•Building collapse Two persons were confirmed dead yesterday, while 14 others were rescued alive from the rubble after a three-storey building with a penthouse under construction collapsed, on Oriwu Street, in Lekki area of Lagos. But the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, said six persons were rescued. The victims were labourers...
Tragedy struck in Lokoja today as two female students from the Federal University Lokoja (FUL) and Kogi State Polytechnic lost their lives in a ghastly motor accident along the Felele axis of the state capital. The accident involved a heavily loaded articulated vehicle heading toward Abuja, which lost control and rammed into a tricycle (common...
•Fire outbreak Tragedy struck in the early hours of today as a devastating fire engulfed the residence of a Customs officer, Tijani Kabiru, attached to the Oyo/Osun Command, killing him, his wife, and four of their children in the Akankan Area of Ede, Osun State. The midnight inferno has left the community in shock and […]
A tragic incident at an Ibadan-based white-garment church has resulted in the deaths of five worshippers with several others receiving treatment at the Infectious Disease Centre (IDC) in Olodo, Oyo State. The church feast, known locally as “Ipese,” took place during a service last Sunday and has raised concerns regarding its safety, reports Va...
•Boat mishap At least 12 migrants died off the northern French coast today trying to cross the Channel to England in the deadliest such disaster this year, the French government said, as a major rescue operation was underway. Announcing the death toll on X, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin also said that two migrants were […]
•Food poisoning Seven persons from the same family in Runjin Barmo village of Kajiji District in the Shagari Local Government Area of Sokoto State have died after the consumption of contaminated cassava delicacy. This was confirmed by a statement signed by Nura Bello, the Information Officer of the state Ministry of Health yesterday. The state...
•Boat mishap Five persons have died in a canoe accident in Taura Local Government Area of Jigawa State. The incident happened at about noon today when the canoe carrying twenty passengers capsized while crossing the Gamoda River near Nahuce village, reports Channels TV. In a statement, the Jigawa State Police Command said upon receiving the [&...
•Amala and Ewedu meal The Kwara State Government has placed the Healthcare on Outbreak Response Mode after confirmation of the death of a 70-year-old grandmother, her son and two other family members in the Eruda community, Ilorin in Ilorin West Local Government Area of the state after eating an Amala meal said to have been […]
•An electricity worker At least 59 electricity workers died in the line of duty between the fourth quarter of 2023 and the first quarter of 2024, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has said. A report by the commission confirmed that 23 of the workers lost their lives in 55 accidents in the first quarter of […]
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says that approximately one million Nigerian children die annually before their fifth birthday due to various sicknesses. Dr Adedolapo Fasawe, the Mandate Secretary, Health Services and Environment Secretariat (HSES), said this on Friday at a news conference to kickstart the 2024 FCT Maternal...
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