SAD!!! Pears Baby Reigning Queen, Somkene, dies at 2

This is so sad!!!One of the worst things in life is for a parent to loose a child. Reports coming in reveals that the reigning Pears Baby Queen Somkene Chukwuka Eze is dead. She died on Friday May 15th after she slumped in her school and was rushed to a hospital in the Magodo area of Lagos. They tried to revive her but to no avail.

According to her aunty , Somkene was a very happy, active and lovely baby.
The fact that she was an Angel can never be over emphasized. Everybody loved her, in church, school and even at her parents offices. The joy that she brought to her family and all of us in her two years knows no bounds. She turned 2 years May 6th" her aunt said

She won the Pears Baby competition when she was just 1 on June 8th 2014. So sad to learn of her death. May God give her parents the strength to bear this loss. Rest in peace, little Angel.

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Breaking News:Taraba House Speaker, Haruna Tsokwa, slumps and dies

News reaching TG is that the Speaker of Taraba State House of Assembly, Haruna Tsokwa, slumped in the early hours of this morning November 4th in his house and was rushed to the hospital where he was declared dead.

The late Speaker was one of the lawmakers in Taraba State who opposed Governor Danbaba Suntai's resumption of work in the state after his foreign medical treatment because of his frail state of health.

Tsokwa was attacked in September by unknown gunmen along the Akwanga-Keffi Road in Nasarawa State. The gunmen killed one of his aides but Tsokwa survived the attack.

Tsokwa is said to have been battling with some heart-related ailments before he suddenly slumped and died this morning. May his soul rest in peace. Amen.

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Man plunges to death in WAEC's collapsed elevator

A young man named Fatai died today after falling off a moving elevator on the eighth floor of the 12-storey building of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) building in Yaba, Lagos.

Fatai, who had come to the WAEC office to help a relative submit some documents, had stepped out of the elevator when the doors opened midway on the eight floor, thinking he had reached its destination, only for him to step into the air and fall off. The elevator wasn't functioning well and there was no notice to warn people.

Saw on TV as his mangled body was being removed from the building...his arms, legs almost separated from his body.

WAEC officials have expressed regret over his death but according to reports, the family of the deceased have taken the matter to the police and might be suing WAEC for wrongful death.

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Two die as 7 female students fall into well in Ekpoma this morning

Tragedy struck early this morning at the Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma, after seven female students fell into a well located inside one of the hostels inside the school compound while fetching water and doing other things around the well.

According to eye witnesses, three girls were washing on top of the well, which is the hostel's only source of water, while the remaining four were sitting on its top, when all of a sudden the well collapsed beneath them. All seven girls fell into the well.

Other students around the hostel when the incident occurred rescued 6 of the alive. Unfortunately one died inside the well. Another one died on the way to the hospital. The remaining five are receiving treatment at the hospital.

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Reggae pioneer Leonard Dillon dies in Jamaica

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The leader of the pioneering reggae group The Ethiopians has died in Jamaica. Leonard Dillon was 68.

Daughter Patrice Dillon says her father died Wednesday at her home of lung and prostate cancer.

She says Dillon had been diagnosed with cancer in June and underwent surgery to remove a brain tumor earlier this year.

Leonard Dillon began his career using the stage name Jack Sparrow in the early 1960s. He recorded a series of ska songs, including "Bull Whip," which featured a young Bob Marley on backing vocals.

Dillon later formed The Ethiopians, a trio whose best known hits were "Train to Skaville" and "Everything Crash."

Dillon is survived by seven children.

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