by Stanley Azuakola “Did that coffin not hold a soul, from which we should take example and fear? When the coffin of anyone passes by you – whether Jew, Christian or Muslim – rise to your feet.” Those rejoicing should heed the words of the Prophet and be ashamed of themselves. Kidnappers reject govt bailout... Read More

babatunde Fashola, death, Dettol, Goodluck Jonathan, Kidnapping, lagos, patrick yakowa

December 13, 2012

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Akintunde Oyebode: Be prepared (YNaija FrontPage)

For Bankole Taiwo, who is being buried today, we can only pray that the road rises to meet him and that until we meet again, may God hold him in the palm of his hand. For the work he did while he was among us, he deserves no less. I joined the Boys Scout in... Read More

Akintunde Oyebode`, Bankole Taiwo, death, Ife, TENT, Warri Makeover, YNaija Frontpage

November 23, 2012

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Amazing Coincidences – Strangers on a train, Monk to the rescue, others

by Stephen Wagner The world is filled with astonishing occurrences of coincidence and synchronicity that defy explanation. Are these incredible true stories of mere chance… or the hand of fate? Finnish twin brothers, aged 71, were killed in identical bicycle accidents along the same road two hours apart, police said. “This is simply a historic... Read More

coincidence, death, Kentucky, monk, Paranormal, twins

November 18, 2012

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Opinion: To whom it may concern, if I die

by Olabode Emmanuel Olawumi The question is; If I die, who killed my dream? If I die, who killed my dream? Is it: My country that didn’t put me in the best positions? My government that refused to make life comfortable for the common man by denying the masses and its electorate the basic social... Read More

Caesar, death, Finance Minister, life, NEPA, olympics

November 18, 2012

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Why always me?

by Sotonte Kingdom Sometimes, I don’t want to live anymore, but then again, I haven’t even seen much of this world. I want to stay, but they don’t want me to. Dear mirror on the wall, I have being keeping this to myself. But, I just can’t anymore. “She’s crazy,” everyone says. “I hate her,”... Read More

care, Comfort, death, depression, humanity, Love, peace

November 14, 2012

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TICKER: ‘Cat Man’ dies at 54, suicide suspected (PHOTOS, WATCH)

Dennis Avner, better known by his Native American name “Stalking Cat,” died on Nov. 5. He was 54. Avner, who underwent extensive body modification to transform himself into a big cat, is believed to have committed suicide in his hometown of Tonopah, Nev., the New York Daily News reports. The cause of his death has... Read More

Body Modification, Cat Man, death, Dennis Avner, Dennis Avner Dead, Obituaries, Stalking Cat, Stalking Cat Dead, tattoos, Video, Weird News

November 13, 2012

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TICKER: Tragic: Saudi religious preacher ‘beat daughter, 5, to death with whips and hot metal’

A five-year-old girl has died after her father – a ‘prominent religious scholar’ – allegedly beat her to death with ‘whips and hot metal’. Lamaa died in the intensive care unit of a Riyadh hospital in Saudi Arabia after months of ‘suffering from broken arms, [a] skull fracture and head bruises’. Al Arabiya news reported... Read More

'beat daughter, child abuse, death, Saudi religious preacher

November 5, 2012

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We did not kill Rashidi Yekini – Family

by Hauwa Gambo Following speculations that the family of late Super Eagles striker and legend, Rashidi Yekini, might have played a part in his death in May this year, his family has spoken up. “We did not kill Rashidi as it was widely publicised,” his younger sister, Rofiat, told Tribune at the wekeend. “What we... Read More

death, Rashidi Yekini

November 4, 2012

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Funmi Iyanda pays tribute to her friend, Remi Lagos: “At the end of the day Remi liked to go home alone. Always” (PHOTOS)

by Isi Esene As the style industry mourns the loss of the iconic Remi Osholake (Remi Lagos), TV host and writer, Funmi Iyanda this morning captured her dear friend’s loss in a way only she can. You get a powerful sense of the woman that Iyanda fondly refers to as just ‘Remikable’. –... Read More

cancer, chemotherapy, death, Funmi Iyanda, life, Remi 'Lagos' Osholake

November 3, 2012

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Andre Blaze: Dying to live (30 Days, 30 Voices)

You are nothing beyond your thoughts, so before you let that darkness, sweet, silent and peaceful as it seems to be, close in; ask yourself this – is this the death of a maybe, only-slightly-possible future or is it a suicide because you lost the dream just before it came true? “The second time death... Read More

achievement, death, depression, disappointment, hope, life, suicide, survival

October 27, 2012

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TICKER: Woman kills herself after her children, husband and new partner die in separate tragedies

A devastated mother committed suicide after her three children, husband and subsequent partner all died in separate tragedies. Patricia Gibbs, 67, felt ‘so alone’ when her son James Ellis, 33, was killed when his Yamaha motorbike collided with a van near Summercourt, Cornwall in June last year. He was the last of her three children... Read More

death, suicide

September 29, 2012

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Photo of the Day: You have been warned… forward that text or else …

by Chi Ibe Every wondered if anyone died from not forwarding an sms or an email or a Blackberry broadcast? Well, now you have a tombstone to prove it. Hilarious! A reader sent this in.

