Tag: tragedy

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October 31, 2013

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 ...

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October 12, 2013

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 ...

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October 11, 2013

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 ...

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September 10, 2013

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 ...

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August 24, 2013

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, ...

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August 10, 2013

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 ...

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August 6, 2013

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 ...

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August 4, 2013

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 ...

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July 15, 2013

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 ...

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July 14, 2013

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 ...

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May 16, 2013

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 ...

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May 12, 2013

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 ...

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February 16, 2013

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

                    It was a pathetic sight at Okesa area of Ado ...

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November 5, 2012

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 ...

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November 4, 2012

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 ...

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September 12, 2012

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 ...

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OluwapelumiJune 6, 2012

#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 ...

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