Another Nollywood Actor Kicked the Bucket.

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Another veteran Nollywood actor, Charles Warren died yesterday, Thursday night. It had been gathered that the actor, at night, complained of severe chest pains and was rushed to a healthcare facility where he was confirmed dead.   His first major break was a video titled “Mark of the Beast” which featured Majek Fashek in 2001.  He was among the script writers  for “Dear Mother.” The first son of the family and only son. He's survived with a father, mother and 5 sisters.

Death penalty in US: 'absolute violation of human rights' - Amnesty Int'l

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Struggling to find drug supplies for lethal injections the American states that still have death penalty are mulling other methods of execution. The states’ authorities are considering a wider use of electrocution or gasing instead of lethal injections. Sergei Nikitin, the head of Amnesty International Russia told our source that death penalty in all cases "is absolutely an ultimate violation of human rights."

GR*APHIC PHOTO: How Teenagers Stabbed Man To Death In FCT

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There clearly was pandemonium last Thursday at Utako District of the FCT when a 27-year old man, Alhassan Musa, an indigene of Utako Village was gruesomely murdered by four teenage boys locally at about 7pm.  It had been gathered that the boys were in the habit of going to the school across the street to ra-pe young girls. So, once the report stumbled on the elders, the boys were called to the chief's palace and they were punished and the exact same boy who stabbed the victim came back again to the palace and told the elders that they have to also call the girls in the school and warn them or if not they'll not stop ra-ping them. The victim had tried to caution them that they'd no right to come to the city area and talk with the elders such disrespectful manner and that was when they told him he should watch his back and he could be dealt with.
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R.I.P: 3-Year-Old Nigerian Boy Crushed To Death By Lift In Ireland

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A Nigerian boy, Solomon Soremekun,  was crushed to death by a lift after getting out of his pushchair and walking into the shaft, Irish media reported on Wednesday.  According to reports, Soremekun was in the company of his mother and three siblings at the time of the incident.  He reportedly got out of his pushchair after he became separated from his family on the first floor and went through open lift doors into the shaft. Unfortunately, the lift came down and crushed him.

Person, 21, burns himself to death in Taraba after disagreement with dad

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A 21-year-old man, Mansur Tanko, on Friday, burnt himself to death in Jalingo, after a disagreement with his father, Tanko Mijinyawa, over marriage.

The Taraba Police Public Relations Officer, Joseph Kwaji, confirmed the incident and said the Jalingo Division of the police had commenced investigation into the matter.

Tanko, according to a witness, Jibrin Bala, set himself ablaze because his family refused to approve his wedding with a girl, Blessing. The witness told sympathisers that Tanko introduced Blessing to his father as his proposed wife, but the father kicked against the union, describing it as a bad choice.

Two men lost their lives after sleeping with two married women in Agbor, Delta

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Two men, a patent medicine dealer and an auto-mechanic, have died in Agbobi Community, Agbor, Delta State, have died after a sex bout with two women. The police moved swiftly, arresting both women and two others identified as their friends, suspected for being involved in the death of both men. According to reports, both men died after alleged being deceived into having sexual intercourse with two of the suspects, after they had confessed that they had been divorced from their husbands.

1 1/2-year-old child with two of his siblings burnt to death in Lagos.

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A one and a half year old child with two of his siblings were, weekend  burnt to death in an inferno that engulfed a building and a church in Iba Local Council Development Area, LCDA, Lagos State, leaving property worth millions of Naira destroyed.

Also, two unidentified dredgers got drowned in a 70-feet domestic well in Ojo Local Government, Lagos.
The deceased siblings identified as Imoleayo, Ismaila who is eight years old and Busayo Ganiyu, were said to have been sleeping when the fire started.

Ijaw National Congress President, Sen. Tari Sekibo Dies

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The President of the Ijaw National Congress (INC), and former Senator of the Federal Republic, Tari Sekibo, has died. Mr Sekibo slumped today in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State and was evident lifeless at the Federal Medical Middle where he was rushed to. May his heart sleep in peace...Ase.

Famous 90s Celeb Father U Turn dies at 36 (R.I.P)

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Sad news! One of Nigeria's most popular 90s musicians Olufemi Mayomi, aka Father U Turn, is dead

The dancehall artiste who rose from poverty as an orphan, to build a successful and inspiring career as a songwriter, recording artiste, TV presenter and performer, passed on in Lagos today, following a brief illness. He was 36 years old. May his soul rest in peace...Amen.
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Nigerian socialite Taiwo Jamani dies in Dublin after assault by business partner

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Nigerian socialite & business person Taiwo Jamani, 45, died yesterday November 13th about one month after he was attacked in Swords, Dublin by a business associate.

