•Floods Two children, a nine-year-old girl and an unidentified boy, have been confirmed dead after they were swept away by floodwaters during a heavy downpour in Minna, the Niger State capital, on Monday afternoon. The tragedy occurred in the Tunga community following hours of persistent rainfall that overwhelmed drainage systems, submerged ro...
Two decomposed bodies of victims of the devastating flood that swept through Mokwa town, headquarters of Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State, on May 29, were recovered yesterday. It was earlier reported that flash flood submerged buildings and swept away many people from their homes following a torrential rainfall, reports Daily Trust. ...
•Relatives mourn near the coffins of victims Indian health officials have begun handing relatives the bodies of their loved ones after one of the world’s worst plane crashes in decades, but most families were still waiting today for results of DNA testing. While mourners have held funerals for some of the 279 people killed when […]
•PM Netanyahu Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu announced today that the bodies of two Israeli-American hostages, Judy Weinstein-Hagi and Gadi Hagi, have been recovered from Gaza and returned to Israel. The couple, aged 70 and 72 respectively, were residents of Kibbutz Nir Oz, located near the Gaza border, reports ABC News. Both held ...
At least 153 people in the Mokwa Local Government Area have died following the devastating floods that destroyed homes and displaced thousands of residents a few days ago. The Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) confirmed to our correspondent yesterday that the death toll had risen sharply from 115 after floods hit the town of [&he...
•Cemetery covered with green grasses without gravestones Located along the ever-busy Lagos-Badagry Expressway, Isasi cemetery is a place where the dead find little peace. Overcrowded and neglected, this burial ground tells a haunting tale, as bodies are laid to rest in shallow, one-foot-deep graves, many without markers or dignity, their britt...
•Arrested kidnapper twin, Taiwo Taiwo Yemitan, recently arrested alongside his twin brother Kehinde for luring and killing a young girl for ritual purpose in Abeokuta, Ogun State, has opened up on their mode of operation as serial killers in an exclusive audio file obtained by our correspondent . Taiwo revealed how the abduction and killing [&...
Three persons who were onboard Sikorsky SK76 helicopters with registration 5N BQG, which ditched in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Bonny Finima on October 24, 2024, are still missing. On the said date, the helicopter, operated by Eastwind Aviation, was transporting eight passengers to the NNPLC facility when the accident occurred. Speakin...
•Russia’s President Vladimir Putin Ukraine said today it had received the bodies of 563 soldiers from Russian authorities, mainly troops that had died in combat in the eastern Donetsk region. The exchange of prisoners and bodies of killed military personnel remains one of the few areas of cooperation between Moscow and Kyiv since Russia invade...
The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) says two more bodies have been recovered from the Sikorsky S-76 helicopter that crashed in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. Three persons were confirmed dead following the crash yesterday. Eight persons (six passengers and two crew members) were on board the aircraft when the incident hap...
The Frontier is Nigeria’s leading online newspaper. It is published by Okims Media Links Limited headed by Sunny Okim, a veteran journalist who is widely known as The Grandmaster, fondly called so by colleagues and friends for being Nigeria’s pioneer movie journalist.
© 2026 The Frontier, Published by Okims Media Links Limited.
designed by winnet services
