•Tanker explosion Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has described as very unfortunate the fire incident caused by a tanker conveying premium motor spirit otherwise known as petrol which burnt motorists and commuters beyond recognition and destroyed several vehicles on Friday night. The Frontier had yesterday reported the devastating in...
•Boko Haram terrorists At least five civilian JTF members have been killed and unspecified others sustained varying degrees of injury when they stepped on landmines along the Maiduguri/Gomboru Ngala highway in Dikwa Local Government Area of Borno State, sources said. It was learnt that the incident occurred around Gajibo village about 12:30pm ...
The member representing Awka 1 state constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly, Henry Mbachu has said no fewer than 34 persons were killed during cult-related clashes in Awka in the last three weeks. The lawmaker said it was disheartening that Awka was degenerating into an unsafe place, despite being the capital of the […]
•Heavy rains At least 155 people have died in Tanzania as torrential rains linked to El Nino triggered flooding and landslides, the country’s prime minister said today. Tanzania and other countries in East Africa — a region highly vulnerable to climate change — have been pounded by heavier than usual rainfall during the current rainy […...
•FRSC on patrol The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has disclosed that it recorded 135 road crashes that killed 61 people in its special patrol operations during the Easter and Sallah celebrations. FRSC Corps Marshall Dauda Ali Biu, while briefing journalists yesterday in Abuja, noted that the numbers fell short of what was recorded in [&hell...
One person has been feared killed in a fight that broke out among students of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) at a nightclub in Ogbomosho, Oyo State, last night. The development was owing to a misunderstanding which led to a fight between two groups of students at a popular joint in the town, […]
•Gunmen At least 2,583 people were killed and 2,164 kidnapped in the first quarter of this year, a data from Beacon Security and Intelligence Limited, a security risk management and intelligence company based in Abuja, has shown. The data, which recorded the number of killings and abductions across the country from January to March, showed [&h...
•Armed Fulani herdsmen Scores of persons, mainly women have been killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Tilengpat village of Pushit District, Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State. Sources emanating from the community indicated that fourteen females and one male were brutally murdered during the attack last night, with houses and proper...
•Late Musa Ille Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed Musa Ille, the Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Ille was killed in front of his house when the assailant invaded his house last night. The PDP Chairman in the local government, Garba Garewa, confirmed […]
•Late Sylvester Oromoni Jnr The Coroner Inquest sitting in Ogba Magistrate Court examining the death of a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lekki, Sylvester Junior Oromoni, has attributed his death to his parents’ and doctor’s negligence. The Coroner Magistrate, Mikhail Kadiri, held that Oromoni died as a result of failed treatment for his...