Dr. Doyin Abiola, a pioneering figure in Nigerian journalism and widow of the late Chief MKO Abiola, passed away Tuesday night at the age of 82, following a period of illness. Family sources confirmed her death occurred at 9:15 p.m. Dr. Abiola made history as the first Nigerian woman to become editor and later managing […]
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Veteran Nigerian singer and actress, Onyeka Onwenu has died at the age of 72, according to sources. She was said to have died on Tuesday night at the Reddington Hospital in Lagos after slumping at the birthday party of Mrs Stella Okoli. TheNiche reported that an eyewitness who was at the party confirmed the news. […]
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An undergraduate student of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), identified simply as Adekunle, was on Saturday shot dead by armed robbers at Harvey Road, Moore Road Junction, in the Yaba area of Lagos state. It was gathered that Adekunle and his school mate identified as Opeyemi boarded a shuttle bus from Yaba to UNILAG and […]
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Following the death of four members of a family barely 24hours ago, tragedy has struck in another local government in Kogi State. This time, Nine members of the same family reportedly died under mysterious circumstances in Nagazi, Adavi Local Government area of the state. The deceased include five children of the same parents, and four […]
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Reports have emerged that a Russian diplomat was found dead outside the country’s embassy in the German capital of Berlin. The man’s body was discovered on the pavement on 19 October by police guarding the Berlin compound, Der Spiegel website reported. He had apparently fallen from an upper floor, but it was unclear how, it […]
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Not less than 13 wedding guests, including the groom’s brother and his wife, have died in an accident which occurred in Etche Local Government Area of River State. It was gathered that the Coaster bus conveying the wedding guests collided with a truck close close to Akpoku- Udufor community in the state last Saturday. It […]
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The Bauchi State Government on Saturday dispelled the rumours of multiple deaths in Azare, Katagum Local Government Area of the state. The government also confirmed the death of one coronavirus patient in the state. The state Chairman of the Task Force on COVID-19 and Lassa fever, Alhaji Baba Tela, dispelled the rumour of multiple deaths […]
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Eleven people have been killed and hundreds hospitalised after a pre-dawn gas leak at a chemical plant in eastern India on Thursday that left unconscious victims lying in the streets, authorities said. Fears that the death toll from the incident on the outskirts of Visakhapatnam, an industrial port city in Andhra Pradesh state, might rise […]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday, May 4 confirmed 245 new cases of COVID-19 in the country. In an update via its Twitter handle, the NCDC said the new cases have pivoted the total number of the infections in the country to 2802. On the distribution of the new cases, the NCDC […]
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Ecobank Nigeria, In a statement on Monday, said it has temporarily closed its Wuse II, Abuja branch. According to the statement, the first fatality of the Coronavirus in the country, visited the branch on March 12, 2020. However, according to the bank, the deceased did not show any symptom as at the time he visited. […]
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