•Wreckage of the crashed aircraft Turkey today said all 20 people onboard a military cargo plane that crashed in Georgia on its return from Azerbaijan had died. The plane had taken off from Ganja airport in western Azerbaijan yesterday afternoon but crashed shortly after crossing the border into eastern Georgia, the defence ministry said after...
•Plane crash in Kenya A small plane travelling from Kenya’s coast crashed today, according to the country’s aviation authority, with the 12 people on board feared dead. The small plane was en route to Kichwa Tembo — a private airstrip located in the Maasai Mara National Park — from the tourist hotspot of Diani when […]
•Dangote truck A pregnant woman, along with nine others, lost their lives in a lone accident that took place last night in the university community of Akungba-Akoko, Akoko South-West Local Government Area of Ondo State, involving a cement-laden truck purportedly belonging to Dangote Group. The tragic accident happened around 7:00 pm a few metr...
•Late Serifat Olubukola Talabi A director at the Lagos State Residents Registration Agency (LASRRA), Serifat Olubukola Talabi, has died barely four days to her retirement from the civil service and 60th birthday. She was reportedly knocked down in an accident along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. It was learnt that late Talabi was knocked down by...
•Container falls on car An articulated vehicle laden with a container today fell at Onitsha Owerri Road, killing three passengers on a tricycle on the spot, while three tricycles carrying passengers were trapped under the container. As of the time of filling this report, rescue operation had not started as angry sympathisers trooped to the [&h...
•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...

