•IGP Kayode Egbetokun No fewer than 229 personnel of the Nigeria Police Force were killed between January 2023 and October 2024, investigations have revealed. The officers were killed by bandits, hoodlums, gunmen, Boko Haram terrorists, cultists and armed robbers across the country, reports Daily Trust. In 2023 alone, 118 police officers of va...
Over 55, 000 people are estimated to have lost their lives to diabetes this year, a diabetologist and consultant endocrinologist, Prof. Olufemi Fasanmade has said. He made the disclosure yesterday during a virtual media roundtable on diabetes organised by a multinational pharmaceutical company, Novo Nordisk, reports Daily Trust. Prof. Fasanmad...
•Shrine A mysterious Ibadan man whose name is yet unknown had confessed to killing over 70 women for ritual purposes in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State. The man popularly called ‘Mistina Orobo’ born in the Foko area of Ibadan who claimed to have now become a pastor said the number is not part of […]
•Bandits Many people were reportedly killed in a renewed attack by bandits at Anyiin in Logo Local Government Area of Benue State. The attackers were said to have invaded the town yesterday evening, around 6:32 pm, killing many people, reports The PUNCH. Several others reportedly sustained varying degrees of injuries, while many people were re...
Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes hit two homes at dawn today in Khan Yunis, the territory’s main southern city, killing at least 20 people. Fourteen people were killed in a strike that hit the home of the Al-Fara family, and another six were killed in a separate air raid, according to agency […]
•FRSC officials at an accident scene Five personnel of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) were among 19 travellers who lost their lives in an auto crash at Hawan Kibo in the Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State yesterday. “The unfortunate incident occurred around Hawan Kibo along the Jos-Akwanga Express Road,” said NAF spokesman Olusola [&he...
•The teenage boys, Philip and Precious Fresh facts have emerged about how two teenagers, aged 16 and 17 conspired to brutally kill their boss, Adeni Iyabode. The deceased was a popular caterer in Akure, Ondo State capital, reports The Nation. The suspects, Philip Emmanuel and Precious Kolawole who are awaiting trial for murder are presently [&...
•Late Faisal Faisal Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, the eldest son of former Kaduna State Governor, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has tragically died in a car accident. The incident occurred on yesterday evening along the Kaduna-Zaria Expressway, reports Sunday Tribune. A source close to the family, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed the details. ...
•Flood According to a Report by the National Agricultural Extension and Research Liaison Services (NAERLS), Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, the recent flood claimed 280 lives, and destroyed 122,330 houses in 31 states. Presenting the Report at the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, the Executive Director of NAERLS, Professor Emmanuel I...
September 7, 2024 was a black Saturday for the family of Mr David Achinya in Taraku, a community in Gwer East Local Government Area of Benue State. It was particularly so for Mrs Doosuur Achinya, a 20-year-old widow whose husband, Terhile Timothy Achinya, was cut down in his prime, reports The Nation. On that day, […]
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