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A 36 year old woman named Erica Morales (pictured) died hours after giving birth on Thursday Jan. 15th to quadruplets in a Phoenix hospital. Erica Morales was about seven months pregnant when she delivered the babies — three girls and a boy — at Banner Good Samaritan hospital, Nicole Todman, a family friend, told the news organization. But she died before ever getting a chance to see the babies she and her husband had long hoped for, Todman said. Morales initially went to the hospital for high blood pressure, according to Todman,who added she was unsure of how exactly her friend died. The hospital would not provide that information, the AP reported. In the wake of Morales’ death, Todman has started a GoFundMe to raise money for thefamily.She said on the page that Morales and her husband, Carlos, had tried for year to have a baby. Morales finally became pregnant last year with the help of doctors. The goal of the GoFundMe page, according to Todman, was to ease the financial worries ...

Petroleum Minister Alison-Madueke has announced a N10 reduction in pump price of petrol from N97 per litre to N87 per litre effective midnight tonight January 18th.

Sacked soldiers has accused the Nigerian Army of betraying them after it dismissed some soldiers for allegedly disobeying a direct order from their commanding officer, the Hausa service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reports. Recently, the Nigerian army has dismissed some soldiers for asking for support equipment following the army’s plan to convey them for an operation in Bama and Gwoza, the strongholds of Boko Haram insurgents. The dismissal of the soldiers followed a wave of court-martialling of some soldiers for mutiny and other offences in the troubled northeast. One of the sacked soldiers told the agency that they refused to take part in the operation in the northeast because the Army did not provide them with the required combat and support equipment needed for such operations. He alleged that their commanding officers push them into operations and the militants kill them just like that. He said having engaged the insurgents in several past battles, a major...

The Presidential and vice-presidential candidates of Nigeria’s largest opposition party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) and Prof. Yemi Osinbajo may have contradicted themselves on the job creation policy of their party. This is because APC had in its Christmas message to Nigerians issued in Abuja by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, promised the nation that it would create 3million year in, year out. The APC statement in its eight paragraph, said ”Our eight pledges for a better Nigeria, which are highlights of our manifesto, form the core of our social contract with Nigeria. During our first term in office, we pledge to create 3 million new jobs a year through public works programmes and by shifting the economy towards value-added production will be our primary economic target.” Similarly, on last Tuesday, APC presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, assured that he would create 3 million jobs every year to tackle unemployment and ...

•FRSC Rescues 15 From Burning Vehicle IT was a sad day for Edo All Progressives Congress (APC) Saturday, as it lost a member while not less than 23 others sustained injuries in an automobile crash. The incident happened as one of the vehicles in its convoy, an 18-seater Toyota Hiace bus had a head-on collision with a Volkswagen Station wagon vehicle marked Lagos TK 446 KJA, near Okada village in Ovia North East local government council. As a result of the incident, the governor, Adams Oshiomhole, who was said to have been preparing to leave his Iyamho village, immediately ordered cancelation of the rallies for the day. Deputy governor, Pius Odubu, conveyed the cancellation of the scheduled campaigns, which would have seen the party visiting Egor, Ovia North East and Ovia South West councils. Continue...

The Catholic Diocese of Warri, Delta State, has announced the transfer of her Catholic Priests in several parishes across the diocese. The transfer comes as a surprise to the lay faithful; though not the priests, for they are constantly rotated and shuffled into various parishes every two-years interval. According to a very reliable source, who communicated this information to our Correspondent, several priests are expected to move from their present parishes to other parishes. The source says: "I can confirm to you that there is an ongoing massive transfer of Priests in the Catholic Diocese of Warri." "A minimum 80% of the entire priest in the diocese must leave their current parishes for new parishes." Here are the parishes affected so far: 1. Ozoro 2. Two Parishes in DSC 3. Mother of Redeemer, Effurun 4. Cathedral Administrators 5. Emevor 6. Orogun 7. Okwokokor 8. Idama 9. Olomoro 10. Jesse The new transfer takes effect within two weeks.

