Thirty people have reportedly died after an auto accident on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Thursday night. Spokesman for the Federal Road Safety Corps, Bisi Kazeem, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abuja on Friday. Kazeem said the accident occurred at about 8pm at Km 95 around the Elebolo Quary Area on the Ibadan axis of... Read More

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August 12, 2017

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Just In: Car crashes into protesters in Charlottesville

A vehicle has plowed into a group of counter-protesters at a white nationalist rally Charlottesville, Virginia. Some white supremacists had staged a rally protesting the planned removal of the statue of Gen Robert E Lee from Charlottesville. State authorities had been forced to declare a state of emergency after a clash between the nationalists and... Read More

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August 10, 2017

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2 female passengers trapped as bus crashes into shops in London

It was a horrific experience in the early hours of Thursday on a busy Street in London after a bus ploughed into a shop, leaving several passengers injured. Eye witnesses disclosed that commuters were pinned to their seats and trapped on the top deck of the bus causing a sight of “a lot of blood”... Read More

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June 28, 2017

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Former Taraba gov, Suntai is dead

Former governor of Taraba State, Danbaba Suntai, is dead. Suntai had been paralysed after sustaining brain injuries, after an helicopter crash at the Yola airport in 2012. The former governor reportedly died in the US. He had been unconscious since the crash of the helicopter. A former commissioner of information in the state, Emmanuel Bello, confirmed the... Read More

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May 11, 2017

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“I’m still coughing and sneezing blood after three weeks” | 5 things we learned from Mercy Aigbe’s new interview

Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe has been the subject of a marriage controversy that is characterized by domestic violence, abuse and allegations of cheating. In an exclusive interview with Broadway TV, Mercy Aigbe told of how and why she has had to cope with abuse from her husband, Lanre Gentry before finally going public few weeks... Read More

Thinking Through

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April 29, 2017

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“How can my wife still stay with me if I beat her everyday?” | Mercy Aigbe’s husband reacts to marriage crash reports

by Tolu.O Lanre Gentry, husband of Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe-Gentry has continued to defend himself following allegations of domestic violence that have trailed the couple since Friday. Mr Gentry again took to the comments section of Linda Ikeji’s Blog to reiterate that the reports are false. He wrote, “How can wife that in my... Read More

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April 29, 2017

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5 shocking details from Mercy Aigbe’s unfolding marriage drama

Yesterday Friday started off on a fairly good note and while everyone prepared for the usual pre-weekend turnup, we stumbled on the most unprecedented news of the week. Nollywood sweetheart, Mercy Aigbe’s seven-year marriage had just crashed. There was no way to prepare for something like this. The reports claim her husband, Lanre Gentry had... Read More

Thinking Through

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January 29, 2017

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Woman commits suicide over MMM crash

A Benue woman, Glorai Samson has committed suicide over the loss of her investments in ponzi scheme, Mavrodi Mondial Moneybox (MMM). Gloria who has a husband and two children was said to have invested a N400,000 loan she procured into the ponzi scheme. The deceased reportedly apologized to her children on December 28 and also... Read More

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December 13, 2016

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Do you have friends in MMM Nigeria? Here are 5 things you should be saying to them today

Earlier today, the most popular Ponzi scheme in Nigeria – Mavrodi Mondial Moneybox (MMM), got shut down for a month and it has been near pandemonium everywhere. If you are not in the scheme, you definitely have one, two, three or more friends with spare cash in the scheme. It’s the best time to be a... Read More

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December 13, 2016

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Dear Nigerians, @AATSarumi wants you to believe MMM Nigeria didn’t crash…

Word on the streets has it that MMM has crashed but wait no… Before you die of a heart attack, this Twitter user has a precise explanation of what went wrong with him. By defining the simple process by which Ponzi schemes crash, he explains why MMM users need to not fret. Fellas, MMM didn't... Read More

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December 13, 2016

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The Thread: MMM- the suspension before the crash

So MMM Nigeria has decided to put their operations on pause until after the holidays. It’s anyone’s guess what the participants in the scheme think about this, especially as this season is prime spending time and people must have been banking on that money. See reactions to this announcement below: what happened to MMM —... Read More

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October 11, 2016

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The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

