•Fire outbreak Vice Principal of Dugja Bayan Tasha Junior Secondary School in Biu Local Government Area of Borno State, his wife and three children have been killed in a fire outbreak in their home. Details are still sketchy on the cause of the fire which occurred yesterday, but neighbours narrated how the deceased family struggled […]...
The World Bank has revealed that 45 per cent of girls in Nigeria give birth before the age of 18. This was disclosed by the World Bank Country Director, Ndiame Diop, at the National Conference on Girls’ Education and Empowerment held in Abuja today, reports The PUNCH. Speaking at the conference themed “Effective Partnership on […]
•Tanker explosion Tragedy struck today in Enugu when a petrol tanker exploded along the Ugwu Onyeama section of the Enugu -Onitsha Expressway, killing at least 15 people, including three children. The explosion, which occurred around 11:30am, caused widespread panic, affecting another petrol tanker and razing six other vehicles, reports The Na...
•Fire Two children, Jeila and Jersy, have been roasted to death after fire engulfed their apartment at Church Street, Oluwatuyi quarters, Akure, the Ondo State capital. Their father whose name was not given as of press time, was said to have collapsed and rushed to the hospital, reports The Nation. The deceased were aged three […]
•Colonel Nasiru Salami A Nigerian Civil War veteran, Col Nasiru Salami (retd), has lamented what he described as the poor treatment of retirees of the Nigerian Army by military authorities. The 76-year-old civil war veteran was a guest on Channels Television today on the occasion of the 2025 Armed Forces’ Remembrance Day. In a touching [&helli...
The daughter of the Secretary to the Sokoto State Government lost her life while trying to rescue her children from the fire that gutted their house around 12 midnight yesterday. Her husband who is the current permanent Secretary in the Ministry for Sport and Youth Development, Alhaji Muhammadu Yusuf Bello, was said to be away […]
The Anambra State Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Itam, said the command arrested over 300 suspects involved in various crimes and criminalities such as armed robbery, kidnapping, cultism and child trafficking. Other offences include public disturbances, attacks on unsuspecting members of the public, security personnel, government infrastruc...
A pregnant woman, four children, and a couple are among the over 20 persons who are critically injured following a gas explosion in the Orazi axis of Port Harcourt, Rivers State. It was learnt that the incident which occurred on Saturday afternoon near a densely populated area in Orazi called ‘Big Tree’, affected residents and […]
The Ondo Anglican priest, Rev. Canon Olowolagba, his wife, and two children, who were abducted on Sunday, have been freed. The details of their release at the time of filing this report were sketchy, reports The Nation. The kidnappers had earlier demanded a ransom of N75 million. The Anglican priest and his family members were […]
•Governor Douye Diri Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, has expressed concern over a new trend in oil bunkering, saying children and women are being used as human shields at illegal refining camps. Governor Diri, who stated this today during a meeting with first-class traditional rulers in the state and local government chairmen at th...
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