•Former President Goodluck Jonathan and Chibok girls in captivity Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan says the abduction of the Chibok girls remains an indelible scar on his legacy. He spoke today at the public presentation of ‘SCARS: Nigeria’s Journey and the Boko Haram Conundrum’, a memoir by former Nigeria Chief of Defence Staff, G...
•Late Ugochimereze Chinedu Asuzu The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has been thrown into mourning following the sudden death of its Deputy Publicity Secretary in Imo State, Hon. Ugochimereze Chinedu Asuzu. Asuzu, who was also the convener of Ikoro Ndigbo and a leading voice in Igbo sociocultural thought, reportedly slumped and died in the e...
•Maiduguri City gate Three children were discovered dead in their father’s car at the Zannari area of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Father of two of the victims, Babagana Zanna Jaridama, a well-known social media political critic, alleged that the killing was connected to a recent post in which he accused some politicians of sabotaging [...
A Junior Secondary School student in Ugboro Secondary School in Bekwara Local Government Area of Cross River State, identified as Ogbeche has hacked a 23-year old man to death. The incident happened in Ugboro at the close of school on Tuesday, when Ogbeche and another student whose name was given as Nicholas were engaged in […]
•Scene of the incident The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) says a fully laden 40-foot container truck with registration number XP 368 AKD today overturned on a tricycle, killing a police officer and another passenger. The General Manager of LASTMA, Mr. Olalekan Bakare-Oki, stated this in a press release today in Lagos. Bakare...
•Smoke billowing from the burning Afriland Towers in Lagos yesterday The Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, has plunged into mourning following the death of four of its senior staff members in the fire incident that gutted Afriland Towers on Broad Street, Lagos, yesterday. The deceased staff were trapped while on duty at one of the [&helli...
•FRSC officials at scene of accident A gas tanker truck has collided with a bus in Imo State, killing 12 people on the Owerri/Onitsha Expressway. The incident that occurred yesterday affected four children and eight adults. Confirming the incident today, a spokesperson for the Imo State Police Command, Henry Okoye, said eight others sustained ...
•Flooding Three people have been swept away in a heavy downpour in Zaria, Kaduna State. An eyewitness, Mustapha Badamasi, Dan Bakano of Tudun jukun, said a corpse was recovered from the flood while at least two are missing, reports Daily Trust. The corpse was identified as that of Yusuf Surajo known as Abba, while Fatima […]
A couple died in an auto crash in Abuja yesterday when they were chased by roadside touts, popularly known as agbero. It was learnt that one of the touts also died in the incident, reports Daily Trust. The crash happened on the Nnamdi Azikiwe Expressway between Mabushi and Bannex, an area known for the activities […]
•FRSC officers at an accident scene Tragedy struck in Abuja today when a man, his wife, and their two children lost their lives in a fatal crash at the Mabushi Bridge. According to eyewitnesses, the family was travelling in a private car when the driver briefly stopped at the Berger Roundabout in Wuse to pick […]

