Port Harcourt Cemetery
Cemetery in Port Harcourt, Nigeria
4°45′49″N 7°1′39″E / 4.76361°N 7.02750°E / 4.76361; 7.02750
Port Harcourt Cemetery is a city-owned and operated public cemetery located along Aggrey Road in the Old Township district of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. It is the oldest cemetery still in use in the city and is notable as the burial site of activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and his associates the Ogoni Nine.[1] It also contains one commonwealth burial of soldiers of World War II.[2]
Interments
- Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941–1995), writer and activist
- Mike Lloyd Toku (1993–2012)[3]
- Stephen Edward Murray-Bruce (1939–2013)[4]
See also
References
- ^ "Nigeria's Military Leaders Hang Playwright And 8 Other Activists". Deseretnews.com. Deseret News Publishing Company. 11 November 1995. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
- ^ "Cemetery Details". Cwgc.org. Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
- ^ Abia, Dan. "UNIPORT four: INC, parents insist on justice as Toku is buried". Dailyindependentnig.com. Independent Newspapers Ltd. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
- ^ "Vanguard Publisher, others bid late Murray-Bruce farewell – Vanguard News". vanguardngr.com. 13 September 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
External links
- Port Harcourt Cemetery at Find a Grave
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Port Harcourt
- Emarid College
- Hallel College
- Brookstone School Secondary
- Charles Dale Memorial International School
- Archdeacon Crowther Memorial Girls' School
- Jephthah Comprehensive Secondary School
- Marygold International School
- Niger Delta Science School
- Norwegian International School
- Port Harcourt Polytechnic
- Tantua International Group of Schools
- Topline Schools
- University of Port Harcourt
- University of Science and Technology
See also: List of schools in Port Harcourt
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