Category: Mournful News

Four persons burnt to death as commercial bus somersaults, goes up in flames

  Four persons were on Wednesday burnt beyond recognition when a commercial bus caught fire at the Fidiwo axis of the Lagos-Ibadan highway, Ogun State....

Osun hunter shoots dead septuagenarian cleric, says he saw antelope

    The Osun State Police Command, on Tuesday, said its officers have arrested a 28-year old hunter, Jimoh Sulaimon, who allegedly shot dead a 78-year old...

Hoodlums kill two teenagers, injure others at wedding ceremony

    Two teenagers were killed last Friday at the residence of a retired police officer where a wedding sendforth was being held at Gudum Hausawa in Bauchi...

2 k!lled, one injured as truck rams into motorcycle in Lagos

    Two people have been confirmed dead in an accident involving a truck and commercial motorcycle (Okada) in Lagos State. Nationnewslead gathered that at...

FG reopens borders after three years

The Federal Government has approved the reopening of four land borders which were shut down in August 2019. Recall that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration...

Several feared dead, houses burnt in Lagos tanker fire

    A tanker said to be loaded with petrol has crashed and exploded at Ajegunle Bus-Stop, Alagbado, on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. Several houses, among...

Lagos driver crushes LASTMA official to death

    A yet-to-be-identified driver has crushed an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Jamiu Issa, to death in the Lekki-Ajah area of the...

Aisha Buhari Invites Osinbajo, Tinubu, Wike, Atiku, Peter Obi, Others For Ramadan Dinner, Warns Them Against Coming With Phones

    The First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has sent out invitations to aspirants gunning for the presidency of the country in the different political parties to show up...

Five feared killed as Yorubas, Akwa Ibom indigenes clash

    About five persons have been reportedly killed in a communal clash between Yoruba residents and the indigenes of Ibeno in Ibeno Local Government Area of...

Secondary school teacher shot dead by suspected bandits

  A secondary school teacher, popularly known as Tukur Kurma, has been killed by suspected bandits who opened fire on commuters along Tashar Taya, Danzaure axis of...

Four killed as vehicles collide on Ilesa-Akure expressway

    Four passengers have been confirmed dead in an accident that occured on Wednesday morning in Erin-Oke, Osun State. According to eyewitness account, the...

Insecurity: Newly-elected LG councillor killed in Katsina

    One of the newly-elected councillors in the 11 April 2022 Local Government election in Katsina State has been reportedly killed by bandits in the early...

Rivers suspends school teacher, student over sexual misconduct

    The Rivers State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Kaniye Ebeku, has said a teacher and one of the students of Government Girls (Junior) Secondary School,...

AbdulRazaq swears in seven perm secs

    Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq yesterday swore in seven permanent secretaries.   He urged them to be good team players, saying they...

Battle for PDP ticket hots up as nomination closes Wednesday

    The scramble for delegates by presidential aspirants has intensified as the submission of nomination forms ends today in the Peoples Democratic Party...

Scores killed, others injured as explosion rocks Taraba community

  An explosion on Tuesday evening occurred in Iware village of Ardo-Kola local government council of Taraba State, killing many people. The incident, which...

FRSC confirms 20 passengers burnt to death in Bauchi auto crash

  Twenty passengers of two commercial vehicles were on Tuesday confirmed burnt to death in an accident which occurred at Huturu Village on Bauchi-Kano road. Making...

Stray bullet kills youth leader during council election in Rivers community

  A youth leader, Victor Amasi, has been reported killed by security personnel in Onne community in the Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State. The youth...

Kano gov mourns as six imams die in crash

    The Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, on Sunday, commiserated with the families of six Islamic clerics who lost their lives in an auto crash while...

Man stabs brother to death over firewood

  A 25-year-old man Saminu Muntari has allegedly stabbed his brother to death at Kaura village in Taura Local Government Area of Jigawa State. An eyewitness, Sunusi...