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Doyin Okupe: A Nigerian Original
With the death on Mon­day, March 7, of Dr Doyin Okupe, twice a presidential spokes­man, Nigeria has been deprived of a pan-Nigerian politician. Ok­upe, who died of cancer at 72 in a Lagos ...
It was an unusual call from the Personal Assistant to Dr Doyin Okupe, and I knew straightaway that something bad must have happened to my godfather. The sad news of the passage of my heavensent ...
Okupe served as the Director-General of the Obi/Datti campaign, with Peter Obi as the party’s presidential candidate. At the commendation service for the late Dr. Doyin Okupe on Saturday ...
Nigerian politician, Doyin Okupe, don die at di age of 72. Reports tok say e bin dey battle serious sickness wey dem suspect to be cancer. Okupe, na medical doctor wey turn politician for Nigeria.
The Senior Special Assistant on Media Affairs to President Bola Tinubu, Tunde Rahman, has revealed that the late Dr. Doyin Okupe had set up an office and assembled a team to work for Tinubu’s re ...
Dr. Doyin Okupe, a former presidential spokesperson, passed away on March 7, 2025, at the age of 72. He served as a senior adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan and was the Director ...
Full list of influential Nigerian political figures who died in first quarter of 2025 has been compiled, as well as their ...
Dr Doyin Okupe, former presidential spokesman to former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, has been laid to rest in his hometown, Iperu-Remo in Ikenne , Ogun State. Okupe died ...
Hmmm! Urmm! I don’t know where to actually start from, but I will start somewhere. Baba Doyin Okupe was a father to all. And like I always gist with our friends—Mazi, Nina, Princess ...
L-R: Late Dr Doyin Okupe and Isaac Balami. [Facebook/X, formerly Twitter] At the commendation service for the late Dr Doyin Okupe, former Labour Party chieftain Isaac Balami delivered a heartfelt ...
By Femi Salako My heart skipped breath when my phone rang in the early hours of Thursday, March 6, 2025. It was  an unusual call from the Personal Assistant to Dr Doyin Okupe, and I knew straightaway ...
It was an unusual call from the personal assistant to Dr Doyin Okupe, and I knew straight away that something bad must have happened to my godfather. The sad news of the passage of my God-sent ...