Tag: deaths
10 suspects arrested over beheading of four in Ebonyi boundary dispute
According to the CP, the incident was linked to a long-standing land dispute between Okporojọr Village in Oso Edda Community…
Los Angeles wildfires death toll hits 25 as 3 arrested on arson suspicion
Seventeen of the fatalities are related to the Eaton Fire near Pasadena, the city’s medical examiner said on Tuesday, while…
Tax protests: Kenya’s human right body confirms 39 killed as new round begins
“Data from our records indicates that 39 people have died and 361 injured in relation to the protests countrywide,” state-funded…
Nigeria’s 2023 election least violent since 1965 – Lai Mohammed
Reacting to calls by opposition for the cancellation of Nigeria's 2023 elections over alleged violence, the minister said it is…
15 die in Bauchi ghastly road accident
Seven people were also seriously injured in the accident which occurred at about 3:30 p.m, according to Yusuf Abdullahi, Sector…
At least 5 dead in Syria after latest quakes hit region
The epicentre was in the district of Samandağ in Turkey’s Hatay province.
412 killed in Lagos road crashes in 10 months
Biu said that the 412 people had been killed and 522 seriously injured in 520 reported cases of road traffic…
3 siblings, 4 others killed in Lagos flood
The three siblings who lost their lives were residing at a church building belonging to Mercy of Christ Apostolic Church,…
January: 540 die, 3,383 others sustain injuries in road crashes – FRSC
A total of 540 persons died, while 3,383 others were injured in 950 road traffic crashes across the country in…
Edo records 20 death in 8 crashes
The Edo Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says no fewer than 20 persons lost their lives in…
Accidents during ‘Ember’ months caused by human errors – LASEMA
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA on Wednesday said accidents and deaths during the 'ember' months are mostly caused…
Study links pollution to millions of deaths worldwide
Pollution is killing millions of people worldwide, mostly through the diseases it causes including heart conditions, strokes and lung cancer,…
Flooding: Cross River records 15 deaths in 2 months
Fifteen people have lost their lives in severe flooding in 21 communities in Cross River in July and August this…
Fourth deaths recorded in latest Ebola outbreak
A fourth person has died in an Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a spokesman from the…
WHO urges countries to reduce deaths from viral hepatitis
Ahead of World Hepatitis Day on 28 July, 2016, the World Health Organisation, WHO is urging countries to take rapid…
Akwa Ibom: FRSC records 118 road crashes, 37 deaths
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said on Sunday that it recorded 118 road crashes and 37 deaths in Akwa…
Calm returns in strife-torn Wukari
Some order has been restored in Wukari, Taraba state, where a mix of ethnic and religious conflict ignited deadly violence…
6 friends of groom die from drug overdose at wedding
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Tijani Usman (26) may have been regretting while he decided to get married as his wedding ceremony at…
4 students die in ghastly road crash
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A tragic road accident involving a 15-seater bus conveying passengers to Warri has claimed the lives of four…
News analysis: When job seeking turns harvest of deaths
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The desire of some Nigerian youths to be employed in the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS ended tragically on…
2 killed in Guinea over power cuts
At least two persons were killed and 30 others injured in Guinea’s capital Conakry on Tuesday when protests against frequent…
9 Nigerian soldiers killed in Boko Haram ambush
Boko Haram gunmen have killed nine Nigerian soldiers after launching an ambush on a military convoy in the troubled northeast,…
Man, daughter crash into Lagos lagoon, wife survives
A man and his daughter on Tuesday morning drowned in Lagos as a Toyota jeep in which they were travelling…
Over 200 South Sudanese escaping from war drown
At least 200 South Sudanese civilians drowned on Tuesday in a ferry accident on the White Nile river while fleeing…
Chad peacekeepers killed in Central Africa
Five peacekeepers from Chad have been killed in clashes in the Central African Republic capital, the force’s spokesman said today…
Hundreds die in South Sudan shootout
Hundreds of people have died and up to 20,000 others have fled to UN bases in days of fierce fighting…
Nigerian army kills 29 Boko Haram fighters in battles
Nigerian troops have killed 29 suspected Boko Haram militants in two days of fighting in the northeast, where President Goodluck…
Nigeria: Six die in fuel tanker explosion
Six persons were killed on Friday night in a fire from a tanker explosion in Maraban Jos, Igabi Local Government…
9 killed in another garment factory disaster in Bangladesh
A huge fire at a garment factory on the outskirts of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka has killed at least nine…
Robbers on motor bike kill 3 cops in Lagos
Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers on Tuesday killed three policemen in Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria. The Commissioner…