The Ondo State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a woman, Iluyemi Bosede, for allegedly killing her elder sister, Tewogboye Omowumi, during a dispute over ₦800 in Akure. Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka Olushola, said in a statement today that the incident occurred on September 6 at about 8:00 p.m. He explained [...
•Diphtheria disease Ten children have died following an outbreak of diphtheria disease in Agaie and Bida Local Government Areas of Niger State. Our correspondent gathered that the affected children were taken to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Bida, where they later passed away, reports Vanguard. Additional fatalities have also been reported...
Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have declared a new outbreak of the Ebola virus, which has killed 15 people since the end of August, the health minister said today. The new outbreak is in central Kasai province, Samuel Roger Kamba told reporters in the capital Kinshasa. The last outbreak of Ebola in […]
•Mud building collapse A mud building collapsed and killed a mother of three, Habiba Nuhu, along with her two children and her grandchild while they were asleep in the early hours of today in Zaria city, Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State. A source, Mallam Ahmed Ibrahim, who is a relative of the family, […]
Pakistan police today said a father shot dead his daughter after she refused to delete her account on the popular video-sharing app, TikTok. In the Muslim-majority country, women can be subjected to violence by family members for not following strict rules on how to behave in public, including in online spaces, reports AFP. “The girl’s [&helli...
•Late Wasiu A 12-year-old boy identified simply as Wasiu has been killed by a stray bullet during a cult clash in the Mushin area of Lagos State. It was learnt yesterday that the incident occurred around 8 pm in the Olosha area of the community when rival cult groups engaged in a violent confrontation on […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed 145 deaths from Lassa fever in 2025, as the country continues to battle the viral hemorrhagic disease across 18 states. According to the latest situation report released today by the NCDC for epidemiological week 24 (June 9–15), the country recorded 766 confirmed cases ...
•An explosion Four persons have been killed while 10 others sustained injuries when an Isuzu vehicle conveying passengers from Damboa to Maiduguri, Borno State yesterday rammed into an improvised explosive device (IED) suspected to have been planted by Boko Haram terrorists. The incident, which occurred around 3:30pm, involved a Suzuki pick-up...
Around 1.3 million people die from second-hand smoke every year, according to a World Health Organisation report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic 2025. The report released at the World Conference on Tobacco Control in Dublin warned that action is needed to maintain and accelerate progress in tobacco control as rising industry interference challe...
Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested a 31-year old man, Joshua Osaigbovo, for allegedly killing his girlfriend and subsequently burying her in a shallow grave. It was the first time the late girlfriend, identified as Osato Festus Edogiaweria, aged 21, visited him, reports The Nation. She was reported missing April 2025 unti...
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