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Model and actress Kim Porter died Thursday at age 47. Porter dated Sean “Diddy” Combs on and off for over a decade. The hip-hop mogul’s representative confirmed the devastating news to Yahoo in a statement: “Sadly, I can confirm the…

A security guard has been killed by police after officers responded to a shooting inside a bar and thought he was the gunman, despite people screaming that he was innocent. The incident, which took place at Manny’s Blue Room Bar in…

Ajuma Ameh-Otache, one of Nigeria’s most successful women internationals is dead. The award winning Super falcons player passed on at the age of 33 last Saturday after a prolonged battle with a rare muscular disease which resurfaced…

A banker, Ronke Shonde, allegedly beaten to death by her husband, Lekan, three years ago, died of severe brain injuries, a pathologist, Dr. S.S. Soyele, said yesterday. Soyele, from the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital…

The will of late American rapper, Mac Miller who died of an apparent overdose has been revealed. The rapper who died on September 7, at the age of 26, set up a trust in 2013 and executed a will at that time, according to The Blast.…

The Commissioner for Rural development in Bauchi state, Mahmood Abubakar, has died. The state governor, Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar, announced his passing on his personal twitter handle. The tweet reads. ''It’s with a heavy heart…

Reports from Saudi Arabia have it that no fewer than three local government chairmen of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) from Zamfara state, Nigeria, who were on holy pilgrimage, have lost their lives in a fatal road accident in…

The body of a Nigerian man was found dead in his home in South Africa, and the story surrounding his death is quite mysterious. Chinedu Okibe, an Igbo father living in South Africa, was found half naked, lying face down, in his room.…

Nollywood actress Uduak Akrah, has died. According to reports, Uduak died on Saturday August 25th following injuries sustained from a fatal fall in the bathroom two years ago. Confirming her passing, fimmaker Charles Novia,  said “I…

Police operatives on Wednesday gunned down a member of an armed robbery gang operating along Sagamu-Benin Expressway. Spokesperson for the the Ogun State Police Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the incident to journalists said,…

Oba Gbadebo Ogunsakin, the Olowa of Odo Oro Ekiti state has been stabbed to death in his palace. The incident, according to reports occurred early on Monday August 20th when a man suspected to be mentally deranged entered the palace…

Kofi Annan, the first black African to become UN secretary-general, has died aged 80 in Switzerland, his aides say. He “passed away peacefully on Saturday after a short illness”, the foundation named after him said on Saturday. Mr Annan…

Aretha Franklin, the “queen of soul” who became the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, has died in Detroit at the age of 76. The legendary singer was diagnosed with cancer in 2010 and announced last year she was…

Reality star Lyric McHenry was found dead on Tuesday morning in New York City, just hours after celebrating her birthday. She was 26. According to the New York Daily News, McHenry, who appeared alongside Magic Johnson's son, EJ Johnson,…

The lifeless body of a young woman identified as Peace Precious, said to be a commercial sex worker has been discovered by the roadside in Upper Mission Extension, around Imuetinyan Junction, Benin, Edo State. According to reports, …