The Nigeria Police on Monday directed the Afrobeats star, Oladapo Olabanji, “D’banj’’, to make a formal report on the circumstances that led to the death of his son. Mr Edgal Imohimi, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, said that the family should report the incident to the police after the period of mourning. D’banj lost […]
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Cholera outbreak at Tsangaya Islamic school, Madaki, in Gombe State, has led to the death of three pupils while 27 others were hospitalised. Kennedy Ishaya, Gombe State Commissioner of Health, confirmed the outbreak to journalists in Gombe on Sunday during an inspection visit to Madaki Primary Health Care facility where the victims are hospitalised. He […]
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Ace Nigerian entertainer/singer, D’banj has lost his son, Daniel Oyebanjo III, who turned one last May. Daniel was said to have drowned at D’banj’s Ikoyi residence on Sunday afternoon. His remains has been moved to a morgue at GRA, Ikeja. The heartbroken singer has however confirmed the news in a post on Instagram, “Trying Times […]
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One of the most powerful earthquakes to rock the Kansai region in decades struck Osaka and neighboring prefectures Monday morning, leaving at least three people dead and a number of others injured. The earthquake, measuring magnitude 6.1 and a lower 6 on the Japanese seismic scale of 7, hit at 7:58 a.m. and occurred at […]
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Four people have been killed and seven others injured as suicide bomber hit the restive town of Konduga in Borno, in the latest Boko Haram attack, the police confirmed on Monday. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Damian Chukwu, told reporters in Maiduguri that the jihadists detonated an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at […]
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A report by DailyTrust, says a fresh attack on Malikawa Village in Gidan Goga district of Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara state has led to death of about 30 persons. The gunmen were said to have attacked and killed five persons who had gone to work on their farms and twenty-five others who wanted to […]
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A female lawyer has allegedly stabbed her husband to death and severed his genital and placed it on his right hand at Diamond Estate, Sango-Tedo area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. The tragedy, which occurred around 7:30am on Thursday, was described by the police as an eyesore. The deceased, Otike Odibi, also a lawyer has been married […]
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The Police in Jigawa State on Monday said two persons, Mati Bako, 17, and Tanimu Kwalle, 25, had been killed by landslide. The Police Spokesman in the state, SP Abdu Jinjiri, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse, the state capital. Mr Jinjiri said three others, Sani Haruna, 31, Aliyu […]
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The Nigerian community in South Africa has reported the killing of yet another Nigerian in the country. ThankGod Okoro, the victim hails from Ogbaku in the Awgu local government area of Enugu state, and is the latest in what has been described as recurring pre-meditated murders of young Nigerians in South Africa. At least 117 […]
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A commercial bus on Monday crushed two women to death when the driver lost control at Ifo area on Lagos – Abeokuta Expressway. Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Public Relations Officer, Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE), confirmed the incident to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta. Mr. Akinbiyi said the accident which happened around […]
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