These are the top five stories you should monitor today. Price of rice will begin to crash by November – FG The Federal Government on Monday said the price of rice will begin to crash starting from November this year. 2. Lagos school kidnap: Kidnappers give families 48-hour ultimatum Families of those kidnapped in a school... Read More

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September 2, 2016

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Opinion: Sosoliso – a painful crash with a combination of bad decisions

by Anthony Omoh To say the Sosoliso Airline crash is Nigeria’s saddest crash is not an understatement given the fact that it took with it no fewer than 50 children and some notable personalities plus all the melee that happened post crash when it was time to pay compensation to the victims’ family. Sosoliso crash... Read More

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June 13, 2016

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Federal Government’s job website, N-Power crashes

The website set up by the federal government for the recruitment of 500,000 teachers has crashed following massive visits from prospective applicants. The website, www.portal.npower.gov.ng, crashed on Sunday -the same day the recruitment process began- due to heavy traffic. When visited, the website shows the following message “An error occurred. Sorry, the page you are... Read More

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May 22, 2016

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Wreckage from crashed EgyptAir MS804 found (PHOTOS)

Investigations are still ongoing into the tragic crash of EgyptAir MS804 on Thursday, May 19. Parts of the wreckage from the crash are still being recovered from the sea. The EgyptAir plane had aboard 66 people and was headed to Cairo from Paris before it vanished from the radar. The plane was subsequently found to have... Read More

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May 19, 2016

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Wreckage of crashed EgyptAir Plane found

Wreckage of the crashed EgyptAir plane has been found, says the Egyptian ministry of civil aviation. This was contained in a statement posted on the Facebook page of EgyptAir. “EgyptAir resource stated that the Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation has just received an official letter from the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs that confirms the finding... Read More

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May 19, 2016

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#EygptAir: Plane allegedly crashed into the Mediterranean (UPDATE)

Egyptian civil aviation department and officials of EgyptAir believe that the missing EgyptAir plane crashed into the Mediterranean sea between Greece and Egypt. According to Reuters, a senior aviation source privy to the situation said “the theory that the plane crashed and fell is now confirmed after the preliminary search and after it did not... Read More

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April 2, 2016

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Huge traffic from unemployed Nigerians crashes Police websites

Following the announcement of enlistment into the Nigeria Police Force, hordes of unemployed Nigerians and other potential candidates surged onto the two online police portals for the registration. The huge amount of traffic witnessed by www.psc.gov.ng and www.npf.gov.ng, forced the portals to crash and according to Punch Newspapers, they both remained inaccessible for most part... Read More

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February 4, 2016

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Bristow barred from using model of crashed helicopter

Following the crash-landing incident of Wednesday, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has suspended the operation of Bristow Helicopters Limited’s Sikorsky S-76C++ aircraft type. The suspension is to enable the NCAA carry out a full scale audit on Bristow’s operations with particular emphasis on the Sikorsky S-76C++ type. This was disclosed by the Director General... Read More

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February 3, 2016

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Another Bristow helicopter with ’13 people aboard’ crashes in Lagos

Another Bristow helicopter has reportedly crashed in Lagos. It was gathered that the chopper disappeared from radar after it took off from the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja on Wednesday morning. The Port Harcourt-bound helicopter is suspected to have crashed into the Lagos lagoon. It was reported that all 13 passengers on-board survived as they floated on... Read More

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January 14, 2016

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Naira nosedives to lowest figure in 43 years, sells at N305 per dollar

At the close of trading on Wednesday, January 13, the Nigerian foreign exchange and stock market had sunk to a new low. The Nigerian currency- the Naira- crashed to it’s lowest figure in 43 years at N305 per dollar. Although the Naira was trading at N287 per dollar on Tuesday, the parallel market exchange rate... Read More

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October 11, 2015

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Why Nigerian Airforce fighter jet crashed in Yola

A Nigerian Airforce fighter jet crashed on Saturday, around Hong, Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State. The pilot of the aircraft lost his life in the crash, says the Airforce. According to the Director of Public relations of the Nigerian Airforce, Air Commodore Dele Alonge, the fighter jet crashed due to bad weather while... Read More

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August 29, 2015

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Airforce plane crashes in Kaduna (UPDATE)

The Nigerian Airforce has confirmed the crash of its Dornier-228 aircraft into a house at Ribadu Cantonment, Kaduna. We reported earlier on this. The Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Airforce, Dele Alonge has confirmed that all seven people onboard died in the crash but no one on the ground was killed. He said,... Read More

