Tag: Death
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Police arrest Lagos traditional ruler for allegedly crushing wife to death with Jeep
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a traditional ruler identified as Taibu Ogunbanjo in Ise Town in Ibeju Lekki area of the state for allegedly crushing his wife to death with his Jeep. The baale runs a block-moulding factory at Folu, a community in Ibeju Lekki. According to a report by The Punch, the…
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Court sentences man to death for raping housemaid
A special court has sentenced an Indian businessman and his domestic help to death for the brutal rape and murder of a 25-year-old housemaid in their home in Noida city on the outskirts of the national capital in 2006. The court of India’s Central Bureau of Investigation pronounced the quantum of punishment, a day after…
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BREAKING: Gov Fayose escapes death, car burnt down in Lagos [VIDEO]
BREAKING: Gov Fayose escapes death, car burnt down in Lagos [VIDEO]Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, escaped death yesterday, after his white Mercedes Benz G-Wagon was completely burnt down on the Oshodi-Oworonshoki expressway in Lagos. Recall TheNewsGuru.com had earlier reported that the accident happened around 1:25 pm [ on Tuesday] towards the Oshodi-Oke axis of the…
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Vietnam flood deaths rise to 72 as heavy rains continue
Rescuers have found the bodies of another 13 people following flash floods in Vietnam, raising the death toll to 72, while 33 remain missing, authorities said on Monday. “Up to 700 millimetres of rain had fallen as the result of a tropical depression over the previous five days in central and northern Vietnam. “It, however,…
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Migrant deaths under reported – IOM
The International Organisation for Migration, IOM, said on Monday the real number of migrant deaths were far higher than the numbers reported. The UN Migration Agency in a new report on migrant deaths and disappearances worldwide through its Berlin-based Global Migration Data Analysis Centre said many migrant deaths were never recorded. “Since 2014, more than…
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Senate commiserates with Sen Gilbert Nnaji over wife’s death
The Senate has commiserated with one of its members, Senator Gilbert Nnaji (Enugu East, PDP) who yesterday lost his wife, Mrs. Ann Nnaji. In a statement by its spokesman, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, the Senate expressed sadness over the death of Mrs Nnaji who was a pillar of support and a prayer warrior “always standing…
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Kelly Handsome mourns grandmother, blames Imo state government
Versatile Nigerian pop star, Kelly Handsome has revealed that the death of his grandmother was from complications developed after suffering high blood pressure. He noted that his grandmother was distressed by news of the killings and demolition that happened at Eke Ukwu market in Owerri, Imo State, which led to her death. In his words:…
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Assassination claim: ‘I have no interest in your death’, Kashamu fires back at Gbenga Daniel
…says ‘I do not have a killer squad’ The senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Buruji Kashamu, has denied the claim by a former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, that he sent assassins after him. TheNewsGuru.com reports that Daniel had accused Kashamu in a petition to the Inspector General of Police, Idris Ibrahim,…
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Nobody died of strange disease in LUTH – CMD
The Chief Medical Director, Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, Prof. Chris Bode, said on Wednesday that nobody died of any “strange disease” linked to Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) in the hospital. Bode spoke on the reported death of 13 people in the hospital as a result of HPV. He said no doctor made such…
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Fayose prayed for Buhari’s death – Herdsmen
…demands public apology from governor …threatens legal action Fulani Herdsmen, under the aegis of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, on Monday accused Governor Ayodele Fayose of praying for the death of President Muhammadu Buhari who returned to the country on Saturday after 103 days in London receiving treatments for undisclosed ailments. The group also threatened…