•FRSC officials at scene of a motor accident Tragedy struck at the Ogwashi-Uku Junction in Delta State as fatal road crashes claimed nine lives and left many others injured. Reports indicated that the first accident resulted in the deaths of two people. However, the situation worsened when a speeding Toyota Sienna rammed into onlookers and [&h...
•Scene of the incident The Iyana-Isolo area of the ever-busy Apapa–Oshodi Expressway in Lagos was thrown into chaos yesterday afternoon after a fully loaded tanker overturned and burst into flames. Commuters and passersby watched in horror as the tanker reportedly skidded off the road, rammed into a commercial bus, and toppled into a roadside ...
A gunman opened fire today on school children attending church in Minneapolis, killing two pupils and wounding 17 people, police said, in the country’s latest violent tragedy. Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara told a media briefing that the shooter, in his early twenties, sprayed bullets into the Annunciation Church as dozens of students w...
•Tanker explosion Several people have been confirmed dead following a deadly tanker explosion this morning in Dan Magaji, Zaria, Kaduna State. The tragic incident occurred around 8:30 am near the Rochas Foundation School along the Kaduna–Kano expressway bypass, between Kwangila and Dan Magaji, reports The Nation. According to eyewitness accoun...
•FRSC officials at scene of an accident The Niger State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Aisha Saadu, has confirmed the death of 22 persons in a lone lorry crash that occurred along the Suleja-Lapai road in the early hours of today. Speaking to our correspondent in Minna, Saadu said the incident […]
•Train accident in Russia A freight train rammed into a tourist bus at a level crossing near the Russian city of Saint Petersburg today, killing one person and injuring 11, officials said. The accident in northwestern Russia occurred at 0300 GMT, Russia’s rail network said. The bus was on the tracks when the train hit […]
•A collapsed school building At least seven children were killed and about 30 others injured today after part of the roof and walls of a government-run school collapsed in western India, police said. “Seven children have lost their lives so far and 26 others are injured,” Nand Kishore, a senior police officer in the state […]
The Nigerian Army High Command today confirmed the death of 17 gallant soldiers who paid the supreme price, while 10 others sustained varying degrees of injury during the Niger terrorist attack. This was contained in a statement made available to Defence Correspondents in Abuja by the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Lieutenant Colonel ...
•Armed Fulani herdsmen Less than a week when about 200 residents were reportedly murdered in Benue State by suspected Fulani herdsmen, another incident has occurred in Taraba State. One person has been injured, and sixty-two houses destroyed after Fulani herdsmen attacked farming communities in Bali Local Government Area of Taraba State. It wa...
No fewer than 15 people were killed and 75 others injured in Russian missile and drone strikes on Ukraine overnight today, Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said in a statement. The capital Kiev was hit hardest in the attack, where a ballistic missile struck a nine-story apartment building, killing 14 people and injuring 60 others, [&h...

