by Rachel Ogbu A fire in Lagos has left a family terribly devastated after their six-year-old son died while sleeping in one of the flats. On Tuesday night at about 9pm, the fire started and 10 rooms in the building located at 3, Ogunde Street, off Somori, Iyana-Ifako were said to have been affected. The... Read More

Iyana-Ifako, Lagos fire, Lagos state fire service, tragedy

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Ismaeel Ahmed: The tragedy of moral incompetence (Y! Policy Hub)

by Ismaeel Ahmed A society, any society, may be able to survive all kinds of infractions like a corrupt politician, an ineffective police force, an inept civil servant, but no society can survive a compromised or corrupt judiciary, at least not for a long time. Peter Drucker once opined that, to think that a quality product... Read More

incompetence, Ismaeel Ahmed, Judiciary, Moral, Peter Druker, tragedy, Y! Policy Hub

October 11, 2013

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Opinion: Coast of Italy – Where lofty dreams go to die

by Abdul Tejan-Cole Until Africa creates opportunities for its youths, Lampedusa will be a graveyard of dreams for hundreds of migrants, and not the beautiful island with crystal-clear sea and snow-white beaches that many Europeans know it as. It has happened yet again. A fishing boat carrying an estimated 500 migrants mainly from Somalia and... Read More

Abdul Tejan-Cole, africa, death, europe, Lampedusa, opinion, tragedy, Tunisia, waters

September 10, 2013

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Tragedy as 5-month-old baby dies after his father forgot him inside family car

A 5-month-old baby boy was pronounced dead Monday after police say he was forgotten in his father’s SUV outside the family’s California home. Deputies who responded to the scene in Carson yesterday afternoon broke the rear window of the vehicle and attempted to revive the infant, but to no avail. The parents of the victim,... Read More

baby boy, dies, Family Home, father, forgot, parked, SUV, tragedy

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

baby, drown, mother, ofada, Ogun, Ola William, tragedy, well

August 10, 2013

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Eid-el-fitri tragedy: Teenage boy drowns at Lagos Bar Beach

An unidentified teenager drowned at the Bar Beach, Lagos as revellers celebrated Eid-el-fitri in the area on Friday. A fun seeker, who witnessed the incident and identified himself simply as Michael, said there was a heavy traffic of persons at the beach while there were only two live guards on duty. It is usual in metropolitan cities... Read More

Bar Beach, boy, drowns, Eid-el-fitri, national celebrations, teenage, tragedy

August 6, 2013

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Horrific: Dozens watch as man leaps to his death from LA apartment

A man tragically jumped to his death from the Alexandria Hotel in downtown Los Angeles on Monday afternoon. Detective Gus Villanueva with the the Los Angeles Police Department said the unidentified man leapt at 3.55 p.m. and that when fire department first responders arrived at 3.58 p.m. he was already dead. According to LA’s City News Service... Read More

apartment block, death, dozens of horrified witnesses, Gus Villanueva, leaps, man, tragedy

August 4, 2013

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Dele Sobowale: Gen. Alabi-Isama versus Obasanjo – Will a duel follow?

by Dele Sobowale From the gang-up at the book launch, it would appear that Baba Iyabo is on his own. For once, OBJ has my sympathies and if there is going to be a duel, I wish him good luck. No soldier wants to be called a “coward” for God’s sake. “There is such... Read More

Adedibu, Alabi Isama, Bayelsa, civil war, Dele Sobowale, Edo, forum, Governor Dickson, Ibadan, Kogi, My Command, olusegun obasanjo, opinion, PDP, thugs, tragedy, victory, war, ynaija

July 15, 2013

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Sad: Woman dies swimming across the English Channel to raise money for charity

Susan Taylor, 34, died as she neared the end of a charity swim across the English Channel Friends of a British woman who died swimming the English Channel for charity soon realised something had gone wrong when her online progress tracker stopped updating. Susan Taylor, 34, collapsed suddenly as she neared the end of her... Read More

Channel, charity, facebook, Horrified, online, progress tracker, Susan Taylor, swim, tragedy, woman

July 14, 2013

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AWFUL: 11-year-old girl hangs herself in shocking suicide, reasons unknown

