Tag: tragedy

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

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.…

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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…

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#DanaCrash: Dana Air releases statement of condolence

Hathiramani during his second visit to the crash site Dana Air released a statement yesterday, over the tragic plane crash on June 3, 2012, killing all 153 passengers and crew on…

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