Suspected gang members in Mexico have confessed to killing more than 40 missing students and incinerating their remains in a case that has shocked the country, the country’s attorney general has said. For weeks, authorities have been searching for the students since police attacked their buses in the southern city of Iguala in late September, […]
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Woman killed herself after being accused of making up false rape allegation (Photos)
Miss de Freitas, 23, took her own life days before the court case against her was due to begin because she feared she would be sectioned due to her bipolar disorder, says her father. The father of Freitas who killed herself days before being put on trial for an allegation of making a false rape claim says […]
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Many Workers feared dead as Bomb blast hits First bank In Bauchi
A bomb explosion at the First bank in Azare, Bauchi state, this morning, has killed several workers waiting to collect their monthly salaries. Eyewitnesses said the device planted within the bank premises exploded as workers lined up at the bank to pick up the salaries…
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Lovers found dead 2 weeks before wedding in Delta State
The decomposing remains of two lovers, simply identified as Udogi Eguke and Ese, were found on Sunday, days after they died in mysterious circumstances in their Makolomi Street apartment of Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. The house owner, Chief Alfred Onavwa, who shares the top floor of the one-storey building with one […]
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Suicide Bomber Strikes Yobe, Killing 20 Persons
A bomb attack has reportedly occurred in Potiskum, Yobe state. Witnesses say a suicide bomber targeting members of the Shiite group, Islamic Brotherhood of Nigeria, detonated his explosive vest, killing many instantly. A resident of the town, Adamu Mohammed, told PREMIUM TIMES over the telephone that nearly 20 persons were killed and several others injured. […]
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Death with dignity advocate Brittany Maynard dies in Oregon
Brittany Maynard, the 29-year-old who said she had terminal brain cancer and would take medication to end her life under Oregon’s “Death with Dignity Act,” has died, advocacy group Compassion & Choices said in a Facebook post Sunday. “Brittany chose to make a well thought out and informed choice to Die With Dignity in the […]
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Woman shot dead outside Arsenal’s Emirates stadium in London
A woman has reportedly been shot dead outside the Arsenal football stadium in London yesterday. Scotland yard confirmed a 38-year-old man was arrested after responding to a firearms incident near the Emirates stadium in north London. Paramedics discovered a woman who had suffered a gunshot wound, however despite their best efforts they were unable to save […]
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Update: Bomb Kills Nine People, Injures 37 Others In Gombe
Sources at the Nigeria Emergency Management Agency, NEMA says that five females and four males have died after an explosion went off at the state-owned transport company, Gombe Line. 37 others sustained injuries in the bomb blast. Eyewitness accounts say that three bombs concealed in bags went off during Friday morning rush hour and […]
Continue readingUNIZIK 300-Level Female Student Goes Missing After Clubbing (Photo)
According to The Nation, Annabel Nzubechukwu Edeh, a 300 level English Language student of Nnamdi Azikiwe University has not been seen since she left a night club with an unknown man many weeks ago in Awka, Anambra state. Annabel had gone to the night club with friends on September 17th and as the group of […]
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Zambian President dies in London
Zambian President Michael Sata has died at the age of 77 after receiving treatment for an undisclosed illness, the government says. President Sata, who was being treated in the UK, died in London’s King Edward VII hospital on Tuesday night.
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Tears for Clem Onyeka, killed while driving to a movie location with a colleague
Following the tragic death of Nollywood actor, Clems Onyeka, whose life was brutally cut short during a cross fire between armed robbers and policemen on October 14, while driving to a movie location with a colleague, Zubechi Onyia, in Asaba, the Delta State capital, tributes have been pouring in for the actor who is survived […]
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SAD NEWS: Nollywood Popular Actor killed by stray bullet in Asaba this afternoon
Nollywood Actor Clems Onyeka was killed by stray bullet in Asaba this afternoon. According to our source, he ran into armed robbers and was shot dead. The robbers who robbed a bank along Summit Express, were exchanging gun fire with police when Clems got hit by a stray bullet. His body has been deposited in the mortuary this evening. May his […]
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Actor Majid Michel Mourns…
Ghanaian actor, Majid Michel has lost his mother after she died in an Accra Hospital on Friday, October 10, 2014. Majid Michel and his family are currently grieving as the star has lost his 63-year-old mother. Paula Olympio is said to have collapsed after which she was rushed to the Ghana Canada Hospital in East […]
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Engaged mom-of-3 shot dead after snubbing man…(Photos)
A mother-of-three was shot dead by a callous criminal who opened fire after the 27-year-old spurned the man’s advances inside a Detroit bar, the woman’s distraught family says. Mary “Unique” Spears, 27, was fatally shot in the head early Saturday outside the American Legion Joe Louis Post No. 375 on the city’s east side, while […]
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Dallas Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan has died
A Texas patient who became the first U.S.-diagnosed case of Ebola died from the virus Wednesday morning in a Dallas hospital, officials said. Thomas Eric Duncan, 42, passed away at 7:51 a.m. in the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, the facility announced in a brief statement. “Mr. Duncan succumbed to an insidious disease, Ebola,” […]
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Terminally ill 29-year-old woman sets date to end her life (Video & Photos)
A terminally ill woman in America has gone public to explain why she has decided to end her own life. Brittany Maynard has been diagnosed with a brain tumour and has moved to a different state so that she can legally ‘die with dignity’ and has decided the day that her life will end. […]
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Pregnant bride-to-be dies in accident 2 weeks to wedding
A four-month pregnant lady, Dolapo Salawu (25), who was preparing for her wedding slated for October 2014 lost her life on Tuesday when the driver of a petrol tanker lost control and crushed her where she stood with her fiancé by the roadside at L. Adisa area, along Ibadan-Oyo expressway, Oyo State. The driver of […]
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Ebola: Health minister under quarantine in Liberia
The damage being done by the Ebola Virus Disease in Liberia has been underscored by the quarantine of the country’s deputy health minister. The minister, Dr. Bernice Dahn, placed herself in quarantine following the Ebola death of her assistant, health officials and humanitarian sources said on Sunday. The minister’s assistant died of the infectious disease […]
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