Tag: People
Hardship: Afenifere urges patience, cautions against protests
Significantly, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has picked February 27 and 28 for a nationwide protest and rally over hardship…
Of Seats, Thrones, Banal encounters and the Misdirected Anxieties of an Embattled People
By Peyi Soyinka-Airewele Some of the joys of being a Nigerian comes with the all-too-frequent moments where you have to…
Court jails 3 people for fraud in Benin
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Benin Zonal Office on Thursday secured the conviction of three suspected fraudsters before…
9 people dead, scores missing as Uganda boat carrying footballers, fans capsizes
Nine people have been confirmed dead and dozens more are missing after a boat capsized in western Uganda on Sunday.
Wedding: 15 people dead, 6 injured in road mishap
As many as 15 persons were killed and six injured in a road accident in India’s southern state of Andhra…
Wildfire kills 54 people in South Sudan
No fewer than 54 people were killed while 18 others were injured when a wildfire raged through a village in…
Four people, pastor killed in church attack in Burkina Faso
Five people, including a pastor died in an attack on a church in Burkina Faso, security and local sources said…
Horror! Car wash attendant confesses to killing 7 people, dried them with chemicals
A car wash attendant, Ismaila Raji has confessed to killing seven persons, including pupils of Lagelu Grammar School, Ibadan whose…
Bandits kill 3,526 people in Zamfara – Yari
The Zamfara Government has said that a total of 3,526 persons were killed by armed bandits in the state in…
Herdsmen massacre 20 people in Kaduna
Suspected herdsmen have reportedly massacred 20 people in a fresh attack on Anguwan Aku Village, Kajuru Local Government Area of…
42 people kidnapped on Abuja, Birnin Gwari highways in 2 days
At least, 42 people have been kidnapped on Kaduna-Abuja and Kaduna-Birnin Gwari highways in two days.
35 people drown in Afghan’s flash flood
Thirty-five people have been killed in Flash floods caused by heavy rains in Afghanistan, washing away houses and cutting off…
Cyclone Idai kills 64 people in Zimbabwe
Cyclone Idai has killed at least 64 people in eastern Zimbabwe and destroyed homes, bridges and roads, making rescue efforts…
People are ranched instead of cattle in Benue – APC’s Jime
All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Benue, Emmanuel Jime said people have been the ones ranched instead of cattle,…
Ondo election: Now that the people have spoken
If there is anything the results of the Ondo central senatorial district election depict, it is the power of the…
I am elected to upgrade living standard of my people – Rep member-elect
Alhaji Abubakar Umar, the newly elected member of Federal House of Representative has described his election as a call to…
50 people missing after pipeline explodes in Nigeria
More than 50 people are missing after a leaking oil pipeline exploded and caused a stampede in southern Nigeria, a…
Tragedy: 66 people massacred in Kaduna on election eve
Sixty-six people have been massacred at Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State by unknown gunmen on the eve of…
11 people die after eating rice in Indian Temple
Eleven people have died and dozens more have fallen ill after eating rice at a temple in India, police say.
186 people murdered in Lagos in 11 months – Police
No fewer than 186 people have been murdered on the streets of Lagos in eleven months, State Commissioner of police,…
Malaria affects 219 million people in 2017, kills 274,000 in 11 countries
Reductions in malaria cases have stalled after several years of decline globally, according to the new World malaria report 2018.
Flood: God is still kind to Bayelsa people – Dickson
Gov. Henry Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa has said that despite the current flood disaster experienced across the state, God is…
11 people killed in gun attack on Synagogue
Eleven people have been killed, officials say, in a gun attack on a synagogue in the US city of Pittsburgh,…
50 people killed, 200 injured as train runs into crowd in India
More than 50 people have been killed and 200 hurt after a train ran into a crowd near Amritsar in…
Many injured while scooping fuel from broken pipeline in Niger
Many people have been injured while attempting to scoop fuel from a broken pipeline at Dagbo-Pogo community in Niger State,…
Lagos loses 84 people, N12.8bn properties to fire
The Lagos State Government on Monday disclosed that the state lost 84 people and N12.8 billion worth of properties to…
Update: 14 rescued in Lagos 4-storey collapsed building, people still trapped
At least, 14 people have been rescued in the four-storey building which collapsed on Lagos Island area of Lagos, Southwest…
Tobacco kills 7m people, gulps $1.4trn annually – WHO
Tobacco use kills more than seven million people annually and costs over 1.4 trillion dollars in healthcare expenditure and lost…
Access Bank’s CSR drive and why people come first
Herbert Onyewumbu Wigwe the current CEO and Group managing director of Access Bank, one of Nigeria’s top five banking institutions,…
World’s major problem: Too many young people
New York Times: At no point in recorded history has our world been so demographically lopsided, with old people concentrated…