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UK Releases Names of Dead Nigerians With Unclaimed Estates, Searches For Relatives

The UK government has released a list of unclaimed estates belonging to individuals from different countries who died in the UK, including 58 Nigerians.
These estates have been listed as “Bona Vacantia,” meaning they have been unclaimed for a certain period and are now the property of the Crown.
In the updated list released on Monday, march 24, the UK government released that a total of 5,806 people from different countries died with no one to claim their properties.
The list includes the names, dates of birth and death, and places of death of the individuals. Names of the dead individuals are:
S/N Property Owner Place of Birth Date of Death
Day/month/year Place of Death Marital Status BV Reference
1 Arbel Aai’Lotta’Qua Abouarh Nigeria 5/2/1998 Chiswick London W4 Widower BV984930/1
2 Adenike Adebiyi Nigeria Unknown Hackney London N1 Spinster BV21003032/1
3 Akanni Jeremiah Adejumo Nigeria 31/03/2017 Muswell Hill London N10 Unknown BV21711076/1
4 Solomon Adekanmibi Nigeria 31/01/2021 Colchester Essex Unknown BV22207473/1
5 Ganiyu Akambi Aderinto Not specified 20/07/2016 Archway London N19 Unknown BV21808132/1
6 Richard Adesanya Nigeria 20/07/2016 Hackney London E9 Unknown BV21808132/1
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7 Jeff Adhekeh Nigeria Unspecified South Kensington London SW7 Unknown BV22107842/1
8 Isaac Ademola Adio Nigeria 17/08/2012 Harrow Middlesex Bachelor BV21304418/1
9 Julius Ajidahuan Nigeria Unspecified Ilford Essex Bachelor BV2097929/1
10 Julius Taiwo Akinyeye Ondo, Nigeria 19/07/1995 Derby Derbyshire Unknown BV960071/1
11 Charles Ayodele Aliu Nigeria 31/03/2011 Solihull West Midlands Bachelor BV21213206/1
12 Peter Ifeanyi Arinze Nigeria 23/03/2000 Camberwell London SE5 Bachelor BV2026061/1
13 Folayele Festus Awosika Nigeria 1/3/2001 Hammersmith London W6 Unknown BV2037690/1
14 Olajide Ayinde Nigeria 25/04/1997 Hackney London E9 Bachelor BV974293/1
15 Matthew Balogun Nigeria 31/12/2005 Clapham London SW4 Bachelor BV2084437/1
16 Henry Banjoko Nigeria Unknown Hampstead London NW3 Bachelor BV2074183/1
17 John Olaolu Bankole Ibadan, Nigeria 27/04/2010 London EC1V Husband BV21105049/1
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18 Tessi Bello Nigeria 15/10/2003 Camden London NW3 Bachelor BV2051782/1
19 Peter Benson Nigeria 1/2/2019 Stratford London E15 Unknown BV21918199/1
20 Paul Benard Lagos, Nigeria Unknown Camden London NW1 Widower BV2087609/1
21 Eugene Bucknor Nigeria 2/3/2021 Brockley London SE4 Bachelor BV22108784/1
22 Samuel Emeka Chude Nigeria Unspecified Birmingham Unknown BV21201209/1
23 Nathaniel Davies Nigeria 7/4/2010 Clapton London E5 Bachelor BV21211255/1
24 Charles Dixon Nigeria 4/8/2018 Basingstoke Hampshire Unknown BV21817506/1
25 Enwukwe Graham Kwedi Ede Nigeria 6/1/2011 Lambeth London SE1 Unknown BV21106358/1
26 Sunny Eyo Edem Calabar, Nigeria 16/09/2011 Ilford Essex Widow BV21114789/1
27 Victor Adedapo Olufemi Fani-Kayode Lagos, Nigeria 15/08/2001 Birmingham West Midlands Bachelor BV2026069/1
28 Bose Abosede Elizabeth Fige Bendel, Nigeria 4/5/2008 Paddington London W2 Spinster BV2085258/1
