Tag: death
Lotto Agent Beats Girlfriend To Death
The police at Mangoro Divisional Police Headquarters, Dopemu, Agege have arrested a lotto agent, Mr. Muka Jerry of 21, Balogun…
UNIBEN Student Hacked To Death
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Ugbowo campus of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), wore a mournful look Monday morning following the gruesome…
9 Girls Die In Nigeria Boat Capsize
Nine teenage girls died and three were listed missing after a passenger boat capsized on a river in northern Nigeria,…
Ali Mazrui, 1933-2014: A Tribute
By Toyin Falola Laa ilaaha illal-lahuu Muhammadur Rasuulullah [“There is no good example except Allah (SWT). Muhammad is the Apostle…
Dimgba Igwe: Passage Of The Veteran
By Kola Johnson I had known Dimgba Igwe by reputation, right from his “Day One”, as a staff writer in…
As Death Deals Cruel Blows On Journalists
In the last few weeks Nigerian journalists have been hit hard by the untimely deaths of their notable colleagues. Just…
Fashola says Synagogue’s deaths unnatural, vows to investigate
By Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos state governor, Babatunde Fashola describes the killing of over 100 people at the Synagogue Church of…
Fourth Sierra Leonean doctor dies from Ebola
A fourth Sierra Leonean doctor, a woman, died Sunday after contracting the dreaded Ebola virus, the country’s chief medical officer…
NFF Mourns Ntiero
General Secretary of Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Barrister Musa Amadu has expressed deep shock over the death on Wednesday of…
Ebola Hits Liberian Presidency, Kills Minister’s Aide
Liberia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which is also the seat of the Liberian presidency, has been hit by the deadly…
Man, Sons Die After Eating Dog Meat
A man, his two children and two other persons have died after eating dog meat in a village in northern…
PFN, Others Mourn Pa Sadela
Kazeem Ugbodaga & Joseph Oluwasanmi National President, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, Dr. Felix Omobude and other ministers of the…
Ebola Kills 100 Health Workers
Nearly 100 health workers have been killed by the Ebola Virus Disease, according to the World Health Organization. This follows…
Robbers Stab Couple To Death In Benin
By Jethro Ibileke/Benin Unknown assailants suspected to armed robbers in the early hours of Thursday attacked a couple in Benin…
Fire Burns Two Children To Death In Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga & Cyriacus Izuekwe Fire ignited by candlelight has razed a storey building and burnt two children to death…
40 Yazidi Children Reported Dead After Iraq Attack —UN
Forty children from northern Iraq’s Yazidi minority are reported to have died as a result of a jihadist attack on…
Nigerian teen arrested after killing brother, brutalising mother in New York
Charles Okonkwo Jr., a Long Island, New York, teenager with a history of psychiatric problems killed his 15-year old brother…
11 Months After Death: Prophet Ajanaku Buried In Lagos
Jide Osokoya Eleven months after the death of controversial pastor, Prophet Elijah Iretiola Ajanaku, burial rites for his final homeward…
South African Nobel Prize Winner, Gordimer Dies At 90
South African Nobel Prize-winning writer and anti-apartheid activist Nadine Gordimer, who became an icon through her unique insights into the…
Lawyers, Activists Mourn Bamidele Aturu
Kazeem Ugbodaga, Eromosele Ebhomele & Henry Ojelu Family, friends, lawyers and several other sympathizers this morning besieged the Agege home…
Pregnant Woman, Pastor, 2 Others Found Dead
Damilare Okunola A pregnant woman, her husband and another couple have reportedly died mysteriously in Otugbua area of Offin-Ile in…
6 Die In Early Morning Auto Crash
Kazeem Ugbodaga A ghastly motor accident occurred Friday morning on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State, western Nigeria, killing six people instantly…
Five suspects in custody over gang-rape, death of cousins
Five men have been arrested over the gang-rape and deaths of two girls found hanging from a mango tree in…
For Justice Oputa , Sir Otedola And Amaka Igwe
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Death is the last crowning glory of every man’s sojourn on earth. The fool will die. The…
Hamma Misau, confab’s sleeping delegate dies
Retired Assistant Inspector General of Police, and a Bauchi State delegate to the ongoing national conference, Alhaji Mohammed Hamma Misau…
Ensuring The Well-Being Of The Aged
By Bilikis Bakare Apart from death which everybody knows is inevitable and unstoppable, one other reality that comes to all…
One Week, One Tragedy
By Chido Onumah It’s almost a week since the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) job recruitment tragedy that claimed the lives…
Stray bullet kills Gov. Orji’s relation at reception party
The government of the eastern Nigerian state of Abia has announced the death of a relation of Governor Theodore Orji,…
714 Women Die During Child Birth
Kazeem Ugbodaga At least 714 women died during child birth in Lagos public health facilities between 2010 and 2012. The…
Lagos Market shut down for dead chief
Jamiu Yisa The popular Balogun Market in Lagos Island, southwest Nigeria was devoid of its usual hustling and bustling on…