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Pregnant woman, 1 other burnt to death in Lagos motor accident
A pregnant woman and another woman have been burnt to death in a ghastly motor accident in Maryland area of…
Samuel Ogbemudia is Dead
Former Military governor of the old Mid-western state, now Edo State, Dr. Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia has died.
Retired General Adeyinka Adebayo Is Dead
]Former military governor of the defunct Western Region, Major General Adeyinka Adebayo, is dead.
Breaking: Rivers Police Commissioner is dead
The Rivers State Police Commissioner, Mr. Francis Bolaji Odesanya, is dead. He died in an Indian hospital, it was learnt.…
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Former pro wrestler Jimmy ‘Superfly’ Snuka dies at 73
Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka, a former professional wrestler who earlier this month was found not competent to stand trial in the…
Veteran pro-democracy activist, Alfred Ilenre, is dead
A veteran journalist and a dogged human rights activist, Mr Alfred Ilenre is dead. He died in Ikorodu, Lagos State,…
Breaking: Pop star George Michael is dead
British singer George Michael, who became one of the pop idols of the 1980s with Wham! and then forged a…
Kwara Prisons Command denies beating 6 inmates to death
The Kwara Prisons Command said on Wednesday that its officials did not beat six inmates of Oke Kura Prison, Ilorin,…
BREAKING: Ogun APC Chairman dies at 79
Chairman of the Ogun State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Alhaji Roqeeb Adeniji, has died. Punch reports that…
First female US attorney general dies
Janet Reno, former U.S. attorney general under President Bill Clinton, died Monday morning following a long battle with Parkinson’s disease,…
80-year old man burnt to dead as fire razes building
Kazeem Ugbodaga An 80-year old man was on Tuesday burnt to death as fire razed a one story building at…
Renowned author, Elechi Amadi, is dead.
Renowned author, Elechi Amadi, is dead. The celebrated literary icon passed on, Wednesday, at the Good Heart hospital in Port…
Ex-Ekiti lawmaker loses wife to cancer
Former Ekiti State lawmaker, Mr Ayodeji Odu has lost his wife, Mrs Bimbola Odu, to cancer. A statement on her…
Boxing legend Muhammad Ali dies at 74
Muhammad Ali has died at the age of 74, a family spokesman has said. The former world heavyweight boxing champion,…
Olota of Ota, Oba Moshood Oyede, is dead
A first class traditional ruler in Ogun State, the Olota of Ota, Moshood Oyede, is dead, reports Premium Times. The…
Four dead in Enugu auto crash
Police in Enugu on Saturday confirmed the death of four persons in road crash along Udi-Oji River on the Enugu-Onitsha…
BREAKING: Kidnapped Army colonel found dead
Kazeem Ugbodaga A kidnapped Nigerian Army colonel, Samaila Inusa has been found dead, the Nigeria Army says. Inusa was kidnapped…
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Nomoreloss dies after illness
Nigerian singer and songwriter, Olumuyiwa Osinuga, popularly known as Nomoreloss has died after treating an undisclosed illness for weeks. Nomoreloss…
Bloody Rivers: Army, police confirm 4 dead, 22 arrested
The Commander of 2 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, Brig.-Gen. Stephenson Olabanji, has confirmed the arrest of the Secretary to…
3 dead as guns boom in Ogoni
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Gunshots were still being held in Yeghe, a community of Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers and…
Governor Dickson’s wife not dead – Aide
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Seriake Dickson’s aide has dismissed rumours of the demise of Bayelsa governor’s wife, Dr Mrs Rachael…
Woman found dead at MMIA toilet
rt An unidentified middle-aged female passenger was on Wednesday morning found dead at one of the toilets of the Murtala…
Smugglers, Customs clash, 2 feared dead
Jeff Ezemadu There was a bloody clash between the men of the Nigeria Customs Service, Seme Command, and smugglers over…
7 Confirmed Dead, 8 Still Missing In Lagos Boat Mishap
Kazeem Ugbodaga There was tragedy at Ijede area of Ikorodu, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, Saturday after a passenger boat capsized with…
I wept bitterly when I heard Oba Odugade was dead —new Olubadan
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN The incoming Olubadan of Ibadan, Balogun Saliu Adetunji, disclosed to our correspondent that he wept bitterly when he…
Olubadan of Ibadan is dead
The Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade 1, is dead. The monarch, who died at age 101 passed…
Robber shot dead in gun battle with police
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta A member of a gang of armed robbers terrorising people in Ajede area along Ijebu Ode/Benin expressway in…
Police shoots man dead for resisting arrest
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta A young man in his late 30s, Saheed Bamiro, was Wednesday morning shot dead by a policeman, simply…
10 dead in Maiduguri bomb blasts
At least 10 people were killed and 11 wounded on Friday in a suicide attack at a mosque in northeastern…