Mali's health minister says the country is now free of the Ebola virus, after 42 days without a new case of the disease. "I declare this day... the end of the epidemic of the Ebola virus in Mali," said Ousmane Kone. The last Ebola-infected patient in Mali recovered and left hospital in early December. Latest figures show the three West African countries worst affected have all seen a decline in new Ebola cases. Sierra Leone and Guinea both recorded the lowest weekly total of confirmed Ebola cases since August, according to UN figures on Thursday. Continue...

Suspected militants from Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram have kidnapped dozens of people in raids in neighbouring Cameroon, officials say. They said many of those kidnapped in the cross border attack against villages were children. Four villagers who tried to fend off the attackers were killed, a security source has told the BBC. Boko Haram has seized control of towns and villages in north-east Nigeria, and begun threatening neighbouring nations. Chad, which also borders Nigeria, has just sent soldiers to help Cameroon in the fight against the jihadists. The BBC's Randy Joe Sa'ah in Cameroon's capital, Yaounde, says this is the first time Cameroonian villagers have been kidnapped by suspected militants. Previous kidnappings in Cameroon blamed on Boko Haram have been more targeted - with high-profile people or foreigners reportedly taken for ransom, he says.'Burnt to ashes' A security source told the BBC that it was the villages of Maki and Mada in the Tourou dis...

Nigerian drug convict Daniel Enemuo and 5 other foreigners from Vietnam, Malawi, Brazil and Netherlands were executed in the early hours of this morning Sunday January 18th for drug offences. The convicts, who were killed by firing squad, are the first people executed under new President Joko Widodo,who took office in October 2014. He signed off on the executions last month..Brazil and the Netherlands have since recalled their ambassadors from Indonesia after the country defied their pleas and executed two of their citizens AFP reports. Brazilian Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira, was convicted of smuggling cocaine into Indonesia in2004. Dutchman Ang Kiem Soei was arrested 8 yearsago. Continue...  

The Presidential Campaign Organisation of the opposition All Progressives Congress in a statement issued in Abuja yesterday, January 18th, debunked rumours over health condition of their presidential candidate General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd). The Campaign Organisation called the allegation that ex-President Obasanjo was planning an imposture of APC presidential candidate on Nigeria as he supposedly did with the late President Umaru Yar’Adua though paying no attention to their health conditions “unsolicited, reckless and silly“. The spokesperson of the organization, Garba Shehu, said: “GMB is fit as a fiddle.” “He has no known ailment and is in excellent condition to pilot the affairs of the country.” Continue...

President Goodluck Jonathan says his administration has transformed the railway system, adding that the people of Lagos now enjoy train rides in air-conditioned coaches. The President said this in a Facebook post on Sunday. Jonathan, who described the feat as a ‘silent revolution’ promised that his administration would do more in the coming years. He said, “A silent revolution is taking place in Lagos. Every day, thousands ofLagosiansare escaping the hustle and bustle of Lagos traffic by traversing the mainland in the new air condition Diesel Multiple Unit trains. “These trains were introduced by my administration as a fore taste of our plan to develop an inter-city and intra-city high speed train network for Lagos. The Federal Government has already signed a $1.5bn contract for the construction of the Lagos-Ibadan Express Train. “This project, when completed, will make it possible to live in Ibadan and work in Lagos. This is progressing simultaneously with the $12bn Lagos-Calabar c...

Yes, it's true! Actor Muna Obiekwe has died. He died this afternoon around 4:15pm in a hospital in Lagos after a battle with kidney failure. He was rushed to the hospital today after he collapsed at his home. Muna has been quietly battling this kidney disease but kept it hush hush from friends and colleagues. So Sad! A colleague said for over two weeks before he died didn't go for his dialysis. Muna needed money for his health problems but instead of going public to raise money, he told friends he was planning a stage play to raise money but died before he could do it. Unbelievably sad! Meanwhile, there's some twitter handle called @MunaObiekwe that's denying his death. That is not Muna! Unfortunately the real one is gone. Unbelievable! RIP to a great actor!.