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29 Samuel William MacAuley Godwin Nigeria 25/02/2010 Lambeth London SE1 Bachelor BV21106495/1
30 Salamatu Harford Nigeria Unspecified South Norwood London SE25 Widow BV2091608/1
31 Louisa Holmes Nigeria 24/05/2021 Cheam Sutton Spinster BV22201373/1
32 Tamunokombia Morris Isodiki Nigeria Unspecified Camden London NW1 Single man BV2011682/1
33 Oyinoluwa Ttijesulase Jesugoodness Nigeria 4/5/2011 Tottenham London N15 Unknown BV21400247/1
34 Ibidun Johnson Nigeria 14/02/2003 Peckham London SE15 Unknown BV21307554/1
35 William Kadry Nigeria Unspecified Fulham London SW6 Bachelor BV21200174/1
36 Victoria Myers Nigeria 7/8/2010 St.Johns Wood London NW8 Widow BV21914328/1
37 Mark N’Wogo Nigeria Unknown Surrey Mid-Eastern Surrey Unknown BV93623/1
38 Zacheus Idowu Ogunsanya Nigeria 29/08/2003 Camberwell London SE5 Unknown BV2040843/1
39 Ifetayo Oguntayo Ogun State, Nigeria 20/11/2016 Upper Edmonton London N18 Single man BV21705991/1
40 John Emanuel O’Hosi Nigeria 18/02/2007 Leeds West Yorkshire Bachelor BV2071815/1
41 Stephen Oliyide Nigeria 20/10/2013 Catford London SE6 Bachelor BV21508718/1
42 Joyce Omoni Nigeria 28/02/2014 Peckham London SE15 Spinster BV21503408/1
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43 Adeoye Kuyoro Onanuga Nigeria 30/08/2008 Kingston upon Thames Surrey Unknown BV21609894/1
44 Kayode Orishagbemi Yola, Nigeria Unspecified Northampton Northamptonshire Bachelor BV21202011/1
45 Tex Orrico Lagos, Nigeria 28/09/2009 Marylebone London W1 Bachelor BV20911088/1
46 Florence Baby Osikpa Nigeria 8/1/2015 Paddington London WC2 Spinster BV21501417/1
47 Kate Blessing Osolase Nigeria 9/9/2014 Wednesbury West Midlands Unknown BV21906100/1
48 Francis Ossai Nigeria 21/01/2000 Highgate London N6 Unknown BV2064064/1
49 Sunday Owolabi Nigeria 26/04/2020 Whitechapel London E1 Bachelor BV22015871/1
50 Gabriel Nduaguba Ozokoli Nigeria 23/04/1994 Edmonton London N18 Unknown BV22005943/1
51 Cecilia Ricketts Nigeria 15/10/2010 Hackney London E9 Spinster BV21110413/1
52 Henry George Babatunde Taylor Lagos, Nigeria Unknown St Pancras London WC1 Unknown BV2077793/1
53 John Uzoma Nigeria 14/07/2016 Camden London NW3 Unknown BV21815461/1
54 Akinlolu Olaniran Williams Lagos, Nigeria 26/07/2013 Sheffield South Yorkshire Bachelor BV21315131/1
55 Akinola Willaims Nigeria 16/02/2008 Northampton Northamptonshire Widower BV2081939/1
56 Nathaniel Babatunde Williams Lagos, Nigeria 22/02/2009 Birmingham West Midlands Bachelor BV2092299/1
57 Samuel Ademola Williams Nigeria 21/01/2016 Wanstead London E11 Bachelor BV21808988/1
58 Salihu Ajadi Yusuff Nigeria 4/1/2017 Leeds West Yorkshire Unknown BV21713497/1
Research shows that none of the deceased families has come to make a claim
Source: gov.uk
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Voters In Turkish Cyprus Reject Erdogan-backed Leader In Presidential Election

The breakaway territory of northern Cyprus has voted overwhelmingly to replace its outgoing leader, who had the backing of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, election officials said Sunday.
Almost 63 per cent of voters in the territory, whose claim to statehood is recognised only by Turkey, backed former prime minister Tufan Erhurman as next president at the expense of Turkey’s pick, Ersin Tatar, who polled 35 per cent.
Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when a Turkish invasion following a coup in Nicosia backed by Greece’s then-military junta eventually led to the creation of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in 1983.
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The internationally recognised Republic of Cyprus, a member of the European Union, controls the island’s majority Greek Cypriot south.
While Tatar has toed the Turkish line of two separate states on Cyprus, Erhurman has indicated he favours a federal state that would include both sides of the island.
Erhurman said there were no losers in the election and that “the Turkish Cypriot people have won together”.
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“I will exercise my responsibilities, notably in terms of foreign policy, in consultation with the Republic of Turkey,” he said, trying to soothe concerns from Ankara that he may try to break away.
Erdogan congratulated Erhurman in a post on social media, adding that Turkey would “continue to defend the rights and sovereign interests” of the breakaway territory.
The last major round of peace talks to negotiate a settlement to the island’s divided status collapsed in Switzerland in 2017.
The leaders of both sides met in July at the UN headquarters in New York for talks that were hailed as “constructive” by UN chief Antonio Guterres.
AFP
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Thieves Steal French Crown Jewels From Louvre In Daytime Raid

Thieves wielding power tools raided the Louvre in broad daylight Sunday, taking just seven minutes to grab some of France’s priceless crown jewels, but dropping a gem-encrusted crown as they fled, officials and sources said.
Authorities recovered the 19th-century crown — damaged — near the museum.
The spectacular heist, one of several to target French museums in recent months, forced the closure of the Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum and home to the Mona Lisa.
President Emmanuel Macron posted on social media that “everything is being done” to catch the perpetrators and recover the stolen items.
Police are looking for a team of four thieves, Paris’s chief prosecutor Laure Beccuau told the BFMTV channel.
Soldiers patrolled the famed glass pyramid entrance, while evacuated visitors, tourists and passersby were kept at a distance behind police tape.
It was “like a Hollywood movie”, one American tourist, Talia Ocampo, told AFP.
It was “crazy” and “something we won’t forget — we could not go to the Louvre because there was a robbery”, she said.
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A culture ministry statement said eight items of jewellery had been stolen from the Gallerie Apollon that houses the French crown jewels.
“Two high-security display cases were targeted, and eight objects of invaluable cultural heritage were stolen,” said the ministry statement.
They included the emerald-and-diamond necklace that Napoleon gave his wife Empress Marie Louise, and the crown of Empress Eugenie, the wife of Napoleon III.
Beccuau said the thieves had threatened museum guards with the angle grinders they used to break into the jewellery cases.
A team of 60 investigators was working on the case, she added.
– ‘Unsellable’ –
The robbers used a powered, extendable ladder of the sort used to hoist furniture into buildings to get into a gilded gallery housing the crown jewels, said officials.
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Eugenie’s crown was recovered after the thieves dropped it as they made their escape, said the culture ministry statement.
The crown, featuring golden eagles, is covered in 1,354 diamonds and 56 emeralds, according to the museum’s website.
Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said the thieves had used the furniture hoist to steal “priceless” items from two displays in the museum’s “Galerie d’Apollon” (“Apollo’s Gallery”).
The items stolen also included a necklace from the sapphire jewellery of Queen Marie Amelie and Queen Hortense and a pair of emerald earrings that once belonged to Marie Louise, said the culture ministry.
The thieves arrived between 9:30 and 9:40 am (0730 and 0740 GMT), the source following the case said, shortly after the museum opened to the public at 9:00 am.
One police source said the robbers had ridden up on a scooter armed with angle grinders and used the furniture hoist to get inside the Louvre.
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A witness named Samir, who was riding a bicycle nearby at the time, told the TF1 channel that he saw two men “get on the hoist, break the window and enter… it took 30 seconds”.
He said he saw four of them leave on scooters, and he called the police.
The robbery happened just 800 metres (half a mile) from Paris police headquarters.
The Louvre’s management told AFP it had closed because it wanted to “preserve traces and clues for the investigation”.
The director of the Drouot auction house told the LCI broadcaster he feared the jewels would be broken down into gems and precious metal to be sold, as they would be “completely unsellable in their current state”.
