•Gas explosion A 40-year-old woman named Rafiat Sheriff and her seven-year-old daughter, Asisat Sheriff, were killed in a gas explosion at their home on Church Street, along Èbúté Road, in the Ibafo area of Ogun State. It was learnt that the incident, which occurred at about 8:30 pm on Saturday, left two other persons with […]
•Scene of an accident In a tragic incident early morning today, a fatal road crash at Dangwaro Flyover along Kano-Zaria Road has claimed the lives of 25 persons, leaving 53 others injured. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), RS1.2 Kano Sector Command, confirmed the tragic event which occurred around 3:30 am, reports Channels TV. The [&hellip...
Alcohol kills nearly three million people annually, the World Health Organization said today, adding that while the death rate had dropped slightly in recent years it remained “unacceptably high”. The United Nations health agency’s latest report on alcohol and health said alcohol causes nearly one in 20 deaths globally each year, through drink...
The Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN), has revealed that five former members of staff of the defunct Nigerian Airways passed on within the last seven days without receiving the final severance package promised them by the federal government since the liquidation of the airline by ex-President Olusegun Obasanj...
•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...

