Tag: deaths and injuries
3 die, 8 injured in speeding bus crash
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Three persons, two males and one female were confirmed dead in a Boxing Day road crash on…
Collapsed house kills 5 In Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga Several persons have been confirmed dead as another two-storey building under construction collapsed today in Surulere area of…
Nigeria: 18 Die In Auto Crash
At least 18 people were killed while nine others were seriously injured after an early morning crash that occurred at…
Terrorists strike in Kano after VP Sambo’s visit
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Gunmen on tricycles launched attacks at Hotoro, Sharada and Dakata areas of Kano, northwest Nigeria killing three pesons…
11 killed over land dispute
Eleven persons have been killed and no fewer than 2,000 people displaced in Adadama, Abi Local council of Nigeria’s south…
Revered Nigerian Emir survives gun attack
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Emir of Nigeria’s northern city of Kano, Alhaji Ado Abdullahi Bayero narrowly escaped death on Saturday in the…
Fresh petrol tanker disaster in Nigeria
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Another petrol tanker fire disaster has been recorded in the border town between Nigeria’s Rivers and Bayelsa…
14 killed as Nigerian soldiers battle militants
Nigerian troops clashed with militants from the Islamist group Boko Haram in the northeastern city of Maiduguri Tuesday, in an…