Senator Mustapha Bukar, representing Katsina North senatorial district, President Muhammadu Buhari’s constituency, is dead. He was aged 63. Alhaji Kanta Bukar, the elder brother of the deceased, confirmed the death and said that Bukar died in the early hours of Wednesday at the Nizamiye Hospital, Abuja. He said the deceased was survived by two wives […]
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Winnie Mandela, the ex-wife of South African anti-apartheid fighter and former president Nelson Mandela, died on Monday at the age of 81, her spokesman said. She died in a Johannesburg hospital after a long illness, spokesman Victor Dlamini said in a statement. Zodwa Zwane‚ her personal assistant, confirmed this on Monday afternoon. “It is with […]
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About 14 people have been confirmed dead in Bauchi state following the outbreak of Lassa Fever and Cholera, the state commissioner for health says. Zuwaira Hassan, the commissioner made this known while briefing newsmen at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital (ATBU- TH) Bauchi during her visit to the cholera quarantine ward. According to her, nine […]
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The mysterious death of a 40-year-old, divorced mother-of-four inside a hotel room she and her younger lover has been taken over by the police and her young lover is being interrogated. The younger lover, 36, who hid the corpse and secretly buried her in an uncompleted building in Osara village, Abeokuta, is in police detention. […]
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At least 18 persons were feared dead in an accident involving a Ford Explorer jeep and a Mazda bus at Alapako area on Lagos /Ibadan Expressway on Sunday. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Public Relations Officer, Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE) confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta. Akinbiyi […]
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A grieving father, Francis Idoko, a staff of the National Universities Commission (NUC) , on Saturday relived his last moments with his son, Paul, who was killed by a train around Arab area in Kubwa, Abuja on Friday morning. Speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at his residence located at Arab road, few […]
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Four years after he caused the death of Prof. Festus Iyayi, Danladi Baba, a driver with Kogi Government House, Lokoja has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment for reckless driving. Chief Magistrate Alhassan Husaini of Lokoja Chief Magistrate Court 11, who jailed Baba on Friday, said he found him guilty of reckless driving and causing […]
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Serena Williams has revealed her near-death experience after giving birth to her daughter Olympia in September, in an article she wrote for CNN. The tennis legend said she lives in fear of blood clots, a condition that surfaced during her harrowing post-natal ordeal. She said she got blood clot in her lungs, blocking one or […]
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The Delta State Government has said that three persons out of the seven confirmed cases of Lassa fever have died since the outbreak of the disease in the state. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Mordi Ononye, who disclosed this, also said 24 persons had been placed under surveillance. Ononye, in a statement on Sunday, […]
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Even after one dies, certified by doctors, the body’s cells continue to function. This is the startling finding by scientists, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Communications. According to the scientists, the body’s cells host post-mortem genetic expression for 24 to 48 hours. All of the biological functions that make life […]
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