•Mining site No fewer than 13 persons have been killed in a collapsed mining site in Bassa Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau. Dr Joshua Riti, the Chairman of the LGA, confirmed this to newsmen yesterday in Jos. Riti, who expressed sadness over the number of deaths recorded, said that the incident occurred last Saturday. […]
•Donald Trump A United States man, Anthony Nephew, shot himself, his wife, ex-partner, and two children after the November 5 election that brought President-elect Donald Trump into office. •Man kills family According to authorities who spoke to the New York Post yesterday, the 46-year-old Minnesota father had expressed anger over Trump’s elect...
•Chadian soldiers Chad’s military has been accused of killing “scores” of fishermen in Nigeria while targeting jihadists, days after 40 died in a Boko Haram attack on a military base in Chad, fishermen and anti-jihadist militia told our correspondent. The Chadian army launched an airstrike pummelling Tilma island in Kukawa district on the Nige...
•Diphtheria The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said yesterday that no fewer than 1,191 people have been killed by diphtheria from May 2023 to date across Nigeria. Dr Muzzammil Gadanya, the Incident Manager, National Diphtheria Emergency Operations Centre (NCDC), disclosed this in Kaduna during the National Intra-Action Review Meetin...
•Helicopter A helicopter crash has killed four passengers, including a child, in the southern US city of Houston, authorities said, with the accident also destroying a radio transmission tower. The private aircraft “either struck a cable or actually struck at the tower”, Houston police chief Noe Diaz told reporters. No one on the ground was [&...
•Lion A lion has reportedly killed its handler at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) zoological garden, Abeokuta. The victim has been identified as 35-year-old Babaji Duale, reports Daily Independent. However, the male beast was reported to have been put down immediately. Duale, a native of Bauchi State, was a trained handler of...
•Flood The Kebbi State Government is appealing for support over the flood in the state, saying 329,000 houses have been destroyed by the disaster while 858,000 hectares of farmlands have been washed away. The farmlands, it said, contain crops such as rice, millet, guinea- corn, sorghum, beans, and other varieties, reports Channels TV. The Kebb...
No fewer than 10 persons have died in fresh outbreak of cholera in Ebonyi State. The deaths were recorded in Ndibokote village in Ezza-Inyimagu, Agbaja Autonomous Community, Izzi local government area, reports The Nation. Commissioner for Health Moses Ekuma confirmed the outbreak and the deaths in an interview with our correspondent today. Eku...
•Hippopotamus A hippopotamus killed a 60-year-old fisherman, Malam Usman Maigadi, yesterday at Yauri River, Kebbi State. Maigadi, who worked as a guard at the Emir of Yauri’s Orchard Farm, was fishing when the animal attacked, likely in defense of its young, reports Daily Post. The Chairman of Yauri Local Government, Alhaji Abubakar Shu’aibu, ...
A resident of Lagos State, Vincent Upkai, has been arrested by the police for allegedly killing one of his neighbors, Gloria, and her son over sanitation dispute. It was gathered that Gloria and Upkai were neighbours before the incident, and her son was living with her in the Elemoro area of the state, reports Nigerian […]
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