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SAD PHOTOS: Body of driver of van that plunged into Lagos river found, search continues for 3 others

by Rachel Ogbu Rescue-workers-at-the-site (Photo: Punch) The bodies of four passengers in an Ikoyi Golf Club van which plunged into Majidun River in Ikorodu, Lagos State on Saturday were recovered yesterday. In…

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Sad: 4 still missing as Ikoyi Golf Club Van plunges into Lagos river (PHOTOS)

by Rachel Ogbu Four people who were in an Ikoyi Golf Club van that skidded of the…

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Christopher Crist’s dentist pulls ALL HIS TEETH without permission (PHOTO)

Christopher Crist claims that he went into a dentist office to get a few painful teeth pulled. When he walked out, he had none. The 21-year-old Indiana man, who is…

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Tragedy: Wife of police officer killed by 4-year-old nephew with husband’s gun (PICTURED)

Josephine Fanning, the wife of a Tennessee sheriff's deputy, was shot and killed by a 4-year-old boy over the weekend, police say. A 4-year old boy shot and killed the…

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Heartless? FG committee withdraws compensation for victims of Boko Haram attacks

by Rachel Ogbu Victims of Boko Haram attacks hoping to receive payment as compensation from the government might have their hopes shattered as The White Paper on the report of the…

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Shocking and sad: Man kills 10-year-old while cleaning gun, police say (VIDEO)

Authorities in Fairmont, N.C., say Christopher Stanlane, Jr., 10, was killed when he was shot by his father while the parent cleaned a shotgun. Authorities say a 10-year-old boy…

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Dark Sunday: Private jet crashes into homes in US neighbourhood (PHOTO)

A private jet apparently experiencing mechanical trouble crashed in South Bend, Indiana, hitting three homes and leaving two people aboard the plane dead. The crash injured two other people aboard…

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We now have a black eye – and more, in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze If you are new to this morning tonic, you can view previous pieces here. Truth is that while on the one hand the Prez exercised the powers accorded…

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“Sum1 paid me to kill you, get spared, 48hrs to pay $5000″: Australians hit by waves of scam text messages

Police across Australia warned mobile phone users Monday to ignore a text message sent to “a large number of people” threatening death if they did not pay Aus$5,000 (US$5,150). “Sum1…

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2nd sinkhole forms in Florida, 2 miles from one that killed Jeff Bush (PHOTO, WATCH)

This sinkhole formed Monday in Seffner, Fla., less than two miles from one that killed a man on Thursday. Officials in Seffner, Fla., are investigating a second sinkhole that…

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‘9-year-old’ mother is at least 12 – Mexican officials say

Authorities in the Mexican state of Jalisco say tests have revealed that a girl who gave birth two weeks ago is between 12 and 13 years of age, not…

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Tragedy: Family lose their 3 children (aged 10, 12, 14) in house fire in Sokoto

by Rachel Ogbu A father , Saidu Galadima was left devastated after his three children died in a fire disaster at Nakasarin Hardo in Sokoto South Local Government Area of…

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I cannot kill the truth, Amnesty to end in 2015 – Special Advisor to Jonathan

by Rachel Ogbu Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Hon. Kingsley Kuku, has warned that the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), special intervention by the Federal Government will terminate…

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Enugu governor, Sullivan Chime, discharged from London hospital

Indication emerged Wednesday that Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State may have been discharged from Wellington Hospital at St. John’s Wood, North West London, where he had an endoscopy operation.…

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Mali conflict: Nigerian troops lead West African contingent

France has increased its troop strength in Mali to 1,400 to help fight militant Islamists in the north, the French defence minister has said. Close to 200 Nigerian troops are…

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Cleaner steals a TRAIN and crashes it into a house at high speed (PHOTOS)

A cleaner has been arrested after stealing a train before it crashed at high speed into a house, Swedish officials say. The woman was seriously injured when the…

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Eko for show: Lagos is Nigeria’s richest state, while Sokoto is the poorest – NBS

by Rachel Ogbu Information obtained on the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) website reveals that Sokoto is the poorest state in Nigeia. According to reports, the northern state has 81.2 per cent poverty…

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President Jonathan visits Idris Wada in Abuja hospital, shuns journalists (SNAPSHOT)

President Goodluck Jonathan Monday visited Kogi State governor, Idris Wada, at the Cedarcrest Hospital, Abuja, where he was receiving treatment from injuries he sustained in the auto crash that claimed…

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No plan for any increase in fuel price- Presidency

by Rachel Ogbu Nigerians can drop their pitch forks and torches set for January 2013 fuel hike as the president has assured Nigerians that there were no plans to increase…

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News in a New Media Age: Even the New York Times got it wrong

by Margaret Sullivan “I always said that if I read it in The Times, it must be right,” she said. But that faith was broken last weekend. The media critic Jack…

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Yakowa’s widow, 6 others in the running to become Kaduna’s deputy governor

by Rachel Ogbu No fewer than seven people are in the running to succeed Yakowa’s deputy, Alhaji Ramalan Yero, who was sworn in on Sunday as the 19th governor of Kaduna state…

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6 brutal reasons why you are not yet married

by Tracy McMillan You want to get married. It’s taken a while to admit it. Saying it out loud — even in your mind — feels kind of desperate,…

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African City Monopoly Games comes to Lagos this December

by Rachel Ogbu Bestman Games prepares to launch the first African city edition of the game Monopoly. Bestman Games said come December 11, 2012, the City of Lagos Edition of Monopoly will portray…

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“No amount is too much”: Police to spend N2 billion to fight terrorism next year

by Rachel Ogbu Caleb Olubolade, minister of police affairs announced new year plans to fight terrorism in Nigeria, recently he said the Nigeria Police Force has reserved N2 billion for…

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Boko Haram: NYSC redeploys 800 corps members from Kano due to insecurity

by Rachel Ogbu The Kano State co-ordinator of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Alhaji Bashir Yakassai, announced that 800 out of the 2,129 posted to the state for this…

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Churches, Mosques, other non-for-profits to render accounts from 2013 – Financial Reporting Council

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) said it had designed an accounting system for churches, mosques and other not-for-profit organisations, adding that it will compel them to report their financial transactions…

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#SoFarSoGood: Dangote led Presidential Flood Relief Committee raises N11bn for flood victims

by Rachel Ogbu Aliko Dangote, co-chairman of the Dangote-Agbakoba Presidential Committee on Flood Relief and the Federal Government has donated to raise funds for flood victims. So far, the committee…

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Get rid of the cultists: President Jonathan says all unqualified UNIABUJA Students must be expelled

by Chi Ibe “The long legs have been cut short”- this was basically President Goodluck Jonathan’s message yesterday, 23 May, when he ordered that unqualified students of the University of…

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Another committee releases report: Nigerians hate books – All in last week’s news… with a pinch of salt

Books hate Nigerians A committee set up by government to look into the immediate and remote causes of any problem of its choice, has submitted its report which revealed that…

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Heard of the new ‘Skinny Jeans’ tax in Lagos? We present the news… upside down!

by Stanley Azuakola This week's news, with a pinch of salt! Lagos to Introduce New Taxes The Lagos state governor, Babatunde Fashola has assured Lagosians that his government’s recent doggedness…

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