Tag: Death
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JUST IN: Panic in Edo Court as man falls to death from 10th floor
There was panic among staff of the Edo State High Court as a 65-year old man identified as Moses Airhiagbonkpa fell to his death. The incident disrupted activities at the court and staff left their offices to see the corpse. It was learnt that the deceased fell from the 10th floor of the High Court…
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Pregnant woman burnt to death, eight others injured in Ibadan auto crash
A middle-aged pregnant woman was on Tuesday burnt to death in a ghastly motor accident which occurred along Omi Adio, Ibadan, axis of the Ibadan-Abeokuta expressway, leaving several others with varying decree of burn injuries. About eight people were said to have sustained severe injuries when they were trapped in the liteace commercial bus coming…
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Insecurity: Stop playing politics with Olakunrin's death, Presidency warns Buhari's critics
The Presidency on Monday night said some influential figures in Nigeria appears to be playing politics with the tragedy that befell the Afenifere leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti whose 58-year-old daughter was gruesomely murdered on Friday. The Senior Special Adviser on Media to President Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu in a strong statement issued Monday night said:…
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Buhari condoles Fasoranti over daughter’s death
President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the leader of Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, on the death of his daughter, Mrs Funke Olakunrin. The deceased was reportedly shot on Friday on the Kajola-Ore road in Ondo State by those the police described as armed robbers. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity,…
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People didn't see the beauty in my talent- Skiibii
Many music pundits are still in shock as to how Abbey Elias a.k.a Skiibii became a household name. The carefree diminutive singer was in the news on August 14th 2015 when he reportedly slumped and died. A picture of him sprawled out on the floor of what was reportedly his living room quickly went viral.…
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Man hacks father to death to save marriage
A 25-year-old Zimbabwean man Lonias Jojo has allegedly axed his 72-year-old father and dumped the body in a disused mine shaft to save his marriage which his dead father was against. Jojo allegedly hatched a plan to kill his father, Luke Robert Jojo with his 18-year-old wife, Brenda Dube of Village 4 Greenspan, Chief Bvute…
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4 escape death as tanker overturns on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
The Ogun Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Saturday said that four persons sustained various degrees of injury when a tanker overturned at Ogere on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Mr Clement Oladele, the Ogun Sector Commandant of FRSC, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota, Ogun, that the accident happened at about…
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Murder: Court sentences three to death in Delta
Three convicted armed robbers have been sentenced to death by a Delta State High Court, sitting in Issele-Uku, over robbery and murder of a farmer, Mr. Felix Uzor Biose. Biose was reportedly killed on his farmland on June 9, 2014, by the convicts; Luka Sunday, Danjuma Kaika and Luka Agu. Details of the Court’s decision…
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18-year-old girl strangled to death few hours after receiving call from boyfriend
An 18-year old girl identified as Favour Ogheneyenrowho, has been reportedly strangled to death by suspected ritualists in Abraka, Ethiope-East council area of Delta State. The incident has thrown the community into serious tension. According to eyewitness accounts, the victim’s pubic hairs were shaved off before she was murdered and her remains kept in a…
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Lai Mohammed condoles with Oyedepo over wife’s death
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Friday condoled with Dr Hezekiah Oyedepo over the death of his wife and General Manager of the National Theatre, Dr Stella Oyedepo. The minister had led top management officials of the ministry to the family house of the Oyedepos in Ilorin to condole with the…