“We don’t kill policemen except on special occasion", drama in Court as Notorious Robbers Beg for Amnesty

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There was a mild drama at the office of the Lagos State Police Commissioner in Ikeja on Friday as three suspects, who were arrested by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, were paraded before the House Committee on Police Affairs.

The suspects, Abiodun Ogunjobi, aka Godogodo; Felix Sunday, aka K Money; and Nwanyim Uche; pleaded for amnesty.

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DEMONIC: 7 People Brutally slaughtered On Maiduguri/Damaturu Road

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In a shocking incident, seven people have already been reportedly killed Makintamari village in Kaga Local Government in Borno state over the Damaturu/Maiduguri road.

Based on eyewitnesses account, the travellers were beheaded with their heads placed on the lifeless bodies on the key road.

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Imagine: I Don’t Know Whether Boko Haram Leader Is Really Dead or Alive – Jonathan

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Speaking on a nationwide radio/television programme Presidential media chat, which was monitored by Ọmọ Oódua blog,  President Jonathan revealed that just like majority of Nigerians who are puzzled by the validity of the death of Boko Haram leader, Shekau, as president, he does not know whether he is dead or alive. 

BOKO HARAM In his words, ‘I do not know whether he is dead or alive I don’t want to speculate’, Jonathan says in response to a question on whether Boko Haram leader, Shekau, is dead

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Gov. Fashola Ultimately Unveiles The Tallest Hotel In West Africa

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Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola, yesterday, unveiled the N30 billion tallest hotel in West Africa, the Intercontinental Lagos.  The hotel located at Kofo Abayomi Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, is really a 23-storey building with 358 rooms, 37 suites and a presidential suite.

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Deacon Shoots Dead His Pastor While Preaching In Church

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A pastor in Lake Charles, Louisiana was on Friday shot and killed as he preached in his church.

The man who shot him is allegedly Woodrow Karey, a 53-year-old deacon in the church. He is said to have called 911 and told the dispatcher what he had done.

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President: I never said I wouldn’t contest 2015 election

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President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday said contrary to reports making the rounds, he had never at anytime promised that he would not contest the 2015 presidential election.

He also denied the claim by Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State that he signed an agreement with some Peoples Democratic Party governors for only one term in office. He challenged anybody with a copy of such agreement to produce it.

Jonathan was fielding questions from a panel of journalists during the Presidential Media Chat in Abuja on Sunday.

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‘I’m depressed’ , says Jonathan Goodluck

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President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday  had   an emergency meeting with service chiefs over the killing of  50 students of the  College of Agriculture  in Yobe State.

Jonathan  disclosed this while fielding questions during the Presidential Media Chat broadcast live on television stations. He had  earlier at the 53rd Independence Anniversary Interdenominational Church Service   at the National Christian Centre, Abuja, admitted that  activities of the sect  were depressing him and his administration.

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5 aliens nabbed for illegal bunkering

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The suspects.

Five foreign nationals, who allegedly specialised in conveying petroleum products from pipeline vandals to Benin Republic, have been arrested by the Nigerian Navy Task Force in Badagry area of Lagos State.

The suspects, comprising four teenagers from Benin Republic and a 50-year-old Ghanaian, were reportedly arrested while conveying 113 50-litre jerrycans filled with petroleum products.

Parading the suspects before journalists, weekend, Administration Officer, NNS Beecroft, Apapa, Commander Hyacynth Nwaka, said operatives of the Task Force at Atlas Cove, acting on a tip-off, intercepted the suspects at 3.30a.m. and brought them to the base for further investigation.

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Russia calls to curb Libyan ‘weapons spillover’

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Alexander Zmeevsky, Special Envoy for the Russian President on Countering Terrorism and Organized Crime

Russia has urged the Global Counterterrorism Forum in New York to prevent Libyan weapons from falling into the hands of terrorists who will bring them home after fighting in warzones.

Speaking at the ministerial summit in New York, President Putin’s anti-terror envoy Alexander Zmeevsky said the meeting focused on “averting the threat that is posed by terrorists coming back from warzones, as well as by the continuing spillover of Libyan weapons that are picked up by terrorist organizations.”

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Lavrov says Syria rebels have chemical arms, proofs mounting

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Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov

Russia has collected enough evidence to implicate Syrian rebels in using chemical weapons near Aleppo on March 19. According to Foreign Minister Lavrov, gas sarin that was unleashed against civilians outside the northern city was crudely-made as the Russian investigation confirm.

The Russian foreign chief added the results of the probe were available to all member states of the UN Security Council.

