

"Against earlier reasons given for his demise by state officials, SaharaReporters can confirm that the late Shehu of Bama in Borno State, Alhaji Kyari El-Kanemi, died of COVID-19.
El-Kanemi passed away on Monday in Maiduguri and was buried on Tuesday within the premises of his palace in Bama town but state government officials had refused to disclose the real cause of his death."

http://saharareporters.com/2020/04/30/exclusive-how-first-class-borno-monarch-shehu-bama-died-covid-19

Alhaji Mohammed Ahmad Asha (Emir of Kaura-Namoda)

Date: May 3 2020

"The Emir of Kaura-Namoda in Zamfara State, Alhaji Mohammed Ahmad Asha, died in the early hours of Sunday, The PUNCH reports.
He was said to have died of suspected coronavirus-related complications."

https://punchng.com/breaking-covid-19-zamfara-emir-dies-in-isolation/?

What of Ajimobi ex Governor of Oyo State . May his soul rest in peace.

equity1:
What of Ajimobi ex Governor of Oyo State . May his soul rest in peace.

He's there

Dr Wahab Adegbenro (Ondo State Commissioner for Health)

Date: July 2, 2020
There were indications that the Ondo State Commissioner for Health, Dr Wahab Adegbenro, has died of COVID-19 on Thursday.

Members of staff at his Crown Hospital at Oja Oshodi, Akure, the state capital, were seen crying and the neighbours to were lamenting the sudden death of the commissioner.

https://www.independent.ng/just-in-covid-19-ondo-health-commissioner-dies/

interesting compilation