Tag: death toll
Ebola Death Toll Passes 1,200
Cases in West Africa’s Ebola outbreak this year have risen to 2,240, including 1,229 deaths, the World Health Organisation (WHO)…
Ebola Death Toll Climbs To 729
Oluremilekun Osobu-Asubiojo, Jethro Ibileke/with Agency Report The World Health Organization, WHO, has announced that the death toll from the Ebola…
Kaduna Blasts Latest: Death Toll Rises To 110
Femi Adi/Kaduna The death toll from the twin bomb explosions that rocked Kaduna, northwest Nigeria, on Wednesday, has risen to…
Cervical Cancer Kills 26 Women In Nigeria Daily — WHO
Oluremilekun Osobu-Asubiojo At least 26 women die of cervical cancer daily in Nigeria, a new World Health Organisation, WHO study…
Jos bombing: NEMA, Police disagree on death toll
The Nigerian police and the National Emergency Management Agency NEMA are locked in conflict over the number of the dead…
Saudi MERS kils 115, says ministry
Saudi health authorities announced on Monday that the death toll from the MERS coronavirus has reached 115 since the respiratory…
Zamfara death toll jumps to 79
The death toll in an attack by Fulani herdsmen on a village in northern Nigeria’s Zamfara State rose to 79…
21 dead in Nigeria’s jailbreak attempt
Nigeria’s secret police said on Sunday that 21 detainees died during an attempted escape from custody at its headquarters, with…
More than 1000 killed by Boko Haram in 3 months
More than 1,000 people have been killed so far this year in three states in northeastern Nigeria worst hit by…
United Nations: Over 1,200 killed by Boko Haram since May
In an independent tally of fatality figures as a result of Boko Haram attacks, the United Nations said today that…
Red Cross: 24 die in Nigeria’s stampede tragedy
At least 24 people died during a stampede at an overcrowded church gathering in eastern Nigeria, the Red Cross said…
Boko Haram gunmen kill another nine students
Few days after suspected Boko Haram gunmen killed seven students and two teachers in Nigeria’s north eastern city of Damaturu,…
14 Boko Haram insurgents killed, curfew bites hard
Nigerian army’s offensive against Boko Haram militants the north of the country has left 14 insurgents and three soldiers dead,…
3 die in multiple crash
Three persons were on Friday killed and 20 others injured in a multiple accident involving an articulated vehicle and four…
Chief prison warder, 24 others killed in Ganye attacks
The police authorities in Adamawa state, north eastern Nigeria have revealed the death toll in the terrorist attack Friday in…