The Zamfara State Police Command has confirmed the killing of Malam Gambo Kujemi, the village Head of Kujemi in Dansadau District of Maru Local Government Area of the state by bandits. A statement issued by spokesman of the command on Monday, SP Mohammed Shehu, also said the bandits also killed one other person. Shehu said […]
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Zawan Community in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State was visited by tragedy as six persons died and some injured while excavating mineral resources from a mining pit that collapsed on them. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Gabriel Ubah, confirmed to Channels Television on Thursday that the incident occurred two […]
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Former Brazil international, Marcos Evangelista de Morais, known as Cafu has lost his son who suffered a heart attack while playing football with friends on Wednesday. The news was confirmed by Cafu’s former team-mate and friend Paulo Sergio. Reports in Brazil suggest Danilo Feliciano de Moraes, 30, had complained of feeling unwell after playing for […]
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The Kano State Police Command said it had arrested a 57-year-old man, Tijjani Yahaya, for allegedly stabbing his 20-year-old brother, Aminu Mohammad, to death. This is contained in a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, DSP Abdullahi Haruna, in Kano on Sunday. He said that the incident occurred at […]
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The death toll from Ebola in Congo has surpassed 1,700, the Ministry of Health said on Friday. The ministry made the announcement shortly after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the outbreak in the central African country a global emergency. The recommendation by WHO given on July 10 came after the first Ebola case was […]
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According to a developing story, Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, has received information that Mrs. Funke Olakunrin, daughter of Afenifere chairman, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, has been killed by persons suspected to be herdsmen. In a report by The PUNCH on Friday, fhe spokesman for Afenifere, Mr. Yinka Odumakin, said the 58-year-old woman was heading to Ore […]
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The Police Command in Abia has confirmed the arrest of a driver whose vehicle crushed a woman and her son to death on Friday evening in Aba. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Geoffrey Ogbonna said the driver was taken into custody and his vehicle impounded after the tragic incident which occurred […]
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Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State has signed into law, a mandatory death sentence for anyone convicted of cattle rustling or kidnapping. Rape now carries the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment in addition to a fine and compensation to victim. Theses decrees come on the heels of recent attacks in the state, the latest being […]
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Not less than five persons have been killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Murbai community of Ardo kola local government area of Taraba State. Recall that two Fulani herdsmen were alleged to have been killed by suspected Kona militia, a situation that led to tension in the area. The attack is said to have started […]
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The Oyo State police command and the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state gave two completely different reports on an accident which involved an FRSC Hilux Van and a Micra taxi at Moniya area of Ibadan, on Friday. It was gathered that many people escaped death when FRSC officials engaged the Micra driver […]
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