death, forwards

September 21, 2012

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Driver sentenced to death for murder of lecturer (after 12 years)

by Stanley Azuakola For murdering a lecturer and stealing his car, a driver, Kehinde Olude was sentenced to death on Thursday by a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja presided over by Justice Olubunmi Oyewole. Justice Oyewole, while giving his ruling, said he had examined the submissions of the prosecution led by Luqman Sanusi and... Read More

death, driver, hanging, high court, Ibadan, Joseph Oyewole, Kehinde Olude, Kogi, lagos, Luqman Sanusi, Murder, R A Adisa, sentence

September 17, 2012

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Francesca Uriri: Depression and suicide – A Nigerian story (30 Days, 30 Voices)

This isn’t one of those “let’s-hate-on-all-the-men” articles; this is a piece that seeks to shed light on the experiences of the present day, average, Nigerian woman. The Banker. The Writer. The Housewife. There is a chord that binds us all together, a chord that we share, first as women, then as anything else the society... Read More

counseling, death, depression, Francesca Uriri, rape, Religion, suicide

September 12, 2012

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Opinion: How social media would have changed New York on 9/11

by Dean Praetorius Social media would undoubtedly have painted a clearer picture of what happened inside the towers in 2001. On September 11, 2001, I had no idea if my parents were alive or dead. They didn’t work in the towers but like so many other commuting Long Islanders, it was far from implausible that either... Read More

911, Dean Praetorius, death, facebook, google news, social media, technology, tragedy

September 9, 2012

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TICKER: Former Iraqi vice president sentenced to death

Iraq’s fugitive vice president Tariq al-Hashemi has been sentenced to death in absentia after a court found him guilty of running death squads. The court ruling came as at least 45 people were killed in a wave of about 24 attacks across Iraq. Hashemi was the most senior Sunni Muslim in the predominantly Shia Iraqi... Read More

Al-maliki, death, hanging, Iraq, Sunni

September 9, 2012

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Sad: Driver tweeting about his drunk driving crashes killing four friends (Watch)

by Isi Esene Five friends died last weekend after one of them got behind the wheel of a car they were all riding in and drove drunk and recklessly, all while tweeting about it. Jonathan Watson, 21, was driving his 2005 Nissan Sentra at a high rate of speed after leaving a party in Ontario,... Read More

alcohol, california, Crash, death, drunk, Jonathan Watson, Nissan, tweet

September 9, 2012

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#DieYouPieceOfSh*t: Sixteen-year-old’s tweet at President Obama lands her in trouble

by Stanley Azuakola Remember this tweet: “Someone need to assassinate Obama… like ASAP. #DieYouPieceOFSh*t.” It was tweeted by a 16-year-old girl called Alyssa Douglas on Friday morning while President Obama was delivering his speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. We reported about it here, together with some other vicious tweets at... Read More

Alyssa Douglas, barack obama, death, Donte Jamar Sims, secret service, threat

September 8, 2012

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Temie Giwa: Simple justice (YNaija FrontPage)

In this country, we are awfully familiar with the horror of losing people to senseless deaths. We know just how senseless that plane crash was. Last week, I travelled by air from Kigali to Lagos. At takeoff, the engine of the plane I boarded suddenly had issues and was delayed for 45 minutes. After takeoff,... Read More

Dana Air, death, Justice, petition, plane crash, stella oduah, Temie Giwa

September 6, 2012

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Abimbola Adelakun: Death and the African leader

Ethiopian Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi, was buried on Sunday. Expectedly, there was a performance of grief and lots of adulatory expressions at the burial. From Jacob Zuma to Susan Rice, encomiums poured in. While some of the eulogies were touching, the truth is that he was just another sit-tight autocratic leader who spent 21 years... Read More

Abimbola Adelakun, African leaders, death, John Atta Mills, Meles Zenawi

September 3, 2012

Eromo Egbejule: Suppose the world ends today… (30 Days, 30 Voices)

I’d hate that I hadn’t tried to protest the actions or inactions of government and my fellow citizens and that indirectly I’d been involved in the demolition at Maroko and the eventual end of the world. Life is too short to “remove USB safely”. Or so I have heard. Remember that 2009 Roland Emmerich hit... Read More

2012, death, disaster, Eromo Egejule, life

August 31, 2012

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27 years at Vanguard: Colleagues pay tribute to Ogbonnaya Amadi

by Stanley Azuakola One of Nigeria’s finest entertainment writers is dead. Ogbonnaya Amadi, who until his death was the Group Entertainment Editor for Vanguard, passed away on Wednesday following an asthma attack. He was pronounced dead in a nearby hospital less than 30 minutes after he took ill. The news came as a shock to... Read More

asthma, death, Entertainment editor, Ogbonnaya Amadi, Vanguard

August 21, 2012

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Ethiopian Prime Minister Zenawi passes on

by Stanley Azuakola Only a month after the death of the late Ghanaian president, John Atta Mills, the prime minister of Ethiopia Meles Zenawi has been confirmed dead. He died at the age of 57 after weeks of illness. Read: Dele Momodu – An epitaph for President Atta Mills According to a government spokesman, Zenawi... Read More

