The Presidency on Saturday confirmed the death of two members of President Muhammadu Buhari’s extended family in Daura, Katsina state. A statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja, said the two senior members of the family died within a few hours of one […]
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A Nigerian man, identified only as Sunday from Anambra State, has reportedly stabbed two others to death in South Africa early Saturday. Emeka Ezinteje, secretary of the Nigerian union in South Africa confirmed the incident in Johannesburg. He said the incident was due to a business dispute. “We have received a report that at 3.00am […]
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The Lagos State Police Command has dismissed three policemen for allegedly shooting at youths, a situation that resulted in the death of a youth on Ifelodun Street in the Amukoko area of the state during a scuffle. It was gathered that the policemen were on patrol in the area on Thursday when they sighted the […]
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Giving a situation report, The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed that at least nine people have been killed in an outbreak of Yellow fever in Nigeria. The current outbreak was first recorded in a young girl in Oke Owa community of Ifelodun local government area (LGA) of Kwara state on September 12, 2017. Yellow Fever […]
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The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) said that no fewer than 158 persons were killed in road accidents in Katsina State in 2017 as against 183 in 2016. Mr Godwin Ngueku, the FRSC Sector Commander in the state, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Katsina. “One […]
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The death toll from a tropical storm Tembin, which ravaged the southern Philippines rose to 182 early Sunday, with 153 people still missing. The police gave this update after rescuers pulled dozens of bodies from a swollen river. Tropical Storm Tembin has lashed the nation’s second-largest island of Mindanao since Friday, triggering flash floods and […]
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The Niger State Police Command said on Thursday that it had arrested a 49-year-old man, Garba Tukura, for allegedly flogging his neighbor, Musa Wassa to death. The suspect, who lives in Zazzaga Village in the Munya Local Government Area of Niger State, was said to have allegedly killed 65-year-old Wassa during a heated argument. According […]
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Chief Gani Adams, the Aare Ona Kakanfo-designate of Yorubaland, on Saturday dismissed superstitious belief that taking the title may lead to his early death. Adams, the National Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples’ Congress (OPC), told newsmen in Lagos that not all those who held the position in the past had died young as is being […]
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday said more than 500 people have so far died in cholera epidemic sweeping the Democratic Republic of Congo. The world body said in a statement that outbreaks of the water-borne disease occur regularly in Congo, mainly due to poor sanitation and the lack of access to clean drinking water. […]
Continue ReadingA former minister, who held several ministerial positions in Nigeria, Ojo Maduekwe, has died at the age of 71. The cause Madueke’s death is not clear as the former minister is not known to suffer any terminal ailment. Maduekwe, who is from Abia state, has held several ministerial positions – notably minister of transport in […]
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