Category: Mournful News

JUST IN: Nollywood director Wasiu Onitilo dies

    Nollywood director Wasiu Adebola Onitilo has died.   The film director of over two decades died on Sunday, July 3, 2022. Onitilo’s death was...

11 burnt to death on Lagos-Ibadan highway

        No fewer than 11 persons have been burnt beyond recognition in a crash along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The Federal Road Safety Corps...

My brother emptied his bank account a day before committing suicide –Sibling of late Abuja photographer

    Peter Omole is the younger brother of a 28-year-old Abuja-based photographer, Emmanuel Omole, who committed suicide. Peter tells EMMANUEL OJO about the...

JUST IN: Alaafin’s wife dies weeks after monarch’s death

    Some weeks after the death of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, one of his wives, Olori Kafayat, has also died. It was gathered that Olori Kafayat,...

Ogun NLC member slumps, dies during workers’ meeting

    There was palpable tension at the secretariat of the Ogun State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Abeokuta, on Friday, following the death of...

BREAKING: Terrorists Kill 20, Abduct 25 Women, Destroy Houses In Fresh Attack

      No fewer than 20 people have been reportedly killed by terrorists in separate attacks on three communities within Kajuru Local Government Area of...

Another Traditional Ruler, Elesa Dies In Kwara State

      The Elesa of Oke-Ode, in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, Oba Abdulkadri Adelodun, Alebiosu II, is dead. Oba Adelodun died at the age...

How pregnant woman, 9-months baby, grandmother mysteriously die in Osun hospital

      A pregnant woman, Basirat Anifowose, 28; mother-in-law, Rasidat Mufutau 60; and a nine-month-old baby, Abdulramon Afolabi were mysteriously found...

OOMPA condoles with publisher of SOJWORLD News over brother’s death

      The Osun Online Media Practitioners Association has condoled with the former Chairman, Adesoji Omosebi, over the death of his elder brother, Isaac...

Bandits kill 19 including 6 Soldiers; abduct 4 Chinese

    Terrorists have invaded Ajata village a mining community in Erena district of Shiroro local government area of Niger state killing no fewer than 19 people...

BREAKING: Three Officers Feared Killed As Gunmen Attack Police Checkpoint

    There is tension in Enugu, the Enugu State capital following an attack by gunmen on a police checkpoint during which officers were killed.  ...

Sexagenarian dies as friend steals ATM card, withdraws N700,000

    The family of a 60-year-old man, Isak Wahab, has been thrown into mourning after he reportedly died from shock after an unauthorised withdrawal of N700,000...

Five burnt to death as bus catches fire on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

          No fewer than five persons have been confirmed dead as a bus caught fire while in motion along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway....

Court restrains Oyo Assembly from further impeachment process against Makinde’s deputy, Olaniyan

    An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has restrained the state House of Assembly from further impeachment process against the Deputy Governor of the...

Couple faint as three children drown in pool

      A yet-to-be-identified couple have been inconsolable after their three children drowned in a swimming pool on their estate in the Ajah area of Lagos...

One dead, 10 injured in Abeokuta-Sagamu road crash

      An auto crash has claimed one life and injured 10 persons along the Abeokuta-Sagamu highway, Ogun State on Sunday. The crash, Nationnewslead learnt,...

Two brothers burn to death in Lagos-Badagry Expressway auto crash

        Two brothers were on Wednesday killed in a fatal accident on Wednesday on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway. NNL reports that the brothers were...

Black Saturday: 18 Passengers Burnt To Death In Auto Crash

    No fewer than 18 passengers were burnt to death in a ghastly motor accident involving a Toyota bus and a truck in Niger State. The accident occurred in the...

Owo church massacre: Names, photos of victims revealed

        Names and pictures of the victims of the Sunday, June 5, massacre at St Francis Catholic Church, Owo, have been released as their burial gets...

Funeral mass begins for Owo massacre victims [PHOTOS]

  Thirteen days after the terror attack by gunmen on worshippers at Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, funeral mass for the deceased victims has...