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September 18, 2014

@Survivor71: The law is the law, the wages for mutiny soldiers is death

by Buki Otuyemi Nigeria is an amazing country filled with the most wonderful people, most of whom exhibit the oddest of traits that defies all forms of logic, theories or tinges of normalcy as you might expect it. Our leaders are simply wonderful creatures who think they are ruling a bunch of morons and I... Read More

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September 18, 2014

@MichaelOrodare: Is Nigeria’s opposition on the way to the cemetery? (Y! Politico)

by Michael Orodare A friend asked me recently, “are you sure there is going to be an election in 2015?” Surprised, I asked him why the question and he replied “because there’s no sign in town that an election is going to hold in Nigeria. Signs like hundreds of posters that must have flooded the... Read More

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September 16, 2014

Family of 5 die of suffocation in Lagos (GRAPHIC PHOTOS)

by Akan Ido Five members of a single family have lost their lives after inhaling power generator fumes at the Ipoyewa community, Ikorodu, Lagos. The bodies of a man, his wife and three children were found on Friday with neighbours suspecting they had suffocated due after inhaling the toxic fumes. According to neighbours, the unidentified... Read More

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September 16, 2014

“They killed my daughter” || Landlord machetes two tenants in Aba

by Azubuike Azikiwe Police officers of the Ndiegoro Division, Aba, Abia state, have arrested Emmanuel Ndukwe, a landlord, for cutting down two of his tenants with a machete. The incident happened at 2, Ogechi Street, off Ohanku road, after Ndukwe accused his tenant and his wife of being responsible for the death of his 7-year-old daughter.... Read More

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September 15, 2014

Not yet Uhuru: Ebola epidemic will rage for another 12 to 18 months – Experts

by Akan Ido Contrary to World Health Organization (WHO) report indicating a 9 month window for containing the Ebola virus, American scientists report that this may take far longer than that. Epidemiologists in the United States arrived at a 12-18 months figure after creating models of the epidemic for the National Institutes of Health and the Defense... Read More

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September 9, 2014

4-year-old boy crushed to death by a cupboard in Lagos

by Akan Ido A four year old boy, Emmanuel Ore-Ofe Saheed, has been crushed to death by a cupboard around the Ayobo area of Lagos. The tragic incident reportedly happened on September 4 at his residence on Anishere street. The toddler was said to have been crushed under the weight of the heavy cupboard killing... Read More

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September 9, 2014

Raped to death: Man dies after having sex with 6 wives

by Azubuike Azikiwe A man has died in Benue state after being forced to have sexual intercourse with all of his six wives. The deceased, Uroko Onoja, a wealthy businessman in Ogbadibo LGA of the state, was reportedly having sex with the youngest of his wives, when the other five spouses stormed in, armed with... Read More

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September 5, 2014

#RIP Joan Rivers: The 10 funniest quotes she ever uttered

by Kolapo Olapoju American comic, Joan Rivers gave up the ghost on Thursday, 4 September, after suffering a cardiac arrest during throat surgery on her vocal cords at an outpatient clinic in New York on 28 August. Over the course of her life and career, the legendary comedian was hilarious, blunt, brash and brutally expressive... Read More

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September 4, 2014

Rudolf Okonkwo: Is there life beyond this one?

by Rudolf Okonkwo After taking off on March 2, 2004, over ten years ago, and travelling 6 billion kilometres, last month a European spacecraft called Rosetta orbited the nucleus of comet 67P otherwise called Churyumor Gerasimenko. It was the first man-made object to essentially catch a comet, often referred to as the solar system’s most mysterious... Read More

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September 3, 2014

Ex-Kogi commissioner perishes in car accident

by Segun Oni Grace Elebiyo, the immediate past Commissioner for Education in Kogi State has died. Elebiyo who, before the accident, participated in Governor Idris Wada’s ongoing “thank you” tour of Kaba died along the the Kabba-Okene road today. Reports say the accident was cause by overspeeding on the part of the victim’s driver... Read More