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– ‘Great vulnerability’ –
The Louvre used to be the seat of French kings until Louis XIV abandoned it for Versailles in the late 1600s.
It is the world’s most visited museum, last year welcoming nine million people to its extensive hallways and galleries.
Nunez, the capital’s former police chief who became interior minister last week, said he was aware of “a great vulnerability” in museum security in France.
Last month, criminals used an angle grinder to break into Paris’s Natural History Museum, making off with gold samples worth 600,000 euros ($700,000).
Thieves earlier in the month stole two dishes and a vase from a museum in the central city of Limoges, the losses estimated at 6.5 million euros.
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Last year, four thieves stole snuffboxes and other artifacts from another Paris museum, breaking into a display case with axes and baseball bats.
But thefts from the Louvre have been rarer.
A painting by French painter Camille Corot disappeared from the museum in 1998 and has never been recovered.
In 1911, an Italian worker at the museum stole the Mona Lisa, but it was recovered and today sits behind security glass.
Macron in January pledged the Louvre would be redesigned after its director voiced alarm about dire conditions inside. On Sunday, he said that that project included reinforced security.
Dati said Sunday that new security measures would be part of the renovation plan.
AFP
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Pope Leo Creates Seven New Saints In Historic Vatican Ceremony

Bells rang out Sunday over St Peter’s Square as Pope Leo XIV created seven new saints, including the first from Papua New Guinea, an archbishop killed in the Armenian genocide, and a Venezuelan “doctor of the poor.”
Also canonised during the solemn ceremony, under sunny skies in the vast plaza on World Mission Day, were three nuns who dedicated their lives to the poor and sick and former Satanic priest Bartolo Longo.
The Italian lawyer born in 1841 subsequently rejoined the Catholic faith and went on to found the Pontifical Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary of Pompeii.
“Today we have before us seven witnesses, the new Saints, who, with God’s grace, kept the lamp of faith burning,” Leo told an audience the Vatican estimated at some 55,000 people.
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“May their intercession assist us in our trials and their example inspire us in our shared vocation to holiness,” he said during his homily.
Huge portraits of the seven were unfurled from windows over the square as Leo, the first US pope, exited St Peter’s Basilica dressed in a ceremonial white cassock with a white mitre on his head, preceded by white-clad bishops and cardinals.
Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints—the Vatican department charged with beatification and canonisation—read aloud profiles of the seven to applause from the crowd.
With Leo’s reading of the canonisation formula, they were officially declared saints.
In his homily, Leo described the new saints as either “martyrs for their faith,” “evangelisers and missionaries,” “charismatic founders” of congregations, or “benefactors of humanity.”
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The rite of canonisation was the second for the former Robert Prevost since he was made leader of the Catholic Church on May 8.
Last month, he proclaimed as saints Italians Carlo Acutis—a teenager dubbed “God’s Influencer” who spread the faith online before his death at age 15 in 2006—and Pier Giorgio Frassati, considered a model of charity who died in 1925, aged 24.
Canonisation is the final step towards sainthood in the Catholic Church, following beatification.
Three conditions are required—most crucially that the individual has performed at least two miracles. He or she must be deceased for at least five years and have led an exemplary Christian life.
Martyrs, humanitarians
Along with Longo, those made saints Sunday were Peter To Rot, a lay catechist from Papua New Guinea killed during the Japanese occupation during World War II, Armenian bishop Ignazio Choukrallah Maloyan, killed by Turkish forces in 1915, and Venezuela’s Jose Gregorio Hernandez Cisneros, a layman who died in 1919, whom the late Pope Francis called a “doctor close to the weakest.”
Also from Venezuela was Maria Carmen Elena Rendiles Martinez, a nun born without a left arm who overcame her disability to found the Congregation of the Servants of Jesus before her death in 1977. She becomes the South American country’s first female saint.
The Italian nuns canonised are Vincenza Maria Poloni, the 19th-century founder of Verona’s Institute of the Sisters of Mercy, which cares primarily for the sick in hospitals, and Maria Troncatti of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians.
In the 1920s, Troncatti arrived in Ecuador to devote her life to helping its indigenous population.
AFP
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