Gunmen stormed a hostel in South Africa’s capital Pretoria today, killing 11 people including a three‑year‑old child at a site police said was illegally selling alcohol. The attack is the latest in a string of mass shootings that have shocked the crime‑weary country of 63 million people, which suffers one of the highest murder rates […]...
•Late Abdulgafar Oyeweso Chairman of the Council and Pro-Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife, Osun State, Prof Abdulgafar Oyeweso has died. It was gathered that the professor of history died at a hospital after undergoing a successful surgery, reports Vanguard. In a statement issued by Olawale Oyeweso on behalf of the family...
•Late reggae superstar Jimmy Cliff Jimmy Cliff, the iconic reggae star who helped transform the island’s rhythmic music into a global cultural phenomenon, has died, his wife said today. He was 81. “It is with profound sadness that I share that my husband, Jimmy Cliff, has crossed over due to a seizure followed by pneumonia,” […]
•Late Olusegun Awolowo jnr A grandson of the late Nigerian nationalist and statesman, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Mr. Olusegun Awolowo, is dead. Olusegun, who was the former executive director of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), died at the age of 62. The Awolowo family confirmed his death in a statement today. The statement reads in [...
The 81 Division of the Nigerian Army has confirmed the death of a soldier, who was attacked by a mentally unstable man on Sunday, in the Ikorodu area of Lagos. A video that went viral on social media showed the lifeless body of the soldier lying in a pool of blood, reports Vanguard. The body […]
•Late Dan Agbese One of Nigeria’s most respected journalists and a co-founder of Newswatch magazine, Dan Agbese, is dead. He was aged 81. Family sources confirmed that the renowned columnist and editor passed away today Monday morning, November 17, in Lagos, reports The Nation. Agbese, celebrated for his sharp prose and decades-long contributi...
•Scene of the accident A tricycle operator was killed and two others injured in a multiple-vehicle crash that occurred today at Ekoro Junction inward Ile-Iwe, Lagos State. According to the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, the collision involved a six-tyre trailer, a Honda Pilot, a Toyota Camry, and an unregistered tricycle. The LASTMA...
•Late Goke Jayesimi Top journalist and university lecturer, Dr. Michael Goke Jayesimi is dead. The former Editor in-Chief of now rested Hearts Magazine died Tuesday night after a brief illness. The Frontier reports that Jayesimi, who was a lecturer at the English Department at the Olabisi Onabanjo University, was said to have taken ill on [&he...
•Road safety officials at scene of an accident At least six people, including a policeman, have died in an accident on the Kara Bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. It was gathered that the accident, which occurred last night, involved some trucks, including a fuel tanker, that collided on the bridge, reports Channels TV. It was […...
•Late Ogun FRSC spokesperson, Florence Okpe The Public Education Officer of the Ogun State sector command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Florence Okpe, a Chief Route Commander, is dead. The State Sector Commander, Akinwunmi Fasakin, confirmed the demise of Okpe to our correspondent in a phone conversation today. Fasakin said that the former...
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