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September 3, 2014

How Deputy British high commissioner slumped and died in Lagos airport

by Azubuike Azikiwe The Deputy British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Peter Leslie Carter, is dead. He died yesterday at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport. Carter died shortly after arriving from the United States aboard an American Airline, Delta Air Lines between 3-4pm. Sources said he took ill while on board, while a security official at... Read More

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September 2, 2014

#Ebola: 19-year-old student suspected of Ebola in Kaduna || Another person dies in Abuja

by Azubuike Azikiwe A 19-year-old Law student at the Ahmadu Bello University has been quarantined after being suspected of carrying the Ebola virus disease in Kaduna. Bilyaminu Umar, the spokesman for the, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, confirmed the case on Monday, 1 September. He revealed that the student was diagnosed at ABUTH, Shika, Zaria.... Read More

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September 2, 2014

Ebola: Panic in LUTH as patient dies mysteriously

by Isi Esene There was panic among patients and medical personnel working at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) as a yet to be identified patient suspected to be infected with the Ebola virus died in the early hours of today. The patient was brought to the hospital by medical staff working at the Murtala... Read More

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September 1, 2014

Don’t sweat it: Bayelsa denies rumours of Ebola in town

by Isi Esene The Bayelsa health commissioner, Dr. Ayebatonye Owei, has dispelled rumours of an Ebola virus case in the state. Reacting to insinuations that three Ebola cases were recorded over the weekend at the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital, Okolobiri, one of the isolation centres in the state, Owei said those were merely rumours.... Read More

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September 1, 2014

Mayowa Ogundele: Are spiritual attacks exclusive to Nigeria? (Y! Superblogger)

by Mayowa Ogundele Our neighbour, Baba Ore, died on Friday and no thanks to the fear of Ebola, he had to be buried hastily- on Saturday evening. I won’t be surprised if it had to be so because the hospitals or mortuary had refused to keep his corpse, the way they rejected that of a... Read More

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September 1, 2014

Police inspector dies after fight with wife in Lagos

by Isi Esene Daniel Danjuma, a police inspector, died on Thursday at the Ijeh Police Baracks, Obalende, Lagos after having a fight with his wife. The late police officer who was attached to a division in the Apapa area of Lagos was said to have fallen from the balcony of a two-storey building. He was... Read More

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August 27, 2014

Tragic: Man drowns while trying to rescue his son in Ogun

by Isi Esene Oluwagbeminija Rhodes, a middle-aged commercial bus driver drowned in Abeokuta, Ogun State on Monday while trying to save his son. The deceased was said to have taken his vehicle for washing on the banks of the Ogun River in Lafenwa in the company of his eight-year-old son, Gbeminiyi. He reportedly tried... Read More

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August 27, 2014

15-year-old boy electrocuted to death while listening to music on a charging mobile phone

by Kolapo Olapoju A 15 year old boy, Junior Abia died of electric shock while listening to music on his mobile phone through his earpiece, as the device was being charged The incident occurred on Friday, 8 August, in Okesa area of Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti. Reports say that the victim’s elder brother, Chibuzor ran into the room, when he... Read More

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August 26, 2014

The tallest man in the world dies (PICTURED)

by Damilola Jagun Leonid Stadnyk, adjudged by the Guinness book of world record as the tallest man in the world in 2007, has reportedly passed on. 44-year-old Stadnyk, standing at 8ft 4 inches died on Sunday, 24 August. He suffered a haemorrhage following complications from persistent health problems. Stadnyk was from the Ukrainian village... Read More

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August 24, 2014

Deji Asiru-Balogun: 11 things you probably dont know about pet deaths (Y! Superblogger)

by Deji Asiru-Balogun When humans die, the sense of sight is the first to go and hearing is the last. The same is thought to be true for dogs and cats. 1. Pets die with their eyes open. It takes active muscle control to close the eyes. (The same is true of humans.) 2.... Read More

