Nigerian Woman Dies: Tolu Kalejaiye Stabbed To Death by Son in her London Home

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On Thursday the 26th of September, 2013, the family of Mrs Tolu Kalejaiye, a London-basedaccountant and mother were shocked when they learnt of her untimely death.

The 46-year-old hardworking mother was found stabbed to death at her house in Wickford, Essexaround 10 am on Thursday morning. As we speak, her 21-year-old son, Oladotun Emmanuel Kalejaiye has been charged for her murder.

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A Vessel Carrying 150 Guests Capsize In River Niger! No One Has Been Found Alive Yet

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No fewer than 42 people were yesterday drowned in a boat mishap on River Niger close to Malilli village in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger when traders were returning from Malilli Village to Tunga Illo village, after the day’s market.

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2015: The Real Reason Fashola Apologized to Igbos

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Ọmọ Oódua Blog is beginning to suspect that Lagos State Governor, Raji Fashola, is being prepared to run in 2015 as a running mate to Buhari who is likely to get the All People's Congress, APC, Presidential ticket. This thinking is fueled by Fashola's recent apology to the Igbo nation over the deportation of alleged indigent Igbos from Lagos to Anambra state which sparked off an uproar amongst the Igbo.

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Another Nigerian Police Man caught on Video asking for ₦10,000 (62 U.S.D) Bribe.

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French National Kidnapped By Ansaru Calls For “Negotiations”

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Nigerian Islamist group Ansaru (Ansar al-Muslimeen) on Friday released a video of a French national kidnapped in December, the SITE jihadi tracking website said.

In the video, posted online, the hostage identifies himself as 63-year-old Francis Collomp, an engineer with the French firm Vergnet, who was “kidnapped in Rimi in Katsina state on 19 December 2012 till today, 25 September 2013.”

The hostage appears wearing a white t-shirt, with an unidentified person holding a weapon in the background.

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“I Gave MKO Abiola ₦35Million For 1993 Presidential Election” - IBB

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For the first time in history, former Military President of Nigeria, General Ibrahim Babangida, IBB has revealed that he gave now late Chief MKO Abiola N35 million to contest for Presidential election in 1993.

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Prof. Wole Soyinka Escaped Death In Nairobi Kenya Mall Assault

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But for a stroke of luck, Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, would have been among the dead in the terror attack that took place at the Nairobi Westgate mall in Kenya last weekend.

Speaking at a press conference at the Freedom Park, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Friday in honour of the late Ghanaian poet, Professor Kofi Awoonor who died in the attack, Soyinka led a group of eminent Nigerian writers to condemn the Nairobi massacre. Soyinka, who said he, like Awoonor, was invited to the Storymoja/ Hay Literature Festival, said he couldn’t attend because of other pressing engagements he had elsewhere.

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It Was Wrong for Fashola to Apologize to Igbo - FFK ( What Do you Think?)

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Former minister for aviation, Chief Femi Fani Kayode, has lashed out at the Lagos State governor, Raji Fashola, over his recent apology to Ndi'Igbo on the deportation issue which sparked off a major controversy over citizenship and rights of a Nigerian citizen within Nigeria.

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