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Police Investigate Alleged Suicide By Father Of 7 In Abuja

Ebenezer Olatunji | News Reporter - Jan 2, 2014

ABUJA — Following an tragedy that occurred on new year's eve, the FCT Police command said, yesterday, that it was investigating an alleged suicide...

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Tragic Death: Staff Of The Nation And ThisDay Involved In Auto Crash (DISTURBING IMAGE)

Ebenezer Olatunji | News Reporter - Jan 2, 2014

IBADAN - Representatives of The Nation and ThisDay newspapers were involved in a fatal auto crash in Ibadan, Oyo State, on January 1st 2014. The sales representatives of The Nation,...

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Man Fighting For Life As Stomach Ripped Open During Fight Over Woman

Ebenezer Olatunji | News Reporter - Jan 2, 2014

LAGOS - A man's stomach was ripped open during a fight with another man on new year's eve. The 34-year-old man, identified as Owuye, is...

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Tragedy: 3 Siblings Burnt To Death, 10 Houses Razed In Delta

Vanguard - Jan 1, 2014

Tragedy struck, Monday, as three kids of same parents were burnt to death in an inferno which consumed 10 make-shift houses at Oroke Estate...

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Sad: 70 Lagosians Displaced As Year End Fire Razes 3 Buildings

Vanguard - Jan 1, 2014

Tragedy struck at Ijesa area of Lagos, as fire razed three buildings, with over 70 people displaced However, barely 24 hours after the disaster, the...

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Suicide Attempt? Man Reportedly Sets Self Ablaze In Abuja

Ebenezer Olatunji | News Reporter - Dec 31, 2013

AA tragic incident occurred in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja as a man allegedly committed suicide by setting himself ablaze on Tuesday December 31st...

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Widows Of Slain Policemen Appeal To IG For Husbands’ Entitlements

Vanguard - Dec 31, 2013

Thirty widows of policemen who died in the line of duty in the Plateau State Command yesterday appealed to the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed...

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Soldier Allegedly Murders Bus Driver Over Transport Fare In Lagos (DISTURBING IMAGE)

Wires | The Trent - Dec 31, 2013

For insisting that a soldier who boarded his vehicle must pay his fare, a commuter bus (danfo) driver has paid with his life. The unidentified...

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New Female Regent of Akure Installed (SNAPSHOT)

Vanguard - Dec 30, 2013

AKURE — A new regent, Princess Adetutu Adesida Ojei was yesterday installed to fill the stool of the Deji of Akure which became vacant ...

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4 Die, Many Injured In Multiple Accidents In Ogun

Ebenezer Olatunji | News Reporter - Dec 30, 2013

ABEOKUTA — Four lives were lost and several others critically injured in two separate accidents in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital and Ilaro in...

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