Tag: Die
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Aare Ona Kakanfo: Gani Adams blasts critics, says ‘I won’t die young’
…promises not to dump OPC after coronation The Aare Ona Kakanfo-designate of Yorubaland, Chief Gani Adams, on Saturday dismissed superstitious belief that taking the title may lead to his early death. The National Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples’ Congress told newsmen in Lagos that not all those who held the position in the past had…
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Ready-to-die Wike vows to face APC in 2019, says ‘all of us would go down with it’
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, says he is ready to lay down his life if it will ensure victory for the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 general elections. Wike said this in the latest issue of ‘The Interview,’ a monthly magazine. The governor said one of the reasons the then President, Goodluck Jonathan,…
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Hajj 2017: Five Nigerian pilgrims die in Saudi Arabia
Five out of the 81,200 Nigerian pilgrims to this year’s hajj in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, have reportedly died. The Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Abdullahi Mohammed, announced the passage of four the pilgrims in Tuesday in Makkah, Islam’s holiest city. Mr. Mohammed, who spoke at the 2017 pre-Arafat meeting with Hajj…
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20 students die in bus crash en route to write exam
29 school children, two teachers and a driver have died in a bus crash near Karatu in northern Tanzania Saturday morning. The students of the Lucky Vincent English-Medium School in Arusha city were en route to write an examination in Karatu when their bus skidded off the road and fell into a river, police say.…
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Queens College shutdown as diarrhoea kills two students
Queens College, Yaba, in Lagos, has been shutdown after two students allegedly died of diarrhoea, between Thursday, February 23 and Friday, February 24, 2017. Two female boarding students, Vivian Osuinyi and Bithia Itulua reportedly died after vomiting and stooling. They allegedly ate Spaghetti and drank water served in the Refectory by the college cooks, Daily…
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“Buhari is bound to fall ill or die anytime if…” – PMB’s only surviving sister speaks
Hajiya Rakiya Adamu, the only surviving sister of President Muhammadu Buhari, has appealed to Nigerians to pray for the president, instead of spreading rumours about his health. She made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Daura, Katsina State yesterday. The 84-year-old said the President needed the prayers of…
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Uncle raped me 7 times, said I will die if I tell anyone, says 6-year-old-girl
A six-year-old girl, identified only as Mariam has recounted how she was raped seven times by the 21-year-old son of her school’s proprietress, Sirotullahi Abdufatahi. The minor narrated how ‘uncle’ Sirotulahi would come to her room some nights to pull her out of the bed she shares with other girls who are her mates at…