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Parent Starved Their Girl To Death, Then Set Her In a Waste Bin

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Authorities report show that a 10-year-old girl whose malnourished human body was within a suburban Atlanta trash bin had tried to run abroad a year ago and turned up at college years earlier with bruises and welts on her behalf body.Gwinnett County Authorities say Emani Moss'malnourished human body was found Saturday.

PHOTOS: Nigerian escapes death after After Falling 10 Storeys

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In a crowded city, Asher Vongtau of Nigerian descent was completely alone, trapped in a space barely wider than a shoe box after plummeting perhaps 30 metres into the tiny crevice between two buildings in Manhattan.  His skull was fractured, one arm was broken   and he had a collapsed lung. But he was alive. Still, as day turned to night and back to day again, there was one urgent question: Would help arrive in time?

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After 2 , Another Death Record in Nollywood, Actress Dies

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The yoruba movie industry is bereaved yet again as one of its actresses, Falilat Okerede Oketayo has reportedly passed away.
This is coming soon after they lost two other people. First it was the death of a 32-year-old Jane Atayero-Oluseye, followed closely by that of veteran actor, Pa Ola Ogungbe and now this one.
Falilat who is a person in the Association of Theatre Arts Practitioner of Nigeria, ANTP, in Ogun State reportedly died on Tuesday at her residence in Sagamu, Ogun State.
According to report, she died following a brief illness. She's survived by two children, an aged father and siblings. She was described by ANTP in Ogun State as a versatile, energetic and confident actress.

Heartless Man Stabs His Friend To Death For Sleeping With His Wife

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A middle-aged man identified as Wasiu Yusuf has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly stabbing his bosom friend, Adeolu Olatoye,  to death for having clandestine relationship along with his wife.

‘She killed me, so I killed her’: Man stabs mistress to death after she tells him she has HIV.

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A 37-year-old man who confessed to killing his mistress because she had HIV may have planned the attack, a court heard on Tuesday.

Larry Dunn stabbed Cicely Lee Bolden, 28, twice in the neck and left her to bleed to death in her southeast Oak Cliff, Dallas, apartment

Larry Dunn stabbed Cicely Lee Bolden, 28, twice in the neck and left her to bleed to death in her southeast Oak Cliff, Dallas, apartment last September after she told him she was infected.

14 Years Old Boy Rap*es 9 Years Old Girl To Death

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The police in Lagos State have commenced investigation into how a nine-year-old girl died, after sustaining injuries caused by alleged consistent rape. According to police authorities, the deceased was molested over five times, by a 14-year-old student, Onyi Adimabua, in the Ikorodu area of the state. The father of the deceased, Simeon Jigo, told PUNCH Metro that Onyi is the son of the proprietor of the school his daughter attended.

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“Why I Beat My 14-Year-Old Daughter To Death” – Nigerian Retired Soldier Tells His Side Of The Story

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Unless by divine intervention, John Udin, a retired soldier may likely spend the rest of his life in jail if he doesn’t go to the gallows for clubbing his 14- year old daughter, Glory to death.

John 72, from Jesse, Warri in Delta State was discharged from the Nigeria Army in 1999 as a corporal. He has 11 children from three wives. Two of the wives and seven children are in Jesse, while he resides at 28 Adewale Street, Iba New Site, Ojo, Lagos with the youngest wife, Comfort and four children in a two-room apartment.

I didn’t predict my death – Kunle Afolayan

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Kunle Afolayan,

When it comes to movie production, Kunle Afolayan is known for professionalism, class and creativity. Son of the legendary movie maker, Ade Love, the award winning producer, in this interview with DOYIN ADEOYE talked about his successes, fears and prospects, among other things.

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16 year old mother of 2 stabs husband to death

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A 16-year-old mother of two, Ebere Ogu, has allegedly stabbed his 35-year-old husband, Patrick, to death in Akure, the OndoState capital, during a fight, and has fled with her children.
Detectives from the criminal Investigation Division of the state Police Command are presently looking for her.
Vanguard gathered that the crime was committed last Thursday at their number 70 Ijapo extension residence in Akure at 5a.m.  Chinedu, a native of ImoState was a staff of Owena River Basin Authority, Alagbaka in Akure.
A co-tenant, who gave his name as Kelechi, said:
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Fresh violence hits Zamfara, 3 people beheaded as Ag. Gov. escapes death

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The acting governor of Zamfara State, who is also the speaker of the state House of Assembly, Honourable Sanusi Garba Rikiji, escaped death by the whiskers at the Tudun Kuya in Birnin Magaji Local Government Area of the state on Friday, following a mob attack on his convoy by Hausa youths said to be protesting compensation paid to families of three Fulani youths killed by vigilance groups in the village.

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