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No fewer than three people have been confirmed dead with a police inspector critically in life threatening condition following a violent clash at the Owode Onirin market. Blueprint.ng reports that …
Lagos: 4 dead, police inspector injured over land dispute in Owode Onirin, Balogun markets Read More
Renowned Beninese international striker Razak Omotoyossi has died at the age of 38, authorities in Benin have confirmed. The cause of death has not yet been made public. Born in …
Nigerian-born Benin footballer d!es Read More
Alhaji Ahmed Momohsani Ododo, father of Kogi State Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo, has passed away. According to a statement issued late Monday, August 18, 2025, by the Commissioner for Information …
Kogi governor Ododo loses father Read More
At least 30 people, mostly traders, are feared dead after an overloaded boat capsized in Sokoto state Sunday afternoon. The vessel was taking dozens of passengers, along with goods including motorcycles, …
30 feared dead in Sokoto boat accident Read More
The Aiyepeku family in Kogi State has been plunged into deeper grief following the death of Chief James Aiyepeku, father of murdered photojournalist, Ayobami Aiyepeku. Chief Aiyepeku reportedly died of …
Father of slain Kogi photojournalist d!es weeks after son’s murder Read More
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) Tuesday said there was a rise in Lassa fever deaths in 2025, even as suspected and confirmed cases remained significantly lower …
Nigeria records fewer Lassa fever, more deaths – NCDC Read More
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) Tuesday reported a fatal accident on Egbe Bridge, inward Ikotun, which resulted in one death and two serious injuries. The driver of a …
1 dead, 2 injured as driver flees after crash on Egbe Bridge Read More
At least eight people were killed and over 800 farmlands destroyed by flooding, which ravaged Enohia Itim, a community in Afikpo local government area of Ebonyi state. The incident happened …
8 die as flood wreaks havoc in Ebonyi community Read More
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has expressed deep sorrow over the death of elder statesman Audu Innocent Ogbeh who passed away in the early hours of Saturday, August 9, 2025. …
Northern Elders mourn Audu Ogbeh Read More
A second Japanese boxer has died from a brain injury suffered at an event in Tokyo. Hiromasa Urakawa, 28, died on Saturday after he was beaten via knockout in the …
Second boxer dies from brain injury after Tokyo event Read MoreNigeria’s former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has died at the age of 78. The elder statesman passed away on Saturday, August 9, 2025. In a …
Breaking: Former minister Audu Ogbeh d!es Read More
Ghana’s defence minister Edward Omane Boamah and his environment colleague Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed were killed in a helicopter crash, Wednesday, the Ghanaian presidency said, hours after the armed forces reported …
Ghanaian ministers, 6 others die in helicopter crash Read More
A newly recruited soldier by name Dauda Dedan who had just passed out from the military recruitment training at Depot Nigerian Army allegedly stabbed a Police Constable, one Aaron John, attached …
Newly recruited soldier stabs police constable to death in Taraba Read More
British police have launched a homicide investigation following the tragic death of 60-year-old Nigerian woman, Nkiru Chima, who was discovered with multiple stab wounds in her apartment in Romford, East …
Nigerian woman found d£ad with stab wounds in UK Read More
A 26-year-old Nigerian man, Ayowale Aledejana, has been tragically stabbed to death in southeast London, the Metropolitan Police has confirmed. According to authorities, officers were called to a residence on …
26-Year-old Nigerian man stabb£d to d£ath in London Read MoreThe Ondo state Police command weekend said it recorded a breakthrough across the state as the men arrested a 24 year-old lady, Augustina Mowarin, who allegedly stabbed her boyfriend to …
Police nab girl who stabbed boyfriend to death in Ondo Read More
The Kwara State High Court, presided over by Justice Hannah Ajayi, Thursday sentenced Abdulrahman Bello, the prime suspect in the murder trial of a graduate of Kwara State College of …
Kwara court sentences Hafsoh’s killer to death by hanging Read More
Ondo state has continued to witness an upsurge in Lassa fever cases, with seven new cases in the latest assessment. The state now has the highest number of cases nationwide, …
Lassa fever: Ondo records upward trend with 7 new cases, one death Read More
A diabetes specialist practitioner with the NHS in England, Mrs. Margaret Idaewor, has offered a gripping account of the trials faced by Comrade Philip Shaibu, the Director General of the …
Shaibu: How NIS DG escaped death, triumphed as NANS leader – UK-based medical expert Read More
Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago of Niger state has extended his deep condolences to the people of Shiroro local government area over the boat mishap that occurred while heading to a …
Bago condoles with families of boat mishap victims Read More
About 13 bodies of passengers in the capsized boat at the weekend in Niger have been recovered while many others are said to be missing. The director general of Niger …
Official: 13 bodies recovered from Niger boat mishap, many still missing Read More
The Nigeria Football Federation has commiserated with the Governor of Zamfara State, Alhaji Dauda Lawal Dare, the President of NFF, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau and the entire people of Zamfara …
NFF commiserates with Lawal, Gusau on demise of Emir Bello Read MoreFew weeks after the demise of Awujale and paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, another top traditional ruler and Emir of Gusau in Zamfara State, Dr. Ibrahim Bello, …
Breaking: Another top Nigerian monarch d!es Read More
The Akwa Ibom State High Court in Uyo, Thursday, sentenced two armed robbers to death by hanging for robbing tricycle operators, popularly known as keke riders at gunpoint in the …
Ex-soldier sentenced to death by hanging over robbery in Akwa Ibom Read More
A cholera outbreak has claimed at least 12 lives and left more than 230 others hospitalised in several local government areas of Niger state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that …
Cholera outbreak claims 12 in Niger, 230 hospitalised Read More