Atta Mills, AU, Belgium, death, Ghana, illness, Kenya, Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister, Raila Odinga

August 17, 2012

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Mummy’s Girl: The breasts that suckled thee

by Onyinye Muomah I have never been a parent neither have I ever lost a kid, so I can only imagine. And I imagine a trauma that can lead only to insanity and even suicide. Ever been hit in a car by armed robbers while struck in traffic? My friend and I were once. Actually,... Read More

death, mother, Onyinye Muomah, pain, prayers, Robbery

August 11, 2012

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The banker didn’t murder anyone: Eyewitnesses deny LASTMA hit and run story

by Isi Esene There are indications that the LASTMA official, Hammed Balogun, who was allegedly run over by a female banker, Yinka Johnson, might actually have been hit by a reckless Danfo bus and not the banker as originally portrayed. The banker, according to the traffic authority, was said to have been driving against traffic... Read More

banker, death, hit and run, Lastma, traffic

July 29, 2012

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Gorilla accidentally kills himself while playing with climbing rope in zoo

by Adeniyi Abdul Tragedy struck at a Prague Zoo when a gorilla accidentally committed suicide this morning. 5-year-old Tatu had been playing with a climbing rope in the gorilla wing when he ended up hanging himself by mistake. Zookeepers believe Tatu unbraided one of the dozens of ropes the gorillas use in their pavilion for climbing... Read More

Czech Republic, death, Gorilla, Prague, tatu

July 28, 2012

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Dele Momodu: An epitaph for President Atta Mills

by Dele Momodu Fellow Africans, please permit me to pay this special tribute to our departed hero, a great son of Africa, world scholar, seasoned administrator, experienced politician, humble and transparently honest leader, eloquent and articulate speaker, decent manager of men and resources, respectable and respected statesman, father of the nation and above all a God-fearing soul, Professor John Evans Fifi Atta Mills... Read More

Atta Mills, death, Dele Momodu, epitaph, Ghana, nigeria, president

July 8, 2012

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Death at a Funeral: Senator dies this afternoon in Plateau

by Hauwa Gambo A serving senator of the Federal Republic has been murdered this afternoon. Senator Gyang Datong (Plateau North, PDP) has been shot dead by gunmen while attending a funeral in the state on Sunday, Daily Times reports. Abraham Yiljap, the state’s commissioner of Information, confirmed the assassination in a statement. Gyang Fulani, a member of... Read More

burial, death, funeral, jos, kinsmen, plateau, senator

Kidnappers reject govt bailout… in last week’s news with a pinch of salt

Akintunde Oyebode: Be prepared (YNaija FrontPage)

Amazing Coincidences – Strangers on a train, Monk to the rescue, others

Opinion: To whom it may concern, if I die

Why always me?

TICKER: ‘Cat Man’ dies at 54, suicide suspected (PHOTOS, WATCH)

TICKER: Tragic: Saudi religious preacher ‘beat daughter, 5, to death with whips and hot metal’

We did not kill Rashidi Yekini – Family

Funmi Iyanda pays tribute to her friend, Remi Lagos: “At the end of the day Remi liked to go home alone. Always” (PHOTOS)

Andre Blaze: Dying to live (30 Days, 30 Voices)

TICKER: Woman kills herself after her children, husband and new partner die in separate tragedies

Photo of the Day: You have been warned… forward that text or else …

Driver sentenced to death for murder of lecturer (after 12 years)

Francesca Uriri: Depression and suicide – A Nigerian story (30 Days, 30 Voices)

Opinion: How social media would have changed New York on 9/11

Ugodre talks Figures: Who owns your facebook account when you die?

TICKER: Former Iraqi vice president sentenced to death

Sad: Driver tweeting about his drunk driving crashes killing four friends (Watch)

#DieYouPieceOfSh*t: Sixteen-year-old’s tweet at President Obama lands her in trouble

Temie Giwa: Simple justice (YNaija FrontPage)

Abimbola Adelakun: Death and the African leader

Eromo Egbejule: Suppose the world ends today… (30 Days, 30 Voices)

27 years at Vanguard: Colleagues pay tribute to Ogbonnaya Amadi

Opinion: Death by social media – Matters arising

Ethiopian Prime Minister Zenawi passes on

Mummy’s Girl: The breasts that suckled thee

The banker didn’t murder anyone: Eyewitnesses deny LASTMA hit and run story

Gorilla accidentally kills himself while playing with climbing rope in zoo

Dele Momodu: An epitaph for President Atta Mills

Death at a Funeral: Senator dies this afternoon in Plateau

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