One of the children of the couple who killed each other on Tuesday at the Ita Eku area of Igirigiri, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, has recounted how his parents engaged in a deadly machete fight that led to their deaths. The couple’s lifeless bodies were discovered in a pool of blood on Tuesday at their residence […]
•Obafemi Awolowo University The management of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has promised to immortalise Mr Olabode Olawuyi, a veterinary technologist who was killed by a lion in the university zoo. The Registrar of the University, Mr Adetunji Bakare, stated this yesterday at a one-day workshop to mark the first anniversary of Olaw...
Six students of the Federal University Lokoja (FUL) and a driver lost their lives this afternoon when an articulated vehicle rammed into a FUL shuttle bus conveying them to school at Felele, Lokoja. An eyewitness account stated that the accident occurred at about 2:30 pm today. He further disclosed to our correspondent that six students, [&hel...
A yet to be ascertained number of people have been killed while others sustained injuries after a trailer lost control on the popular Muhammadu Buhari Bridge in Kano. The ill-fated trailer was said to be heading for the southern part of the country, reports Daily Trust. Commenting on the incident, a social media user, Yahya […]
•Statue of Enugu coal miners 76 years after they were brutally massacred by their British employers for lawfully demanding fair wages in Enugu, families of the 21 deceased coal miners have gone to court to demand justice and adequate compensation for the unfair treatment meted to them. Those sued at the Enugu State High Court […]
•Late Yusfat Ayinde The Lagos State chapter of the Amalgamated Union of App-Based Transporters of Nigeria has mourned the death of a 42-year-old e-hailing driver, Yusfat Ayinde, who was stabbed to death by unidentified assailants on Friday. The chairman, Jaiyesinmi Azeez, who confirmed the incident, told our correspondent yesterday that the de...
A recent report by the Salama Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) has revealed that every 10 minutes, a woman is either sexually violated or killed in Nigeria. The study followed findings by the centre indicating that between 2019 and 2025, about 4,426 women, girls and children across eight council areas of Kaduna State had experienced [&hel...
•Terrorists One person has been reportedly killed while six others are hospitalised following Lakurawa terrorists attack at Gulma community in Argungu Local Government Area of Kebbi State. While speaking to our correspondent, Chairman of Argungu local government, Aliyu Sani Gulma, said the terrorists attacked the village around 11.00pm yesterd...
•Armed Fulani herdsmen An All Progressive Congress, APC, Councillorship aspirant in the last local government polls, Amedu Agaba and four others were last night reportedly killed in the escalating crisis between armed Fulani herdsmen and the locals of Okpomaju village in Okete Ward of Otukpo Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue State. Several ...
•INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to pay N1.12 billion in compensation to the family of one Mike Madu, killed by an INEC driver in Imo State. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment on Friday, ordered INEC to pay the N1.12bn with 10 […]

