Two Killed, One Injured In Abuja Building Collapse

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No fewer than two persons were feared dead in a building collapse on Tuesday, in Abuja while another person was critically injured and receiving treatment in the hospital. Confirming the incident, Information Officer of National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Mr. Sani Datti, said, three people were casting concrete at an uncompleted building behind Dunes Plaza in Maitaima, Abuja, when suddenly the concrete collapsed and trapped them.

After the relevant emergency agencies rescued the trapped workers, two people were feared dead and one person was critically injured and was rushed to the hospital.  The two people that died were identified as Hamza and Friday, while Ganiyu Akande who was critically injured had been taken to the hospital. 

FG to complete 11 power plants by 2014

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The Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, has said all the 11 power plants being constructed by the Federal Government will be completed before the end of the first quarter of 2014.

Maku stated this on Monday while fielding questions from journalists after the Peoples Democratic Party stakeholders’ meeting in Lafia, Nasarawa State.

He said seven out of the power plants had so far been completed, while efforts were being intensified to complete others before the end of the first quarter of 2014.

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Suntai writes assembly, seeks to resume duty

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RECUPERATING Governor Danbaba Suntai may have sent a letter to the Taraba State House of Assembly  seeking to resume  work.

The letter, according to a United States- based Nigerian online news portal,SaharaReporters, was  on Monday  received by the Speaker of the House of Assembly,Haruna Tsokwa.

 The portal did not say exactly when the letter was written and the day the governor, who arrived in the country from the US after a 10-month medical sojourn, hoped to commence duties.

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Police bullet kills 60-year-old deejay, wife demands justice

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Wife of a 60-year-old deejay, Adamson Bello, who was killed last Sunday by a stray bullet fired by a policeman attached to the Okokomaiko Police Division, Lagos State, has called for justice.

Modinatu, 50,  said the police did not only shoot her husband, they also frustrated efforts to get him medical treatment because the family could not obtain a police report demanded by the hospital.

Modinatu, who was married to the late deejay for 30 years before the relationship was terminated by the police bullet, explained to PUNCH Metro that Adamson was hit in the chest a few metres from their house.

Our correspondent learnt that the shot was fired by one of the policemen guarding a new hotel in the area, South Bound Hotel.

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Looking for More Supporters- They Already Got A reason to bomb: US President Obama speaks with Australian PM Rudd about Syria ( Full Update)

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President Barack Obama spoke with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Ruddon Monday about possible international responses to the Syrian crisis.

In a call with Rudd, "the two leaders expressed their grave concern about the reported use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime against civilians near Damascus on Wednesday," the White House said in a statement. They "discussed possible responses by the international community," it said.

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Lagos Deportation: On The Side Of Common Sense

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In the days that has ensued since the ‘deportation’ of 14 Anambrarians, the debate has snowballed into a convoluted tribal argy-bargy, presenting an opportunity for ethnic jingoist and bigots to jump on the band wagon. It was incongruous for some to even think that Igbo businesses and people were being unfairly targeted in what could be the threshold of a pogrom.

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The Egyptian people do not understand the Obama Administration's efforts to bring the Muslim Brotherhood back to power – Armanious

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In the light of the recent allegations of Obama supporting the Muslim Brotherhood, the US-based Coptic Egyptian author Michael Armanious tries to answer the question many Egyptians pose to themselves: why would the US administration unite forces with the oppressive regime which transforming the country into "a failed state". In the article, published by the Gatestone Institute International Policy Council, the author speculates about what benefits might Obama possibly gain and what consequences his alleged cooperation with the Brotherhood might have for the country.

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'Frank Edoho & I Shouldn't Have Married' - Edoho's-Ex

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Frank Edoho and Katherine Obiang were married for many years, and blessed with three kids, before things fell apart. ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire’ host Frank Edoho is still legally married to estranged wife, Katherine, who told NET last week that the pair should never have become husband and wife.

Katherine Obiang, who has three kids for the TV host spoke to our correspondent in a compelling interview how the 7-year old marriage should never have been and how the couple should have rather stayed friends. Excerpts: Let us into your background. I’m Cameroonian. 

My dad is from Cameroun, my mom is from the Efik tribe in Nigeria, but somehow, we have been living there and here. My mom was a Head of Department in a tertiary institution, it was natural that we lived in Nigeria.

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Couple Married For 65 Years Dies 11 Hours Apart

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(AP)Relatives of an Ohio couple who died at a nursing home 11 hours apart on the same day said their love story’s ending reflects their devotion over 65 years of marriage.

Harold and Ruth Knapke died in their shared room on Aug. 11, days before their 66th anniversary, The Dayton Daily News  reported.

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Spiritualist defrauds the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed of ₦3m.”

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The State Security Service has arrested an Abuja-based car dealer, Ibrahim Takat, for allegedly conspiring with a spiritualist, identified as Nakasi Ahmadu, to defraud the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed of N3m.”