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August 29, 2015

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Air Force plane crashes in Kaduna

An Air Force Training flight crashed into Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Officers Quarters, Kaduna on Saturday morning leaving seven reportedly dead. Those on board the flight which crashed at about 6. 47am included three passengers as well as the pilot, co-pilot, and two engineers. It was learnt that the Abuja bound flight crashed about ten... Read More

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August 12, 2015

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Photos from the scene of the Lagos lagoon helicopter crash

A helicopter was reported to have crashed into the Lagos Lagoon beneath the third mainland bridge today, August 12. See pictures from the scene of the incident below;

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March 24, 2015

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Germanwings airliner crashes in France with 148 passengers on board

by Chinwe Okafor A passenger plane flying from Barcelona to Dusseldorf has reportedly crashed in France leaving all 142 passengers and up to eight crew feared dead. French President Francois Hollande fears that the Airbus A320 which came down in the southern French Alps, may not hold surviving passenger. Addressing media League Against Cancer headquarters in France, Hollande said it... Read More

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November 9, 2014

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How I survived Virgin Galactic spacecraft crash – Pilot

by Akan Ido Peter Siebold, the pilot who survived the crash of Virgin Galactic’s experimental spacecraft has described his survival as a “miracle”. Siebold told the Daily Sun that he must have momentarily lost consciousness as soon as the spacecraft broke in two mid air but he later came to during the fall. The father of two narrated... Read More

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July 23, 2014

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We are still looking for the technician’s body – DMO on crashed helicopter

By Godwin Akanfe The Defence Headquarters has announced that the military has so far recovered only one body from the site of the crashed Nigerian Air Force helicopter close to Bama in Borno state. An Air Force Mi-35 helicopter which was on a training mission last Monday had gone down die to a technical fault,... Read More

Borno State, Crash, helicopter crash, mishap, Nigerian Air Force

June 22, 2014

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“Some marriages work, others do not”: Actress, Juliet Ibrahim announces split from husband

by S’ola Filani After several denials, Ghanaian actress Juliet Ibrahim has finally confirmed that her marriage has crashed. In a statement sent to GhanaCelebrities.com, Juliet Ibrahim says she has found it necessary to let her fans know today that, she is no more married to Kwadwo Safo. She also let them know that the marriage... Read More

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’30 killed’ in Lagos-Ibadan expressway crash

Just In: Car crashes into protesters in Charlottesville

2 female passengers trapped as bus crashes into shops in London

Former Taraba gov, Suntai is dead

“I’m still coughing and sneezing blood after three weeks” | 5 things we learned from Mercy Aigbe’s new interview

“How can my wife still stay with me if I beat her everyday?” | Mercy Aigbe’s husband reacts to marriage crash reports

5 shocking details from Mercy Aigbe’s unfolding marriage drama

Woman commits suicide over MMM crash

Do you have friends in MMM Nigeria? Here are 5 things you should be saying to them today

Dear Nigerians, @AATSarumi wants you to believe MMM Nigeria didn’t crash…

The Thread: MMM- the suspension before the crash

The Big 5: These are the stories you should be monitoring today

Opinion: Sosoliso – a painful crash with a combination of bad decisions

Federal Government’s job website, N-Power crashes

Wreckage from crashed EgyptAir MS804 found (PHOTOS)

Wreckage of crashed EgyptAir Plane found

#EygptAir: Plane allegedly crashed into the Mediterranean (UPDATE)

Huge traffic from unemployed Nigerians crashes Police websites

Bristow barred from using model of crashed helicopter

Another Bristow helicopter with ’13 people aboard’ crashes in Lagos

Naira nosedives to lowest figure in 43 years, sells at N305 per dollar

Why Nigerian Airforce fighter jet crashed in Yola

Airforce plane crashes in Kaduna (UPDATE)

Air Force plane crashes in Kaduna

Photos from the scene of the Lagos lagoon helicopter crash

Germanwings airliner crashes in France with 148 passengers on board

How I survived Virgin Galactic spacecraft crash – Pilot

We are still looking for the technician’s body – DMO on crashed helicopter

“Some marriages work, others do not”: Actress, Juliet Ibrahim announces split from husband

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