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Five persons, including a pregnant woman were electrocuted on Thursday in Lagos after a PHCN high-tension cable fell, causing fire and explosion. An eyewitness told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the incident happened around 2.00 a.m. at Oworonshoki, Lagos. The source said that fire broke out when the cable fell on a Toyota Camry car loaded with petroleum products. The victims rushed out of their homes when they heard the explosion and ran into the live cable unknowingly. “As they rushed out, they all embraced the cable in front of their house and they were electrocuted. The corpses were taken to Yaba General Hospital by policemen fromOworonshoki and some residents of the area.“ The husband of the pregnant woman, who also lost a son, attempted to commit s*****e by drinking a poisonous substance but was however, prevented by neighbours. “The youths in the area prevented PHCN workers from coming to the scene because they blamed the electricity company for the deaths,’’ the source ...

According to a punch report, at least 37 people died between Thursday and Friday during fighting between the anti-Balaka militia and ex- Seleka rebels in Central African Republic’s central town of Dekoa, a source from CAR Red Cross said. The Red Cross source said anti-Balaka militia attacked the position of ex-Seleka rebels in Dekoa, provoking fierce fighting. “At the moment, we have counted 37 bodies and already buried 10. “The insecurity does not allow us to continue collecting dead bodies,” the source that did not wish to be named said. By midday, there was still confusion in Dekoa town. One section of the population had taken refuge in the bush while the other took refuge in a Catholic church within the locality. According to Youssouf Adam, an officer of the ex-Seleka rebels present in the town, his fighters are in full control of the town. “We just responded to the provocation of anti-Balaka militia while in our camps,” he told Xinhua on phone. Similar clashes were witnessed on th...

According to a BBC report, US Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is resigning following the problematic launch of President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, US media report. The law – regarded by the president’s supporters as one of his main domestic achievements – has been marked by early technical problems and delays. Sebelius has been health secretary since Obama took office in 2009. The reports say Obama will nominate Sylvia Mathews Burwell, the current budget director, to replace her. Sebelius had made the decision to resign herself, the New York Times reported. The US president had resisted calls for the health secretary to stand down after the websites where people could enrol for health insurance ran into problems last October. After the rocky start, the White House now points to the more than seven million people who have signed-up for coverage on federal and state-run marketplaces sites created by the Affordable Care Act. Obama says the programme was “here to stay”. Republicans...

The Nigeria Immigration Service on Thursday deported 80 foreigners who were illegally residing in Taraba. Alhaji Habibu Haruna, the Controller of the service in Taraba, made the disclosure at the commencement of the exercise in Jalingo. Haruna said the service arrested 170 illegal immigrants, out of which, 80 were screened and ascertained that they had no genuine permits to live in Nigeria. He noted that most of them were from Niger Republic, who got into the country through Katsina State, while few were from the Republic of Cameroon. The controller said “we got information that there was an influx of foreigners into Taraba, perhaps due to crisis in neighbouring states. `”We sought logistic support from the Acting Governor of Taraba, Alhaji Garba Umar, to patrol the state and he supported us promptly. “The Comptroller-General of NIS, Mr David Parradang, also gave us the go ahead to arrest, screen and deport those who do not have relevant and genuine permits to live in Nigeria.’’ Haruna...

According to a report, a child bride forced into marriage in Nigeria killed her husband and three of his friends by lacing a meal with rat poison, police said. Wasila Umaru, 14, was married last week to 35-year-old Umaru Sani, according to assistant superintendent Musa Magaji Majia. But when Umaru invited a dozen friends to celebrate in northern Ungwar Yansoro village, near the city of Kano, the teenager slipped the deadly chemical into a rice dish. Umaru died the same day along with friends Nasiru Mohammed and Alhassan Alhassan, while another female victim, Indo Ibrahim, died in hospital hospital while receiving treatment. Wasila admitted buying the poison at a local market and putting it into the food. 'The suspect confessed to committing the crime and said she did it because she was forced to marry a man she did not love,' Majia said. Umaru is cooperating with police and likely will be charged with culpable homicide, according to Majia. Child marriage is common in Nigeria an...

Substitute Demba Bascored late on to send Chelseainto the Champions Leaguesemi-finals with a 2-0 win against Paris Saint-Germain. Jose Mourinho's men came into Tuesday's home leg of the quarter-final tie trailing 3-1, and an early injury to Eden Hazard looked set to make their task even tougher. However, the Belgian's replacement - Andre Schurrle - gave the home fans hope by finding the net 14 minutes after coming off the bench. PSG looked a shadow of the side that cruised to victory against an off-colour Chelsea at theParc des Princes last week, and were walking a tightrope as Schurrle and Oscar both found the woodwork in quick succession after the break. However, Ba - a 66th-minute replacement for Frank Lampard - sent Stamford Bridge into raptures and Jose Mourinho sprinting down the touchline with a winner three minutes from time, as the Londoners progressed on away goals. The result means Mourinho has now been successful in each of his nine European quarter-final tie...

A kidnapper had been caught at Abeokuta, Ogun state capital. The incident occured at 1:00pm on Tuesday 8, 2014 at 13, Oremeji street, Ijeun Titun Abeokuta when the kidnapper was trying to kidnap a 5-month-old child. According to an eye-witnessed, the baby crawled from their passage outside when the kidnapper saw him. " He carried the baby and started playing with him for some minutes before his mother came out". She said. The eye-witnessed also added that when the mother of the 5-month-old child came out and saw her child with the kidnapper and she collected her baby from him. "He charmed the mother and collected the baby back from her. He started running when i told the mother that is that not his son?. We shouted and everyone came to our rescue". she reports. The vigilante service corps and civil defence corps arrived at the scene and took the kidnapper away to Ibara police station Abeokuta. They assured that everything would be taken care of.

Peaches Geldof has died today at the age of 25, hours after posting a picture of herself and her late mother Paula Yates on Instagram. The mother-of-two young sons was found by police at her house in Wrotham, Kent, at 1.35pm. Kent Police said the death was 'sudden' and 'unexplained'. Her last tweet was at 10.17am yesterday with a photograph of her and her late mother. In a heartbreaking statement, her father Bob said: 'Peaches has died. We are beyond pain. She was the wildest, funniest, cleverest, wittiest and the most bonkers of all of us. 'Writing 'was' destroys me afresh. What a beautiful child. How is this possible that we will not see her again? How is that bearable? 'We loved her and will cherish her forever. How sad that sentence is. 'Tom and her sons Astala and Phaedra will always belong in our family, fractured so often, but never broken. Bob, Jeanne, Fifi, Pixie and Tiger Geldof. Her husband Thomas Cohen said: 'My beloved wife Peach...

The pastor of a popular Pentecostal Church located along Nnebisi Road, Asaba, Delta State, simply identified as Pastor Sam, is currently on the run after allegedly impregnating a woman and her daughter. The pastor, who hails from the eastern part of the state, allegedly impregnated the 45-year-old mother of three and her 14-year-old daughter under the guise of conducting prayers for them to deliver them of evil spirits that had been battling them. It was gathered that the woman and the daughter have been under evil spells after her husband died of inexplicable stomach problems and elders of the Illah community where they live, had consulted seers who accused the woman and her teenage daughter of having a hand in the death. The duo were said to have been introduced to the pastor around December 2013 and he had promised to reverse every demonic attack on their lives and they have been consulting the pastor until last week when they both took ill and were taken to a private hospital in As...