At least 15 people died in western Uganda after their homes were buried in a landslide triggered by torrential rains, the Red Cross has said. Most of those killed were women and children, Uganda Red Cross spokeswoman Irene Nakasiita said [...]
The lead negotiator between the Nigerian government and bandits in Norther Nigeria Tukur Mamu has been arrested in Cairo Egypt. Mamu has been vocal about his role in negotiating the freedom of persons kidnapped by bandits from a train en [...]
The 43 Muslim worshippers who were kidnapped at Zugu community in the Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State have regained their freedom. According to DAILY POST, they were released by the terrorists after a ransom of N5 million and [...]
Hundreds of children have already died in nutrition centres across Somalia, the United Nations children’s agency (UNICEF) said on Tuesday, a day after it warned that parts of Somalia will be hit by famine in the coming months. The Horn [...]
The Nigerian anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has arrested 40 suspected internet fraudsters in some parts of Lagos State. The commission said the suspected internet fraudsters, popularly called ‘Yahoo boys’ were arrested at Awoyaya and [...]
Five people died in a boat accident that happened in the Gwaram Local Government Area of Jigawa State, the police have said. The incident occured less than one week after a similar one in Miga Local Government Area led to the [...]
At least 46 people were reported killed and 16 missing in a 6.8 magnitude earthquake that shook China’s southwestern province of Sichuan. The earthquake which happen on Monday, triggered landslides and shaking buildings in the provincial capital of Chengdu, whose [...]
An 18-year-old boy, Adamu Musa has died in an attempt to rescue his cow in Buji Local Government Area, Jigawa State. A resident told that the incident occurred on Saturday evening at Unguwar Magina in Buji town. He said the [...]
A United Nations helicopter has crashed while flying over the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s North Kivu province, the World Food Programme (WFP) said. The UN Humanitarian Air Service chopper, managed by the WFP, went down near the city [...]
A man has allegedly shot his elder brother over non-payment of electricity bill in Uruagu, a community in Nnewi North Local Government Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria’s South-east. The suspect, Peter Orji, reportedly accused his elder brother, Godwin Orji, [...]
The police in Jigawa State on Tuesday said two teenage boys died in a boat mishap that happened in the Miga local government area of the state The police spokesperson in the state, Lawan Adam, in a statement, said the victims were [...]
The management of the Ekiti State University (EKSU), Ado Ekiti, has reopened the institution for academic activities, in defiance of the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Union of Universities (ASUU) nationwide. The management directed the students to [...]
Residents of Bassa Local Government Area of Kogi have been counting their losses following the collapse of Oguma-Sheria Bridge, also known as Akpada Dodo Bridge. The residents in a statement by Denwi Adunga Joshua, lamented that since the bridge collapsed [...]
The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) says that 22,500 children died from air pollution in the state in 2021. It stated that the figure was 75 per cent of 30,000 people who died in 2021 in the state due to the [...]
Several shops and houses were razed on Thursday when gunmen invaded Izombe, a community in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State, South-east Nigeria. The gunmen were said to have attacked the community at about 4:30 p.m. The attack lasted for [...]
A 23-year-old woman, Mary Olatayo, has been detained by the Ogun State Police Command for reportedly selling her three-week-old child for N600,000. Abimbola Oyeyemi, the command’s police public relations officer, revealed this in a statement on Thursday. According to Oyeyemi, [...]
The federal government has reiterated its assurance that measures are being deployed to address the brain drain in Nigeria. Minister of State for Health, Joseph Ekumankama spoke with reporters on Monday at the Federal Medical Centre, Ebute Meta, Lagos. He [...]
Some unidentified gunmen have reportedly killed a Nigerian Army officer, identified as Major Churchill Orji, in Anambra State. It was learnt that the army officer was killed during an operation on Monday in Azia axis, in the Ihiala Local Government [...]
There was panic on Sunday night as another building collapsed in Lagos, one month after the Oke Arin street, Ilupeju, Palm Grove incident. The affected building is situated at Adeleye Street, Lady Lark, Bariga area of the State. The Lagos State [...]
At least 10 persons have been confirmed dead while scores were displaced due to flood after torrential rainfall in Adamawa State. It was gathered that the torrential rain lasting over 15 hours caused destruction to lives and property in some [...]
Two weeks after Brazil, India and Spain recorded their first monkeypox deaths days after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the monkeypox outbreak a global health emergency, concerns over further spread of the virus and increase in global fatality have [...]
In spite of the state government’s warning against drinking water from Osun River during the grand finale of the Osun Osogbo festival due to contamination, many devotees and visitors were sighted on Friday defying the warning. Correspondents of the News Agency of [...]
At least six protesters and six police officers were killed as anti-government protests in Sierra Leone turned violent, according to officials and local media reports. Hundreds of people took to the streets on Wednesday in a public display of anger over [...]
Thieves allegedly broke into the Katsina State government house and stole N31 million. This was the second instance of such theft at the government house, which is supposed to be the most secured building in the state. In 2020, N16m [...]
Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho has issued a warning to Fulani terrorists in the six South-West states of Nigeria to leave before it is too late. Mr Igboho issued the fresh notice in a statement [...]
Anti-government protesters in Sierra Leone have clashed with police in the streets of the capital, Freetown, as tensions over the rising cost of living turned deadly in the West African nation. In a national broadcast on Wednesday, Vice President Mohamed [...]
Gunmen on Tuesday killed one immigration officer and injured two others in the Magari Local Government Area of Jigawa State. Maigatari council area is a border community between Nigeria and the Niger Republic. The incident occurred around the Galadi-Birniwa-axis of [...]
Fire on Tuesday gutted Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) injection substation in Idumagbo, Lagos Island. Godwin Idemudia, General Manager, Corporate Communications EKEDC in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos, said electricity supply to customers in Idumagbo and Ajele areas have [...]
The chairman of the Enugu chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, Comrade Theodore Odo has said that unless the government pays minimum wage to teachers, the indefinite strike primary school teachers embarked upon three weeks ago would continue. [...]
One Obatoki Sodiq has reportedly attacked a motorcyclist (known as okada rider), snatching his bike at gunpoint. The bike rider, Moris Alofa, a resident of Opete village, via Ayetoro, Ogun State, reported the incident to the State Amotekun Corps in Imeko-Afon. According to [...]
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