Former minister, Pauline Tallen buries only son

Richard Adamu Tallen, the only son of Pauline Tallen, Nigeria’s former Minister of Women Affairs, was on Friday buried at the family compound in Shendam town, Plateau State.

Richard died on Sunday, October 6 while in the intensive care unit at Cedar Crest Hospital in Abuja. He was on admission for treatment of an undisclosed illness and was receiving oxygen support before he gave up the ghost.

Aged 42, Richard was a graduate of Computer Science from a United States University. He was survived by a wife and three children.

At the burial service held at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Shendam town, the officiating priest, Rev Father John Migat, said the time on earth is short, advising everyone to live life in a way that is pleasing to God.

The deceased was a graduate of St. Joseph’s College Aka Collegium Sancti Joseph (CSJ) VOM, a premier Catholic missionary school offering comprehensive secondary education to boys in Plateau State.