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August 24, 2014

SAD! 2face Idibia loses 68-year-old father to prostrate cancer

by Kolapo Olapoju In a sad development, Michael Agbo Idibia, the father of iconic Nigerian singer, 2face Idibia, has passed on. He reportedly gave up the ghost on Saturday, 23 August, in an Abuja hospital, where he had been hospitalised for days, after battling with prostrate cancer. 2face had earlier announced on 8 June, at... Read More

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August 20, 2014

Pope Francis says he has two or three years more [DETAILS]

by Chidi Okoye The head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis has implied that he may have only two or three years remaining in office. He said this while speaking to journalists aboard his jet as he returned to Italy from a trip to South Korea on Tuesday, 19 August. According to Mainonline, Pope Francis said he... Read More

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August 20, 2014

“Nigeria should sanction America over Dr Adadevoh’s death”: Top 10 tweet tributes (READ)

by Kolapo Olapoju As first reported by YNaija, Dr Ameyo Stella Adadevoh of First Consultants Hospital has died from the Ebola Virus Disease. Since the news of her death hit the public sphere, social media users have been writing tributes about the doctor who single-handedly saved the country from the Ebola epidemic by refusing to... Read More

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August 19, 2014

Dr Ameyo Adadevoh succumbs to Ebola Virus Disease

by Kolapo Olapoju Dr Ameyo Stella Adadevoh of First Consultants Hospital has died from the Ebola Virus Disease, which she contracted after attending to Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian/American who brought the disease into Nigeria. Our sources say she died this afternoon, Tuesday, 19 August, 2014, at an isolation centre where she had been quarantined along with other doctors... Read More

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August 16, 2014

Ebola, bringer of pain and despair: The Liberian experience (PHOTOS)

by Azubuike Azikiwe Ebola came, and gloom reigned across several West African nations! Of all these countries, Liberia is the most affected with a death toll of 413 people, and counting. American Photographer, John Moore went to the city of Monrovia to take snap shots of the dejected and pitiable state of those affected by the... Read More

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August 15, 2014

People spreading lies about me should stop or… | T.B Joshua spits fire on Ebola

by Kolapo Olapoju Founder of Synagogue Church of all Nations, T.B Joshua has denied being behind the rumours of salt-water being a cure for the deadly Ebola virus disease. The Pastor also said the rumours about a Liberian man who came to his church for deliverance and subsequently died of Ebola is false and malicious. While... Read More

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August 15, 2014

Opinion: #Ebola- The handshake is now a symbol of death

by John Dania In Nigeria today, many dread this deadly virus so much so that no one wants to shake hands with friends or loved ones. Ebola first appeared in 1976 in 2 simultaneous outbreaks, in Nzara, Sudan, and in Yambuku, Democratic Republic of Congo. The latter was in a village situated near the Ebola... Read More

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August 12, 2014

Opinion: Why we should not be worried about Ebola

by Chike Ihekweazu Do not panic. Dealing with the outbreak itself is hard enough; dealing with panicking public will be disastrous. The outbreak can be contained by doing “simple” things diligently and consequently. Prologue: We are putting up this post as a result of increasing demand for information on this disease. As of today, the 7th... Read More

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August 11, 2014

Ebola: Jonathan says you should stop attending burials

by Azubuike Azikiwe President Goodluck Jonathan has warned Nigerians to be mindful of attending burial ceremonies. He gave this warning in Abuja during a conference organised by the Interfaith Initiative For Peace in Abuja while responding to some children who had during their presentation asked the government and religious leaders to help them end insurgency and the... Read More

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August 11, 2014

BUSTED: ‘Kill & Bury’, 5 others paraded by the SSS for murder in Ebonyi

by Isi Esene Six suspects, Ebere Ukpai Nnachi (aka Kill and Bury), Odichimma Osuji, Chukwudi Nwamara, Amos Obasi, Peter Nwanna and Adamu Suleiman were paraded by State Security Service (SSS) operatives in Ebonyi during the weekend over the kidnap and brutal murder of Ihebunandu Okorie. Okorie was until his death the former Coordinator of Okposi Development... Read More

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