It was a dark and gloomy day in Salt Pond Gardens, St Catherine, yesterday where residents were still trying to come to terms with the gruesome death of an 11-year-old child, whose body was found hanging from a rope in the community on Wednesday. The child has been identified as Shania McPherson, who was a ... Read More

hanging from a rope, Shania McPherson, suicide, tragedy

May 16, 2013

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Tragedy: 2 children found alone with their mother’s corpse at this idyllic beach, father missing at sea (PICTURED)

Two young children were found alone on an Australian beach today after the body of their mother was washed ashore and their father remained missing. The parents had set out in a dinghy for a snorkelling expedition off the coast of Western Australia, leaving the children, a 10-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl, on the... Read More

beach, children, snorkeling, tragedy

May 12, 2013

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Terrible: Man killed by telecoms mast in Lagos (GRAPHIC IMAGES)

by Chi Ibe A communication mast has killed a man in Lagos after it crashed to the ground during a heavy rainfall in Lagos. The 52 year old man called Adeolu Adeleke who was a road-side trader passed away at the scene in the Marina Car Park, Lagos Island, on Friday May 10. The mast was said... Read More

communication mast, lagos rain, tragedy

February 16, 2013

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Valentine’s Day tragedy: Truck crushes 2 undergraduates to death (GRAPHIC PHOTOS)

It was a pathetic sight at Okesa area of Ado Ekiti on Thursday, Valentine’s Day as two undergraduates met their death when a sand truck crushed them after they had fallen in a motorcycle accident in the area. The tragedy, which occurred at about 4:00... Read More

crush, DAY, tragedy, truck, undergraduate, Valentine

November 5, 2012

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Super-sweet: How mothers welcomed babies in the midst of Superstorm Sandy (WATCH)

Even when everything seems to crumble, there’s still a reason to be thankful. It’s a really difficult when mother nature takes the life of somebody you love. There is nobody to be angry with, to lock up or get justice from. When Hurricane Sandy hit New York city, it took away about 74 tragic fatalities... Read More

childbirth, delivery, Hurricane Sandy, tragedy

November 4, 2012

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TICKER: Grief: Advertising’s Lord Saatchi says he eats breakfast at his wife’s tomb everyday

Advertising magnate Lord Maurice Saatchi has spoken of the unbearable grief of losing his wife to cancer and how he visits her tomb each morning to have breakfast with her. The 66-year-old says Josephine Hart’s death has been so painful for him that he still sets a place out for her during meal times. And... Read More

love and relationships, tragedy

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

June 6, 2012

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#DanaCrash: Dana Air releases statement of condolence

Dana Air released a statement yesterday, over the tragic plane crash on June 3, 2012, killing all 153 passengers and crew on board, and an unknown number on the ground. While not directly addressing the issues that may have led to the accident, the Chairman of Dana Air, Ramesh Hathiramani expressed that it was Dana’s responsibility to... Read More

#DanaCrash, airlines, airways, Dana Air, iju, lagos, nigeria, plane, tragedy

Tragic: 6-year-old boy dies in horrible Lagos fire while sleeping at home

Ismaeel Ahmed: The tragedy of moral incompetence (Y! Policy Hub)

Opinion: Coast of Italy – Where lofty dreams go to die

Tragedy as 5-month-old baby dies after his father forgot him inside family car

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

Eid-el-fitri tragedy: Teenage boy drowns at Lagos Bar Beach

Horrific: Dozens watch as man leaps to his death from LA apartment

Dele Sobowale: Gen. Alabi-Isama versus Obasanjo – Will a duel follow?

Sad: Woman dies swimming across the English Channel to raise money for charity

AWFUL: 11-year-old girl hangs herself in shocking suicide, reasons unknown

Tragedy: 2 children found alone with their mother’s corpse at this idyllic beach, father missing at sea (PICTURED)

Terrible: Man killed by telecoms mast in Lagos (GRAPHIC IMAGES)

Valentine’s Day tragedy: Truck crushes 2 undergraduates to death (GRAPHIC PHOTOS)

Super-sweet: How mothers welcomed babies in the midst of Superstorm Sandy (WATCH)

TICKER: Grief: Advertising’s Lord Saatchi says he eats breakfast at his wife’s tomb everyday

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

#DanaCrash: Dana Air releases statement of condolence

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