•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...
•An explosion Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command of the Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the explosion that rocked the nation’s capital, Abuja, this afternoon. There had been reports of an explosion suspected to have been caused by a bomb, which killed one person today, reports Nigerian Tribune. According to reports, another person was ...
•Policemen No fewer than two operatives of the Nigeria Police Force attached with the Force Intelligence Department – Intelligence Response Team (FID-IRT) have sustained serious injuries following an attack on them by a mob. It was learnt that the officers were attacked at Okhuimwun Community in Ovia North-East Local Government Area of Edo Sta...
•An explosion One person has been confirmed dead, while five others were critically injured in a gas cylinder explosion in Onitsha, the commercial hub of Anambra State. The State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, who confirmed the incident in a statement in Awka today, said the explosion occurred yesterday, Friday, May 16, 2...
•An explosion No fewer than five people were injured today when a cooking gas section of the Nobpet Filling Station located opposite the Air Force junction in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, exploded and went up in flames. It was gathered that fire from the explosion quickly spread and torched about eight vehicles belonging to a […]
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