Monday, January 5, 2015

UNN Graduate Olive Nebo Ozioma Dies A Day After Ringing In The New Year [Photos]

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Olive Nebo Ozioma died on January 2nd 2015, and she had not been sick before that. The twenty-something year old graduate of University of Nigeria, Nsukka was so excited about seeing the first day of 2015 and took to her Facebook page to announce how excited she was, not knowing she will die the following day. She rang in the New Year with a post made at 3.37am on January 1st, 2015.

"OMG!!! Its 2015..... Is anyone feeling this vibe with me? Am sure you are! Lets celebrate together! We are blessed.... Hip Hip Hip!!!" 

Woman Allegedly Turns To Rat In Delta State, Puts Urine In Moi-Moi She Sells

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A middle-aged woman alleged to be a witch in Ughelli South local government area of Delta (name withheld) on Friday evening confessed to have been using her urine to mix the beans with which she prepared moi-moi which she sold to members of the public as well as fed family members with, Leadership newspaper reports.

The woman, well-known in the community for her beauty and well-prepared meals especially her moi-moi that she sold to unsuspecting members of the public, allegedly confessed when she was almost lynched by angry mobs over allegation by a young man in the area that she planned to kill him with her witchcraft.

Sunday, January 4, 2015

Family Identifies Sailor Gutzler - 7 Year Old Sole Survivor of Plane Crash That Killed Parents

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The Gutzler family have identified the 7yr old girl who survived a plane crash that killed her parents, sister and cousin on Friday evening January 2nd. The small plane the family was flying in, a Piper PA-34, went down in Western Kentucky but while all the other passengers died on the spot, Sailor Gutzler survived.

In the darkness, Sailor walked barefoot in just one sock, for three-quarters of a mile until she found a house with lights and knocked on their door, telling them what had just happened to her family.

Woman Is Unrepentant After Killing Day-Old Baby

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A 25-year-old woman in Ebo­nyi State, Ugochukwu Otu, has been arrested for killing her one-day baby girl soon after she was discharged from a maternity home. She killed the baby, put her dead body in a black polyethylene bag and dumped it in a bush near Ndibe beach road in her area, Sunday Sun reports.

Otu committed the muder on December 22, 2014 in Enohia Nkalu Afikpo North Local Government Area, Ebonyi State. She said she did it so that she would be free to live her life as she pleases and avoid the maternal responsibility of caring for the baby.

Friday, January 2, 2015

7-Year-Old Walks Away Unharmed After Kentucky Plane Crash Kills Parents and 2 Others

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In a miraculous but sad turn of events, a little girl has been reported as the sole surivor of a fatal plane crash that happened just a few hours ago. The 7-year-old girl walked to a man’s home for help after surviving the plane crash. The man then called 911 to report her situation.

According to posts made by Kentucky State Police on Facebook, it took a few hours to finally find the crashed plane in a deeply wooded area of Kentucky. Four people were reportedly killed in the crash. Check out the timeline of events as reported by the police on their FB Page. May the souls of the dead rest in peace.

30 Bodies, Some Still Strapped to their Seats, Recovered from AirAsia Flight So Far

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Though they had been hampered by bad weather, including torrential rain storm, search teams for AirAsia Flight 8501 have now pulled more than 30 bodies from the Java Sea over the past few days since the wreckage was discovered.

However, they are still struggling to locate the plane's black box recorder to aid investigations into what exactly caused the crash.

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

So Sad! Families Mourn As Bodies And Debris From AirAsia 8501 Found In Java Sea

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Indonesia has been thrown into mourning as officials confirmed the worst for relatives of those who had family on the missing AirAsia QZ8501 flight that disappeared two days ago. Indonesian search and rescue chief Bambang Soelistyo has said that several bodies have been recovered after debris from the plane was spotted about 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the aircraft's last known location over the Java Sea.

CNN reports that Soelistyo said the debris was discovered when a crew on a military aircraft spotted the shadow of an object that looked like a plane in the water. Further searching found floating objects believed to be the bodies of passengers, and then what appeared to be an emergency exit of the plane.

Sunday, December 28, 2014

#AirAsia Flight With 162 On Board Goes Missing Between Indonesia And Singapore

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An #AirAsia flight QZ8501 which took off from the city of Surabaya in Indonesia and bound for Singapore, lost contact with air traffic control about 12 hrs ago and has not been heard from since. The plane went off radar about two hours after take-off, while flying over the Java Sea. It was carrying 162 people - 155 passengers, two pilots, four flight attendants and one engineer.

Crying and confused relatives of passengers have gathered at the Surabaya airport, where a manifest of all passengers has been posted publicly, but while search and rescue started almost immediately after the plane was declared missing, there has been no update on the plane's whereabouts.

Saturday, December 20, 2014

Community Mourns 8 Children Massacred By Mother In Cairns Australia

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Mersane Warria was the major adult living with eight children found stabbed to death in a Manoora home yesterday, and now family and neighbours are speaking out about her erratic behavior before the discovery.

Police have revealed the victims were four girls, aged 12, 11, and two, and four boys aged nine, eight, six, and five, and five fathers had been informed that their children had been killed in the massacre.

It was also confirmed by police that Mersane Warria, also known as Raina Thaiday, has been arrested for the alleged murders of the children but has not been formally charged. She remains under police guard at Cairns Hospital.

