•Road Safety officials at scene of an accident The Nigerian Army has confirmed the death of two persons and injuries to 15 others following a road traffic accident involving candidates travelling for the 91 Regular Recruits Intake (RRI) exercise to the Depot Nigerian Army, Zaria. In a statement yesterday, the Headquarters 82 Division Nigerian...
•A cooling tower of the Civaux nuclear power plant, south-western France, yesterday A three-year-old has died after finding himself trapped in a car in the Paris region in extreme heat, a prosecutor said today, the third such fatality this week. The boy had slipped into the family car while his father thought he was napping, […]
•Flooding No fewer than three persons were reportedly killed after a heavy downpour triggered severe flooding across parts of Onitsha, Anambra State, on Saturday evening. The victims were said to have been swept away by raging floodwaters that overwhelmed drainage channels and major roads within the commercial city, reports Vanguard. Residents...
A major fire outbreak has been reported at a commercial building housing a Polaris BankPolaris Bank branch on Broad Street, Lagos Island. While reports of casualties have emerged online, authorities are yet to officially confirm the number of deaths or injuries. Emergency responders are reportedly at the scene battling the blaze and assessing ...
•Late French First Lady Bernadette Chirac Bernadette Chirac, widow of former French President Jacques Chirac and known as the loyal companion of one of France’s key postwar politicians, died at the age of 93, their daughter announced yesterday. She “passed away peacefully surrounded by her family in the evening,” on Friday, said Claude Chirac....
•Late Prof Ambali Former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Professor AbdulGaniyu Ambali, is dead. The renowned veterinary medicine scholar and university administrator reportedly died in the early hours of today at his residence in Oloje Estate, Ilorin. He would have turned 69 in November, reports Weekend Trust. Family sources said ...
•Late General Obiakor (rtd) Lieutenant Gen Chikadibia Isaac Obiakor retd has passed away at the age of 75 in Abuja. A statement by Air Commodore Sani Zakari Rtd said he died at an Abuja hospital yesterday, Wednesday May 27, 2026. The distinguished Nigerian Army officer was widely respected as one of Africa’s most accomplished military [&hellip...
•Late Victor Udoh Nigerian footballer Victor Udoh has died at 21. The former Southampton forward was found dead in Abuja. The forward, who played for Czech club Dynamo České Budějovice, was said to have returned to Nigeria at the end of the 2025/2026 season. The night before his death, Udoh was said to have gone […]
•Late Justice Yunusa A judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Mohammed Nasir Yunusa is dead. According to the court’s Director of Information, Dr. Catherine Oby Christopher, the late Justice Yunusa died on May 21 “after a brief illness.” The late Justice Yunusa served in the court’s Kano division until his death, reports The Nation. [&hellip...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu yesterday said that exchange rate and oil subsidy cabals are wishing him dead, following his introduction of the policies upon assumption of office in 2023. Speaking in Lagos yesterday at the launching of the book, “The NADECO Story” written by Chief Ayo Opadokun, and presentation of awards to those who played [&h...
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