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“ Things Late MKO & I Did Together In School” – OBJ Reveals

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A book titled “Baba’s Story: Nigeria Is 50″ by a Ghanaian author, Abyna-Ansaa Adjei on ex-Nigerian president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo(aka Baba), is fast-selling at the moment. The 60-page hardcover book, which its foreword was written by Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote, is a story of Obasanjo’s origin as told by the ex-president himself. One of the revelations in this book is the relationship between Baba and late Bashorun MKO Abiola which he rarely talks about. Excerpts:

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Photo: Over 40 dead by Boko Haram sprayed Bullets on Sleeping Students In Yobe.

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Boko Haram men this morning stormed the College of Agriculture of Gujba in Yobe State and killed over 40 students while they were asleep. This is not the first time Boko Haram members will be storming a school to carry out their unholy act. Only few months ago, they attacked a secondary school killing over 24 students. An official at the Damaturu Specialist Hospital, in Yobe has confirmed that 40 bodies have been received so far. May their souls rest in peace
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ASUP resumes strike on Friday

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The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics is to resume its suspended strike on Friday  following  the inability of the Federal Government to resolve outstanding issues with the union.

ASUP Chairman, Mr. Clement Chirman, told newsmen in Jos on Sunday that “the frustrating inertia of the Federal Government to convincingly fulfil any of the promises and agreements reached with the union before the suspension of the earlier strike on July 172013 shows that government is not serious.”

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33-Year Old Nigerian Man Charged To Court In US For Supporting Al Qaeda

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A Nigerian, Lawal Babafemi, 33, was on Friday arraigned in a U.S. Federal Court, on charges of providing material support to al Qaeda and criminal use of firearms.

Babafemi, who is also known as “Ayatollah Mustapha’’, was arraigned on a four-count charge of indictment, conspiracy, providing material support to AQAP, and use of firearms.

He allegedly provided the support to the group in the Arabian Peninsula, the terrorist organisation’s Yemen-based affiliate.

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'Pregnant' 2-Year-Old Boy Had Parasitic Twin Removed From His Stomach After Surgery - Video

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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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Irritated Okada Man Flings himself In Entrance Of Oncoming Truck over Seizure Of His Bike

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Pandemonium broke out yesterday at Iyana Adeoyo, Ring Road part of Ibadan when an unidentified man in his thirties, attempted suicide by jumping facing oncoming vehicle, after officers of the Oyo State commercial vehicle registration unit impounded his bike because his papers were fake.

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Abdul Haji, Kenyan-Somali Muslim Saves Hundreds Throughout Westgate Enemy Assault, Hailed As International Hero!

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Mr Haji has been having nightmares since Saturday. His wife tells him he weeps in his sleep and Wednesday was the first time he went to work.

“I'm angry at what I saw, what those individuals did, and the claim they did it in the name of Islam,” he explained yesterday, insisting on being interviewed in a public place what he explained was an indicator of defiance to terror. “I'm a Kenyan-Somali and I'm Muslim; Islam does not advocate violence. They are doing the opposite of what Islam teaches,” he said.

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Police Arrested Chinese Man for ₦105m fraud

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The Special Fraud Unit of the Nigeria Police Force, Ikoyi, Lagos State has arrested a Chinese fugitive, Fang Yang, for his involvement in a ₦105m fraud.

The SFU said Yang had  been declared wanted in China about 17 years ago for fraud perpetrated against the 2nd Sub Branch of China Agricultural Bank of Qingdao in 1996.

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Police IG, Lagos Police Commissioner Sued For ₦25 Million over Neglect of Mother

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The family of a woman, Taskirat Anjolaiya, who was hit by a reckless and negligent police driver and knocked into a comatose state along with her new born baby, has filed a N25 million lawsuit against the police. Inspector General of Police Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar and the Lagos State Commissioner of Police Umar Manko are named as defendants in the lawsuit.

The accident occurred three months ago in Lagos as a police driver in an official van drove in the wrong direction on a one-way street.

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Taraba: My deputy betrayed me, says Suntai Taraba

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AILING Taraba State Governor Danbaba Suntai has accused his deputy, Alhaji Garba Umar, of betrayal. Suntai said he least expected the deputy governor to lust for his (Suntai’s) office given the confidence he reposed in him.
Suntai, who spoke through his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Sylvanus Yakubu, said the governor was not the only one that felt betrayed but the entire people of the state.

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University Don Urges FG To Dedicate 36 Per Cent of Budget To Education

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An educationist, Abiola Awosika on Tuesday urged the federal government to dedicate 35 per cent of its budget to education to ensure that the country meets the international educational standard.

Speaking during a programme on Channels Television, the education professor said she had written an academic article in 1992, recommending that 25 per cent of Nigeria’s budget be dedicated to education because “we had a shortfall and we needed to catch up with the rest of the world”.

