by Dolapo Adelana A Senior Secondary school (SSS) 1 student of Abakaliki High School, Chinonso Nwokporo has drowned in an artificial lake located at the International Market, Abakaliki. According to The Nation, the body of Nwokporo, a native of Oriuzor in Ezza North local Government Area of the state, was found floating in the lake on... Read More

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September 7, 2016

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Military recovers corpses of 3 ‘Operation Crocodile Smile’ soldiers

The Nigerian military has recovered the bodies of three of the four soldiers who drowned on Monday after a boat conveying them and some military ammunition capsized along the waterways of Brass in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. According to ThisDay, the marine component of the military in conjunction with local divers began a... Read More

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August 25, 2016

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4 surveyors drown in Ekiti river (VIEWER DISCRETION)

Four surveyors lost their lives on Wednesday in Ekiti state after drowning in a river. The surveyors who came to the state for an inspection drowned after the boat they were sailing in capsized in the Egbe river. The victims were part of a seven-man survey team from the Development Dams and Irrigation Scheme in... Read More

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May 19, 2016

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Opinion: Not on fuel subsidy, Buhari!

“The royalists of the economic order have conceded that political freedom was the business of government, but they have maintained that economic slavery was nobody’s business.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 President Buhari was in faraway London to attend an Anti-Corruption Summit when the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, made a statement that Nigeria and... Read More

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August 18, 2015

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105 people shot, drowned by Boko Haram in a village in Yobe

Last week Thursday, Boko Haram insurgents attacked residents of Kukuwa-Gari village in Yobe state. The insurgents were said to have arrived on motorcycles and a car, after which they opened fire on the residents of the village. News of the attack failed to quickly get out, due to the absence of telecom masts around the village,... Read More

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May 13, 2015

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25-year-old man rapes 10-year-old girl to death in Ogun

by Chinwe Okafor Ishau Arowolo has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl, Sofiatu Akilolu, to death. According to reports by Punch, the incident apparently happened when the suspect decided to lurk in the bush in the community where he saw his soon to be victim and pounced on... Read More

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March 20, 2015

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What would you do? This man was forced to pick between his drowning ex and current girlfriend

by Chinwe Okafor After being dumped by her long-term boyfriend, 20-year-old Jun Tang decided to try a newer effective method to win her man back, News.com.au reports. Her campaign involved “hassling” her ex and also “pressuring” his new girlfriend, 22-year-old Rong Tsao, to dump him in turn. It all got very complicated, so the man in the... Read More

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September 29, 2014

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Tragic: 9-year-old boy drowns in Adamawa

by Akan Ido The body of a nine year old boy was found floating on the banks of the River Benue in Yola, Adamawa State, yesterday. The body was found by fishermen who were working in the area. His body was quickly recovered and taken to the shores of the river. Reports coming from Adamawa... Read More

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August 27, 2014

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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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July 7, 2014

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Sad news: Popular Ghanaian artiste drowns while trying to rescue his girlfriend (See Photo)

by S’ola Filani Popular Ghanaian Hiplife musician, Castro (a.k.a Theophilus Tagoe) reportedly drowned yesterday in the Aqua safari beach while trying to rescue his girlfriend yesterday. Reports say Castro, his girlfriend and a close friend (who is also a footballer for the Black Stars), Asamoah Gyan, had gone to Ada on a weekend rendezvous. The trio... Read More

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January 14, 2014

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Tragic: 2 teenage sisters drown in river while swimming in Imo

by ‘Jola Sotubo 2 teenage sisters in have drowned in Imo after they were swept away while swimming. The unidentified girls were said to have gone to the ‘Otammiri’ river along with their brother to wash their clothes. However, while they were swimming, they were overpowered by the current and succumbed to it. Their brother... Read More

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August 24, 2013

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Tragedy in Ogun as 3-year-old boy drowns in well

by Oge Okonkwo Tragedy struck on Wednesday at the Ofada area of Mowe, Ogun State, south-west Nigeria, when a three-year-old boy, Ola William, fell into an open well and drowned. According to reports, the little boy had just come back from his school’s tutorials and was playing around the vicinity when the incident happened. It was... Read More

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August 12, 2013

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Bar beach tragedy: Body of drowned teenager yet to be recovered – NEMA

by Akan Ido The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) yesterday said it is yet to recover the body of a teenager who drowned at the Lagos Bar Beach on Friday. According to the agency, the identity of the teenager is still not known because no-one has yet to come forward to complain of a missing... Read More

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March 1, 2013

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Just crazy! Woman drowns 9-year-old son fearing ‘his small penis would ruin his life’

An Indonesian mother was so concerned that her nine-year-old son’s small penis would ruin his life that she drowned him in the bath. Police in the capital Jakarta said today that the woman, 38, told them her son had a small penis before he was circumcised but that it was even smaller after the operation.... Read More

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February 7, 2013

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Tragic: NYSC member drowns in Cross River

Weekends in Ikom village, Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River State, are always busy with fishing, the major occupation of the villagers. It was not different penultimate Sunday as the villagers trooped to the river. Many were fishing. Some came to swim; others to wash their clothes. In the throng were some Corps members,... Read More

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October 20, 2012

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Tragedy: Scores of passengers drown in Ogun as bus plunges into river

by Isi Esene Thirty three bus passengers were reported to have died on Friday along the J4, Ogbere-Ijebu stretch of the Sagamu–Ore Expressway when their vehicle skidded-off the road and plunged into a river. It was learnt that three people survived the accident including a pregnant woman who was said to have hung between a... Read More

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August 28, 2012

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Tragic: Wedding dress and shoe of woman who plunged to death (See Photos)

Real estate agent Maria Pantazopoulos, 30, drowned after her dress got wet and she was dragged into the river near a ‘violently’ rushing waterfall in the Ouareau River near Dorwin Falls, north of Montreal, Canada. The newly married woman was posing for pictures on a rock when the tragic incident happened. Pantazopoulos slipped while she... Read More

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SSS1 student drowns in Ebonyi lake

Military recovers corpses of 3 ‘Operation Crocodile Smile’ soldiers

4 surveyors drown in Ekiti river (VIEWER DISCRETION)

Opinion: Not on fuel subsidy, Buhari!

105 people shot, drowned by Boko Haram in a village in Yobe

25-year-old man rapes 10-year-old girl to death in Ogun

What would you do? This man was forced to pick between his drowning ex and current girlfriend

Tragic: 9-year-old boy drowns in Adamawa

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

Sad news: Popular Ghanaian artiste drowns while trying to rescue his girlfriend (See Photo)

Tragic: 2 teenage sisters drown in river while swimming in Imo

Tragedy in Ogun as 3-year-old boy drowns in well

Bar beach tragedy: Body of drowned teenager yet to be recovered – NEMA

Just crazy! Woman drowns 9-year-old son fearing ‘his small penis would ruin his life’

Tragic: NYSC member drowns in Cross River

Tragedy: Scores of passengers drown in Ogun as bus plunges into river

Tragic: Wedding dress and shoe of woman who plunged to death (See Photos)

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