•Ebonyi Police spokesman, Joshua Ukandu An Assistant Commissioner of Police, Ogbon-Inu Taiwo Popoola, has died in Ebonyi State. A police source, who spoke to our correspondent yesterday on condition of anonymity due to lack of authorisation, said the incident occurred around 11am on Tuesday while he was attending a management meeting at the co...
•Late Akin Olowokere The new assistant coach of Shooting Stars Sports Club, otherwise known as 3SC, Ibadan, Akin Olowokere, this morning, reportedly slumped and died. It was gathered that Olowokere slumped on the pitch during the team’s this morning training session and was rushed to the hospital, reports The Nation. A source who wished to [&h...
•A hotel room A man identified as Mr Louis Nwachukwu has been found dead in a hotel located in the Mpape area of the Federal Capital Territory. The deceased, reportedly an employee of the Transmission Company of Nigeria, had checked into the hotel with a lady named Helen Raymond, before his death, reports The PUNCH. […]
An Engineering student at Covenant University, CU, Ota, Ogun State, Mordi Nwense Daniel, has died while playing football with some of his colleagues. Mordi died last week Saturday after being reportedly struck by lightning, as he was playing football with some colleagues on the university’s playing pitch, reports Saturday Vanguard. However, hi...
A lady (name withheld) has reportedly died in a highbrow hotel owned by a popular politician, adjacent a private radio station, NTA road, Ado-Ekiti, after she slumped in the bathroom. It was gathered that the lady was confirmed dead shortly after she was rushed to the hospital, reports Vanguard. Sources in the facility revealed that […]
•Late Reverend Father Anthony Udogu The Catholic Diocese of Awka, Anambra State has expressed its deep sadness over the passing of one of its priests, Reverend Father Anthony Udogu, who died in the early hours of yesterday, while playing lawn tennis. The deceased, until his death was the Parish Priest of St. Francis Parish, Awka […]
•Naira and Dollar notes The uncertainty caused by the ongoing tariff war between the United States and some countries have triggered the exit of foreign exchange outflow from Nigeria, prompting a two-week depreciation of the naira. This prompted the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to intervene in the forex market last week, selling up to [&helli...
•A mosque A 52-year-old man, identified as Salihu Byezhe, has reportedly slumped during Subhi prayers and died at Gudaba village in Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). A resident of Gudaba, Musa Dantani, said the incident happened yesterday when Byezhe went to observe Subhi (early morning prayers) at the community’s mosqu...
•Late Alhaji Rilwan Yahaya Pate A district head in the Zazzau emirate council of Kaduna State slumped at an occasion, yesterday, and later died at the Gambo Sawaba General Hospital, Kofar gayan Zaria. The Sarkin Yakin Zazzau, Alhaji Rilwan Yahaya Pate, slumped attending an occasion along with the Emir of Zazzau, Mallam Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli, [&he...
•EFCC operatives A yet-to-be-identified officer of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission attached to the Lagos Division of the anti-graft agency has slumped and died. It was learnt yesterday from a video being circulated online that the officer who was not in uniform slumped and died in an undisclosed part of Lagos State on Sunday, [&he...