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Governor Babangida Aliyu Incites Army General Against President Jonathan in Coup Baiting

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The real motives of the action of the 7 rebel PDP governors in factionalizing the People's Democratic Party, PDP is coming to light as the  Niger state governor, Dr. Babangida Aliyu yesterday reported the president to  the commander of Nigeria Army Corps Artillery, Kontagora Major General  Hussaini Salihu for not keeping to an alleged 'secret' pact to do one term.

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Fashola Apologises To Igbos Over Deportation Saga - The Nation Newspaper

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Governor Babatunde Fashola

By Precious Igbonwelundu

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Thursday offered an unreserved apology for the misunderstanding generated by the alleged deportation of some destitutes to Onitsha, Anambra State.

The state government was accused of dumping 70 beggars at Onitsha Bridge on July 24, a situation that generated public outcry and bad blood.

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GRAPHIC PHOTOS: Drug-users Eaten Alive By Flesh-eating Illness Caused By Homemade Heroin Substitute

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The first cases of a terrifying new drug called 'Krokodil' that eats flesh from the inside out, is flammable and leaves addicts with reptilian-like skin have been reported this week in Arizona and the state fears the beginning of an epidemic.

It was first encountered by Banner's Poison Control Centre when two drug addicts arrived in emergency rooms with their flesh hanging off their body, exposing bone or with skin resembling that of a crocodile, hence its name.

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26-Year Old To Die By Hanging For Robbery & Rape

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For robbing a couple at gunpoint and raping their teenage daughter, a Delta High Court sitting in Warri, yesterday, sentenced a 26-year-old furniture maker, Chijioke Ede, to death by hanging.

The condemned armed robber and rapist was arraigned on a three-count charge of conspiracy to commit armed robbery, armed robbery and rape before the court.

He was found guilty on all the charges and sentenced to death on count one and two, while he got life imprisonment on the charge of rape.

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A night at a Lagos police station

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The telephone call came in the middle of the night, rousing me rudely from a deep and exciting sleep. I had slept very early the previous day having had a very exhausting afternoon. As a routine, I had ensured that my mobile phones were put in the silent mode. But on the fateful night, I had forgotten to change the tone. So, when the stringent Nokia tune broke the eerie silence of the night, I cursed under my breath. As I fumbled around in the Power Holding Company of Nigeria-induced darkness, I had wondered who could be calling at that ungodly hour. In my drowsy state, I answered the call. Then, I recognised the voice at the other end to be that of a neighbour. He frantically told me he had been arrested by the police for wandering while returning from work.

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My critics implemented a shoddy privatisation programme – Jonathan

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President Goodluck Jonathan has berated  his opponents, particularly those who handled the past privitisation exercise, saying they are now “opening their mouth wide” to attack his administration.

Jonathan, who said this while addressing Nigerian professionals in New York, United States, on Monday said the privatisation of public utilities by his administration was being done in a transparent manner.

He also said the problem of the Boko Haram insurgency was being exploited to blackmail his administration.

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Only Child of Tasty Fried Chicken boss Olubunmi Adedayo dies - R.I.P

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 The only real child of Tastee Fried Chicken boss Mrs Olayinka Adedayo, Olubunmi Adedayo has passed away. Bunmi, who until his death was the executive director of TFC, died yesterday September 24th in the US. Heard he fell ill within Nigeria and was flown to the US for treatment where he died.  He's survived by his parents, wife and two kids. 
May his soul rest in peace.... 

US Congress to hold hearing on B’Haram, terrorism

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The United States Congress will next week hold a public hearing on the militant Islamic sect, Boko Haram.

The leader of American Congress Committee on African Affairs, Mr. Chris Smith, said this in Abuja on Tuesday during a meeting with the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor.

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VIDEO: Suspected Robber Nabbed , Beaten to point of death By J.J.K ( Jungle Justice Killers)

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Nigeria police hardly respond on time whenever they are called for an emergency like this, leading to the mob taking the laws into their hands. The guy was almost given the harsh "Aluu" treatment.

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Magazine To Pay Gov Adams Oshiomhole ₦25m Over A False Story They Wrote About Him

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A Benin High Court has awarded Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, ₦25million as damages in a libel suit he instituted against the publishers of News of the People, a soft sell weekly magazine. 

Governor Oshiomhole had dragged the soft sell weekly magazine to court demanding N250million as damages over their report with the headline:

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Heartless!!! Baby Buried Alive In Church

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The police in Lagos State, western Nigeria, have shut a church where a two-year old baby girl was allegedly buried alive at Egbeda.

