Tag: drown
Three teenage girls drown in Jigawa pond
According to the statement, The incident occurred on Saturday at about 11 a.m., when the three girls went to cut…
20-year-old drowns in Kano
A 20-year-old man, Mustapha Abdullahi, has drowned while bathing in a pond at Kofar Mata by Hauran Balago Municipal in…
Naked lovers drown while making love along River bank
It was a fateful day for two lovers who lost their lives celebrating the New Year after they drowned while…
Over 1,000 migrants drowned in Mediterranean – IOM
More than 200 migrants have drowned in the Mediterranean from January to June, bringing the overall death toll so far…
5 teenage girls drown in Kebbi
Five teenage girls at Unguwar Kaye of Tarasa in Birnin Kebbi Local Government Area of Kebbi State on Tuesday drowned…
3 US soldiers drown in Texas flooding
Authorities in Washington DC, in the U.S. said three soldiers drowned on Thursday after their vehicle overturned while attempting to…
26 drown in Lagos wells
Kazeem Ugbodaga At least 26 people have drowned in various deep wells in Lagos, the Lagos State Fire Service Director,…
22-year old student drowns in Bauchi
The Police in Bauchi said on Sunday that a 22-year-old student, Idris Yakubu, had drowned while swimming in a river.…
18 migrants drown off Turkey in latest migrant tragedy
At least 18 migrants drowned when their overcrowded boat sank in the Aegean Sea on Thursday on the way to…
Migrant woman, baby and child drown trying to reach Greece
Athens (AFP) – A woman, a young girl and a baby have died after a boat carrying migrants and refugees…
“My children slipped through my hands”: father of drowned Syrian boy
Bodrum (Turkey) (AFP) – The father of a three-year-old Syrian boy, whose body was washed up on a Turkish beach…
Twelve Syrians drown heading from Turkey to Greek island
Reuters – An image of a drowned toddler washed up on the beach in one of Turkey’s prime tourist resorts…
82 bodies recovered as migrant boat sinks
A Red Crescent official said on Friday that the organization has recovered 82 bodies washed ashore after a boat packed…
150 drowned, shot dead while fleeing Boko Haram in Yobe
Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) – Up to 150 people drowned in a river or were shot dead fleeing Boko Haram gunmen…
Over 200 migrants feared drowned off Libya
Rome (AFP) – Over 200 migrants attempting the perilous journey across the Mediterranean were feared to have drowned Wednesday after…
26-year old woman drowns in Lagos well
Kazeem Ugbodaga A 26-year old woman has reportedly drowned in well at Ijede area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. The unidentified…
27 Dead As Truck Plunges Into River
At least 27 people on a truck laden with cattle and sheep have drowned after the vehicle plunged into a…