Police investigate murder of girl, 17, in Gombe

The police in Gombe say that they are investigating the gruesome murder of a 17-year-old girl, Miss Lilian Samuel, by some unknown assailants.
Mr Fwaje Atajiri, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Gombe State, said this, while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gombe on Sunday.
He said that the girl was killed by the assailants on Saturday night in the Tumfure neighbourhood of Gombe.

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Jet crash in Germany kills four

A corporate jet crash in western Germany on Sunday killed all four people aboard the aircraft, police said.
Witnesses told police that the plane burst into flames after it crashed near the town of Trier.
Authorities are investigating what caused the crash.
Local fire officials told German public broadcaster ZDF that the plane hit a power pole. There was

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Man, 21, burns self to death in Taraba after disagreement with father

A 21-year-old man, Mansur Tanko, on Friday, burnt himself to death in Jalingo, after a disagreement with his father, Tanko Mijinyawa, over marriage.

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Photos from Beyonce's mother's 60th birthday party

Beyonce and Solange threw a masquerade party for their mum

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Pics show Rabboni church members throwing up after eating grass

Members of the Rabboni Centre Ministries in Pretoria, South Africa, under instruction from their pastor, Lesego Daniel, dropped to the floor to eat grass after the 'man of God' told them it will 'bring them closer to God.'

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Rivers Police deny shooting Senator Magnus Abe

The Rivers Police Command has denied allegations that its personnel shot and wounded Sen. Magnus Abe while trying to stop a political rally from holding in Port Harcourt today.

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Rihanna gets a new tattoo

The 25 year old singer seems to have added another tattoo to the 20 she already has. She was spotted entering her favorite

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People believe Oshiomhole gave me N50m — Mother of stowaway teenager

Evelyn Ohikhena is the mother of the stowaway boy, Daniel, who hid in the wheels compartment of a Lagos-bound plane belonging to Arik Air from Benin City last year. In this interview with JAMES AZANIA, she narrates the ordeal of the family after her son’s uncommon adventure

 What is the situation now after your son hid in the wheels compartment of a Lagos-bound plane from Benin City last year?

The Edo State Government enrolled him in Edo College. The government put him in a boarding school. After his enrolment in a boarding school, the state Governor, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, promised that he would assist me because my shop got burnt before the incident. Because I was managing the little resources I had
then,

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Kenyan ‘corpse’ wakes up in morgue

Kenyan authorities have launched an investigation into how a man declared dead in a hospital woke up alive in its morgue the next day.

Shocked mortuary workers at Naivasha hospital ran away when the body stirred and was seen to be breathing.

Paul Mutora, who had tried to kill himself by swallowing insecticide, was pronounced dead on Wednesday night.

The chief medic said the drug used to treat him slowed the heart beat, which may have led to the

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Brazil 2014: Keshi faces selection headache

’TANA AIYEJINA takes a look at some new players, who if given a chance, or want to play for Nigeria, could bring more quality into the Super Eagles as coach Stephen Keshi prepares his side for the 2014 World Cup

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Hot Photos Of Meet Mikel Obi And His Russian girlfriend

 
Chelsea footballer, John Obi Mikel appears to be off the market as he has been swept off his feet by a Russian beauty. Her name is Olga Diyachenko and she living with the Nigerian footballer in the UK. Pictures have emerged of the loved up pair.More photos after the cut...

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PHCN abandoned me after I sustained spinal cord injury on electric pole –Sacked employee

Sixty per cent of the work force of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria got letters disengaging them from the services of the organisation, following the final process of its privatisation.

But for each of those individuals who lost their jobs after the new owners of PHCN took over on

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Indian street kids float own bank

A group of street children in India have opened their own bank.

The bank, known as the Children’s Development Khazana, was set up and is now run by children in the Fatehpuri neighbourhood of Old Delhi, India.

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It’s tough carrying out rituals in US, Europe –Ifa Priests

       What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander goes a popular idiom. But this saying does not apply to every situation. Places of worship for Nigerian Christians and Muslims in Europe, Latin America, Canada, Australia and the United States are ubiquitous. But where do Nigerian traditional

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It’s great to be back –Messi

Lionel Messi admitted he was ‘very happy to return’ after he came on and scored two goals in Barcelona’s 4-0 win over Getafe on Wednesday, Eurosport reports.

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