Already, the police at Idimu Division have exhumed the body of the victim for autopsy and arrested the pastor of the church identified as Dare Ogunloye.

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R.I.P: Late MC Loph’s Mother Dies

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Exactly couple of years after losing her star son in a tragic road accident, Mrs Obiajulu is dead. The aged mother of star singer Nwaozo Obiajulu aka MC Loph passed on couple of days ago at a personal hospital in Enugu after battling an undisclosed illness.

Mrs Obiajulu lost her two children, MC Loph and his sister on the 14th of September 2011 in a tragic car crash on Benin Ore Expressway.

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Russian UN delegates walk out over Saakashvili's 'сrazy' speech

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**Russian delegation left UNGA hall over Saakashvili's 'russophobic' speech

The Russian delegation has left UN General Assembly room during the speech of Mikhail Saakashvili, President of Georgia. The anti-Russian and anti-Christian character of the Georgian president’s speech at the UN General Assembly forced the Russian delegation leave the room, Russian UN envoy Vitaly Churkin said.

Russian diplomats left when Saakashvili criticized the Russian authorities and the Russian policy in the post-Soviet space.

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Cripple gets jail sentence For Raping A Bread Seller In Lagos

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This story is a bit unbelievable, how can a crippled man without legs rape an able-bodied woman?
According to PM news, Kundus Kazeem has been arrested for allegedly raping a 19-year-old bread seller at his home in Ajegunle area of Lagos.

Kazeem who claims he had a fee agreement with the bread seller has been charged charged before an Apapa Magistrate’s court. He is now facing a two-count charge of felony and rape under the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State.

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WATCH: Painful Vs Normal S*X; The Difference Explained (18___+++)

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As a project of the Women4Real group, the video below humorously illustrates a topic that may hit painfully home for some – in fact, for more people than perhaps you imagine.

It’s usual – and in fact, startlingly common, to experience vaginal pain at some point. Some private surveys put the proportion of women who’ve experienced this at some time in their s*xual lives as high as 16 per cent.  “Painful s*x vs. Normal s*x” video, encourages women to recognise the difference between good, sexy, consensual pain, and unwanted private part discomfort that can hamper and sometimes even stop your s*x life. 

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Check out 7 Signs She Doesn't Love You Anymore

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In most cases when woman is no longer interested in a relationship she doesn't want to be the one to end it. And sometimes, women tend to emotionally sign out of the relationship even before they come out and say it is over.

The signs below could mean she is losing connection with you (in which case you should try to reestablish intimacy immediately), or it could also mean she is completely over it and fallen out of love. Whatever the case, it pays to be prepared.

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Again: Nollywood Actor Dies

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Prince Murphy

One of many personalities in Nollywood, King Murphy has equally died few weeks after the death of area manager, Chinedu Dabebe. According to data, the explanation for Prince's death remains unclear but resources said he died after a brief disease two days ago. King Murphy was a comic actor during his entire life and was liked by some of his fans.

Police Discover Car Buried With Bodies Inside In Nasarawa

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#Evil deeds are just happening everywhere...God please come to our rescue....
Residents of Nasarawa State were still in shock yesterday over the discovery of the bodies of two bankers and their driver.
They were allegedly ambushed by suspected Ombatse boys, who took them to the bush, killed them, set them ablaze with their car and buried them with the car by the riverside.

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Photo: Lawyer commits suicide, hangs Self In Office

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A 44-year-old lawyer, Kofi Yawson-Adjei, yesterday committed suicide by hanging himself. According to Ghanaweb.com, Yawson-Adjei, who is the Secretary of the Ghana Institution of Surveyors (GIS) and valuers, hanged himself in his private office on the first floor of a rented premises at Adabraka.

The father of three is said to have left his Kokomlemle residence about 3 a.m. for his office (in a taxi), where the incident took place.

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Passenger lost life In Plane That Left Lagos For Houston

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Yesterday the unbelievable happened on board the United Airlines. The plane was scheduled to arrive Houston from Nigeria but was unavoidably delayed midway due to the sudden death of a passenger that was on board the craft.

They departed Lagos, Nigeria last night at about 11pm to Atlanta USA. But a passenger, a man who was unidentified by my sources on board the flight, was said to have died on board.

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WARNING!! Graphic Image: Man Slits His Brother’s Throat In Onitsha

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Sadness is what can fill their mother's heart, when the news headlines would have reached her ears that her son killed her other son while fighting over trivial issue. This incident happened on Monday Sept.16th at Bida road, Onitsha. A fight led to the horrible death and the explanation for the fight is unknown. The brother who did this terrible thing is nowhere to be found.