The spiritualist, Nakasi Ahmadu “used the cloned phone number to give instruction to the Chief of Staff to the minister via text message to deposit N3m into his (Takat) account number 0011141544 with Diamond Bank Plc. The amount was withdrawn the same day by the suspect.”

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Veteran actor Lere Paimo finally talks about his state of health.

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Chief Lere Paimo, MFR, popularly known as Eda, is the acting Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners (ANTP).  The veteran thespian recently visited the Tribune House, in Ibadan to debunk rumours doing the rounds on his state of health.

What do you think is responsible for the rumours doing the rounds that you were paralysed and even dead?
Those who are spreading the rumours are agents of devil. They have been doing this for so long. Despite the fact that they were cautioned, they still went ahead to peddle false rumour on social media that my health condition had gone from bad to worse and that I am dead. 

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14-Yr-Old Boy With The Body Of a 110-Yr-Old - SHOCKING PHOTOS

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A 14-year-old boy has been left with the body of a 110-year-old in India because he has a rare disease which makes him age eight times faster than normal

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14-Yr-Old Boy With The Body Of a 110-Yr-Old - SHOCKING PHOTOS

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A 14-year-old boy has been left with the body of a 110-year-old in India because he has a rare disease which makes him age eight times faster than normal. Ali Hussain has seen five of his siblings die from the same condition called Progeria which is known to affect just 80 people worldwide. Two of his brothers and three of his sisters have died from the disease in Bihar, the poorest state in India. 

Sufferer: Ali Hussain, 14, has Progeria which makes his body age eight times faster than normal The rare condition is known to affect only 80 people in the world, but has killed five of his siblings Progeria causes rapid ageing and sufferers of the genetic disease are prone to arthritis, eye problems, heart disease and baldness. 

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Barbaric: Land grabbers beat architect to death over ₦5,000

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When Eniola Kiyesola left home for work on August 18, 2013, he bade his wife and three children farewell, saying he would return after the day’s work.
This was, however, not to be as the 36-year-old man was beaten to death by land grabbers few hours after he left his house.

PUNCH Metro learnt that Kiyesola had gone to a construction site to supervise an ongoing work when about five land grabbers stormed the site.

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Snipers in Syria shoot at UN chemical inspectors

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Unidentified snipers shot at UN fact finding envoy Monday forcing the inspection team to suspend their attempt to investigate claims that chemical weapons had been used near Damascus, a UN spokesman said. A replacement vehicle has been sought after the vehicle carrying the envoy was damaged. The UN team was to inspect a site where poison gas killed many hundreds of people in Damascus suburbs.
"The first vehicle of the chemical weapons investigation team was deliberately shot at multiple times by unidentified snipers," said UN spokesman Martin Nesirky. No injuries were reported.
The alleged shooting came after two mortar bombs landed close to the hotel where the inspectors are staying.

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Israeli security forces shot dead three Palestinians, Peace Talk Canceled.

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Peace talks between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators expected on Monday have been shelved after Israeli security forces shot dead three Palestinians during clashes in the West Bank, a Palestinian official said.  "The meeting that was to take place in Jericho...today was cancelled because of the Israeli crime committed in Qalandiya today," said the official, referring to the refugee camp where the clashes erupted before dawn.

Unemployed graduate appeals for aid after having triplet

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BY JIMITOTA  ONOYUME
PORT HARCOURT— A mother of triplet, Mrs Joyce Peter, has appealed for financial assistance to enable her take care of the babies.

Joyce, who is from Delta State but resides with her husband in Port Harcour, made the appeal, yesterday, saying things had been very difficult for her family since she had the children on July 30.

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Updates On Governor Suntai's Health As He Returns

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The allegedly brain-damaged governor of Taraba State, Danbaba Suntai, left New York on Saturday on his way back to Nigeria en rout Abuja. He travelled on a private jet with his younger brother, a Nigeria senator, and some officials of the Nigerian High Commission in New York and two medics.

Reliable sources said he traveled aboard a jet equipped to handle medical emergencies. The jet will refuel in Dakar, Senegal, before flying to Abuja to arrive at about 9:00am on Sunday morning.

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Obasanjo Knows Of Jonathan’s One-Term Pact; President Now Begging Him To Deny

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The 5 northern states governors opposed to the plan by President Goodluck Jonathan to run for another term in 2015 have said that former President Olusegun Obasanjo was very much aware that Jonathan indeed agreed to serve for only one term, after spending two years of Yar-Adua's Administration.

“We are impressed with the report that Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has already taken a unique and unprecedented step of declaring that he would only want to be a one-term president. If so, whether he knows it or not, that is a sacrifice and it is statesmanly.

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16-year-old who killed boy, 8, gets life in prison without parole

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Jackson Attuso

A 16-year-old, who went out looking to kill and murdered a random 8-year-old, will be jailed forever.
Trevor Reese of St. Francisville, Louisiana, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Reese had initially pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, but later changed his plea to guilty. He was found guilty of second-degree murder for the killing of 8-year-old Jackson “Jack” Attuso.

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