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Titi Branch, Founder of Miss Jessie's Natural Hair Care Line, Commits Suicide

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Beautiful Titi Branch, one of the co-founders of the wildly successful natural hair care line, Miss Jessie’s, has died. According to reports, the 45 year old beauty entrepreneur committed suicide on Dec. 4th at her home but her death was kept hush hush until this past weekend.

The graduate of the University of Maryland, who created the haircare line with sister Miko, also ran a popular New York salon. The branch sisters started their haircare line about 10 years ago and catered mostly to ethnic and curly hair types.

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

More Than 130 Dead After Taliban Attack Pakistani School Kill Over 100 Children [Photos]

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A candle light vigil in Islamabad, for the victims of the school attack in Pesharwar Photograph: Anjum Naveed/AP

More than 130 people, and over 100 of them children, have been killed in a Pakistani Taliban attack at an army school in Peshawar, according to local officials.

Six or more attackers, dressed in army uniform, mounted the assault on the school for the children of army personnel shortly after 11am. Hundreds were in the school at the time, the Guardian reports.

The attackers, some of them wearing suicide vests, managed to get into the school from the roof of a van parked next to a wall that abuts a graveyard, according to local police. They began firing at random. Another blew himself up as security guards approached.

Friday, November 21, 2014

Teenager Charged After Parents and Siblings Killed In Car Crash During Family Trip To Disney

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A 16-year-old boy driving his parents and siblings on a "dream trip" to Disney World apparently fell asleep at the wheel, causing the sport utility vehicle to veer off the highway and roll over, killing three children and two adults, authorities said Thursday.

The teen, who had a driver's license, was charged with careless operation of a vehicle, a misdemeanor, following the crash on Interstate 20 near Calhoun, Louisiana, at 11 p.m. Wednesday, said state police spokesman Michael Reichardt. The driver, who was not identified, and two passengers were injured, one critically.

Romeo And Juliet - Woman Steps In Front of Train Shortly After Boyfriends Kills Self Same Way

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20-year-old Becky Tait, reportedly killed herself a couple of weeks ago by stepping in front of a moving train. Becky Tait took her own life two months after her 19 year old boyfriend, Phil James, committed suicide in a similar way.

Becky was said to be inconsolable after Phil passed away and decided she could not continue without him. Sounds like a real-life Romeo and Juliet, but it's so sad. See photos of the two below...

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Sister's Boyfriend Arrested For Murder Of Miss Honduras Days Before World Pageant

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The reigning Miss Honduras, Maria José Alvarado, and her sister, Sofía Trinidad Alvarado, have been found dead just a day before she was to represent her country at the Miss World Pageant. Authorities are saying the women were murdered by sister, Sofía Trinidad Alvarado’s boyfriend in a jealous fit of rage.

The two women's disappearance last week in Santa Barbara, Honduras, had been under investigation until their bodies were found last night.

Monday, November 17, 2014

Woman Who Married Sister’s Fiance Stabs and Buries Him Alive For New Lover One Year Later

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Qiao Li Tsui, 25, first met Jian Tsao, 30, two years ago when he was engaged to her sister. After a brief affair, Qiao convinced him to leave her sister Wan Niu, 27, and marry her instead. But a year after the wedding in Hangzhou, China, she met new lover Cai Chen, 27, online and began having an affair with him.

Friday, November 14, 2014

Diem Brown Dead at 32 After Long Battle With Ovarian Cancer #RIPDiemBrown

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#RIPDiemBrown. The MTV reality star and advocate for cancer survivors, has died at 32. She passed away in a New York hospital after a decade-long battle with cancer. Just this Tuesday, Diem had still been tweeting, and had pleaded for prayers and support.

Thursday, November 13, 2014

Heartbreaking Video Of Father Singing to Dying Baby Son After Wife Dies Unexpectedly

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This video of new dad, Chris Picco, singing "The Beatles" Blackbird song to his newborn dying son after his wife and the boy's mother passed away, is going viral. And it's just heartbreaking!

It absolutely kills me to hear stories from friends, and some of these ones we come across online of miscarriages, stillbirths and now this. May the mom and little angel son rest in heaven.

Monday, November 10, 2014

Bomb Blast At Secondary School in Yobe Kills 47 Students, With Many Injured

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A bomb blast this morning in Nigeria has claimed the lives of about 47 children and injured several at the Government Science Technical College, Potiskum, Yobe State. AP reported that most of the bodies taken to the hospital were between the ages of 11 and 20, according to a morgue attendant.

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

ISIS Sells Christian and Yazidi Women Like Slaves To Raise Money - Leaked Video

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ISIS, just like Boko Haram, have often boasted of enslaving abducted women and selling them. A disturbing video has now surfaced that supposedly shows the Islamic State fighters bartering over captured Yazidi women at a slave girl 'market'.

Monday, November 3, 2014

Brittany Maynard Kills Herself Through Euthanasia After Being Diagnosed With Terminal Brain Cancer

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29-year-old Brittany Maynard, who suffered with a fatal brain tumor, took the option offered by states like Oregon where she lives, to end her own life on her own terms. Brittany was an activist for Dying with dignity or state sanctioned euthanasia for terminally ill patients.