Tag: ANAMBRA STATE, BUSES, DEATH, NEW, Nigeria, NNL
Two die, 14 buses burnt in tanker inferno
Two persons have been killed and several others injured in a tanker fire at the Building Material Market in Ogidi, near Onitsha, in the Idemili...
Lalong imposes curfew in three LGs as gunmen kill 23
Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has imposed in Jos North Bassa and Jos South Local Government Areas. The governor said he tool the decision...
Osun records seven COVID-19 deaths, 73 cases
Osun State has recorded seven deaths and 73 COVID-19 cases. Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mrs Funke Egbemode ,noted the cases were...
Osun command dismisses cop for killing okada rider
The Osun State Police Command, on Friday announced the dismissal of one Sergeant Adamu Garba who shot one Saheed Olabomi in Osogbo. Garba had on Tuesday,...
Why I killed POS victim, leader of four-man gang reveals
The leader of a four-man armed robbery gang, Banjo Adu, aged 24 alleged to have robbed and killed six persons including POS Operators and two Filling...
Death of Monarch: Community cancels new yam festival, women August meeting
THE Urualla Mbiagu Clan in Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State has cancelled the celebration of this year’s new yam festival. This is the...
Four arrested over killing of Ondo POS operator, nine others held
The Ondo State Police Command on Thursday paraded 12 persons allegedly involved in armed robbery, rape and other criminal activities. Among the suspects...
Cholera kills 204, thousands hospitalised in 20 Kebbi LGAs
No fewer than 204 persons have died from cholera in 20 Local Government Areas of Kebbi state, a News Agency of Nigeria investigation has revealed....
What you probably didn’t know about Gani Fawehinmi’s late son, Mohammed
Mohammed Fawehinmi, the first son of the late human rights lawyer Chief Gani Fawehinmi, is dead. The 52-year-old passed on in Lagos on Wednesday...
Another Nollywood Star Actor Dies
Nollywood actor, Rich Oganiru, has died weeks after his reports of his ill health surfaced online. The Owerri- born actor died on Tuesday, August 10, 2021...
Farmer set ablaze days to father’s burial
A farmer, Mr. Chijioke Ofomba, was reportedly set ablaze by assailants barely one week to the burial of his father, Chief Iwuno Nwaedozie in Nando...
Eight killed as IPOB’s sit-at-home order turns bloody
THE sit-at-home order handed down to the people of the South-East turned bloody on Monday as hoodlums wreaked havoc in Anambra and Imo states,...
Bloody sit-at-home: Gunmen kill 4, set house, buses ablaze
There were shootings in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State, by unknown gunmen particularly from the Banana junction upto Nkwito junction on Monday....
Yinka Ayefele’s publicist David Ajiboye dies
Ace musician Yinka Ayefele’s publicist David Ajiboye is dead. He died in a private hospital in Ibadan on Sunday after a brief illness according to...
Overloading: One Dead, 15 Injured In Ondo Boat Mishap
One person has lost his life and many injured in a boat accident at Idiogba riverine community in the Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State. The...
Former Foursquare Gospel Church G.O Wilson Badejo Is Dead
The Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria has announced the death of its former General Overseer (G.O), Dr Wilson Badejo, aged 74. The National...
BREAKING: Over 17 Guests Who Went For A Wedding Feared Dead As Thunder Strike Groom
Tragedy hit a wedding event as not less than 17 guests have been killed by lightning while fourteen others were injured. According to the BBC, the...
Okada rider confesses to trader’s killing, parts sold for N100,000
A 25-year-old Okada rider, Onos Simon, has been arrested for allegedly murdering a trader, plucking out her eyes and cutting off private parts, and...
COVID-19: Nigeria records 566 new cases, 11 deaths, as infections surge
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday reported 566 additional COVID-19 infections due to a surge in the spread of the Delta variant in...
21-year-old man sentenced to death for robbery
Akwa Ibom State High Court in Uyo, presided over by Justice Okon Okon on Wednesday sentenced a 21-years old man, one Ekemimi Edet, to death by hanging for...
