A good start! Meet Tanzania's first female Vice President

Samia Suluhu Hassan, 55, was announced Vice President of Tanzania in the 2015 General Elections, alongside Tanzania's ruling party candidate John Magufuli. Suluhu is married to Hafidh Ameir and they have four children. The National Electoral Commission announced on Thursday, October 29, that Magufuli won the presidential election after the opposition challenged the tallying process and demanded a recount. Chairman of the Commission,...

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7 year old who choked on her school lunch dies after three days on life support

A seven-year-old girl who choked on her school lunch in Brooklyn has died. Noelia Echavarria ended up on life support for three days after the incident which happened at her school.  The family's attorney confirmed that the little girl died at 8:39 p.m. on Friday. 'My niece came out of the lunchroom eating a sandwich. They say she was choking. She was holding her throat,' said Carlos Santiago, Noelia-Lisa's uncle to ABC7. 'I...

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Photos: We sell adulterated water to banks- suspects confess

A five-man syndicate that specialize in selling adulterated water to banks and other companies in Lagos have been arrested by men of the Lagos State Rapid Response Squad. A statement by the police states that the suspects identified as Chukwuma Uzor, (48) and Ofonime Ikpe (44) and three of their accomplices were arrested at 3, Adesola Street, Ago-Palace Way, Okota in Lagos on Thursday October 22nd following a tip-off. One...

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Mum whose two-year-old daughter has months to live starts campaign to give her a magical last Christmas

  A mum whose two-year-old daughter only has months to live has launched a fundraising campaign to give her a magical last Christmas. Little Amelia Morris, who is nearly three, has Tay Sachs disease, a rare genetic disorder that causes progressive damage to the nervous system.  Her mum Whitney Morris, 21, from Wigan, has launched a campaign on gofundme so she can transform her home into a Christmas wonderland decked out...

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800 APC delegates in Bayelsa, others defect to PDP

Ahead of the governorship election in Bayelsa State, about 1,000 members of the All Progressives Congress in the state have dumped the ruling party. 800 party delegates at the APC governorship primary election held on August 22 and August 29 were among those who dumped the party for the Peoples Democratic Party.  The mass defection was commemorated in a ceremony which took place at Peace Park, Yenagoa on Saturday....

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Photos: Senate president leads other APC senators to visit Emir of Gwandu

Senate President Bukola Saraki led other APC senators on a visit to the Emir of Gwandu, HRH Maj. Gen. (Dr.) Muhammad Ilyasu Bashar yesterday October 30th. Continue to see more photos   ...

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Uche Jombo and Kate Henshaw step out in style for Medicaid white concert

Actress Uche Jombo-Rodriguez and Kate Henshaw looked stunning for a cancer awareness dinner- Medicaid white concert in Abuja. Another photo after the cut... ...

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Man arrested after posting a threat on a Police FB page saying he planned to open fire on someone's house

Adrian San Martins was arrested after he posted a threat to the Bexar County Sheriff's office's official Facebook page, saying he planned to open fire on someone's house. The threat prompted investigators to look at Adrian San Martin's own Facebook page, where they identified him as wanted on a warrant for evading arrest. The Sheriff's office shared a photo of San Martin writing: "Be careful what you post and especially where you...

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#RideYourOwnCow into 2016 With Your eTranzact Powered Mobile Banking App

Promos and giveaway ideas are getting bigger and more interesting as 2015 comes to an end. This time, eTranzact International PLC wants to give you the opportunity to #rideyourowncow into 2016 plus other prizes like Turkeys, Chickens, bags of rice, hampers, movie tickets and millions in airtime( Visit the page here before others do: http://bit.ly/Mobilebankinge) The promo which is in collaboration with its mobile banking partners, FCMB,...

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California doctor convicted in overdose deaths of 3 patients

A Los Angeles-area doctor was convicted Friday of second-degree murder in the deaths of three patients who overdosed on painkillers she prescribed. The prosecution of Dr. Hsiu-Ying "Lisa" Tseng was a rare murder case against a physician at a time when prescription drug abuse has become an epidemic and lawmakers have tried to make it harder for so-called pill mills to easily dole out medications with little scrutiny. A dozen of Tseng's...

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Six-year-old girl beats the odds after being born with her heart outside her chest

Virsaviya Borun, a native of Russia who moved to South Florida with her mother, suffered from a rare condition - called Pantalogy of Cantrell- that caused her heart and intestines to form outside of her body. Her heart is protected only by a thin layer of skin. “When I was pregnant, the doctor said she will not survive, that she is going to die,” Dari Borun, the girl’s mother, said. The remarkable girl defied the odds set against...

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Oil thieves jailed for 84 yrs

Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday convicted seven men to 84 years imprisonment for illegal and unlawful dealing in 1,459 metric tonnes of petrol. The court sentenced each of the convicts to a jail term of 12 years each starting Friday after they were all found guilty of the five count charge preferred against them. The convicts are; Adedamola Ogungbayi; Olaniran Olabode; Suraju Gasali; Moses...

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Survivors: Boko Haram killing and kidnapping in villages

Boko Haram survivors say Boko Haram extremists bombed out of forest camps are attacking remote northeast Nigerian villages, killing scores and kidnapping hundreds of women, children and young men. Farmer Muhammad Ali says militants armed with guns and swords took away his wife and two daughters, aged 9 and 3, from Abbacheri village. He is among 400 refugees who say the attacks started a week ago and they walked for six days to reach safety....

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Pictures of victims of the Russian plane crash in Egypt

Major events so far: The plane was mainly carrying Russian tourists. so far 150 bodies have been found over a 3 mile radius. A criminal investigation has now been launched against the airline. 2 black boxes have been recovered. According to Mirror Online, an ISIS group has claimed it shot down the Russian plane, despite early indications it was a technical problem that caused the disaster and there was no...

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Check out Nicki Minaj's sexy Halloween costume, dresses as a fairy princess

Nicki Minaj can be sexy sha. See more photos after the cut... ...

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Check out this toddler dressed as Pope at White House Halloween party

 President Obama and his wife Michelle threw a Halloween Costume party at the White House yesterday and invited little kids to have fun with them. The most adorable was the little boy in a Pope costume in his Pope mobile. He made the president laugh. Too cute! See more photos after the cut... Photo credit: Pete Souza...

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