•A mobile phone A 60-year-old man identified as Malam Danjuma, popularly known as “Black”, his 35-year-old son, Ibrahim, and one 35-year-old Aminu Gaye have lost their lives while trying to recover a mobile phone from a latrine at Yar Gwanda Village in Tsanyawa Local Government Area of Kano State. According to the Public Relations Officer [&he...
•The crash scene A Kenyan military helicopter carrying top brass including the defence chief crashed today, police said. President William Ruto convened an urgent meeting of the National Security Council, his office announced after news of the crash emerged, reports AFP. Defence forces chief General Francis Omondi Ogolla was among those on boa...
No fewer than two female students of Nasarawa State University, Keffi, have reportedly died following a stampede that occurred at the university’s convocation square today. The convocation square was the venue for the distribution of palliatives to the students by the Nasarawa State government, reports The PUNCH. A source within the university...
•Nnamdi Kanu in court Embattled leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, says there is a conspiracy for him to die in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). Kanu made this known before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court Abuja, today, after he was denied bail […]
•Map and flag of Kenya A bus carrying students from a top Kenyan varsity collided with a truck on a busy highway after skidding in heavy rain, killing 11 of them and seriously injuring 42, police said. The accident occurred at 5:50 pm (1450 GMT) yesterday at Maungu, 360 kilometres (220 miles) from the capital […]
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, has convicted and sentenced five people to death by hanging or by lethal injection until they are confirmed dead. The verdict came following the prosecution and sentencing of the five convicts over the murder of the Omudioga Security Planning and Advisory Committee, OSPAC, Commander of Omudio...
•Accident scene Three persons have lost their lives in an accident that occurred along Ondo-Ore highway, in Ondo State. It was gathered that one brewery truck, fully loaded with beer, fell on a Volkswagen Golf vehicle, with registration number BUR 852 TS, conveying passengers to Ondo, at Liyetu area of the town, reports Vanguard. It […]...
The federal government has raised the alarm over maternal and infant mortality in Sokoto State, saying 44 out of 100 newborn babies in the state die. It, therefore, sought homegrown solutions to maternal and infant fatality in and across the state. The Special Adviser in charge of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Health, Salma Ibrahim, [...
A fatal accident involving two trucks and a bus today, around NASFAT along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway killed five people while 10 others were seriously injured. The accident said to have occurred around 9:56 am involved a Daf truck with number plate KUT561ZZ, a Toyota Hiace bus with registration number GGE84YF, and another truck without a [&h...
At least 20 students of some boarding public schools in Potiskum, Fika, and Fune Local Government Areas of Yobe State have died from a suspected Meningitis outbreak. It was learnt that the deaths were recorded in Government Science Technical College, Government Girls Science Technical College, and Federal Government Girls College, all in Potis...