Tag: tragedy
Tragedy averted at Ketu as petrol tanker spills content
Tragedy was averted Tuesday Morning at Ketu Alapere Bus stop in Lagos, as a tanker laden with 33,000 litres of…
Brewing tragedy
By Olakunle Abimbola In the Yoruba country, plebeians (who don’t know) and patricians (who should know and guide) appear yoked…
Tragedy In Lagos: Container falls on cars at Tincan Apapa (Photos)
Tragedy occurred in Lagos today as a fully loaded container fell on several cars at first gate bus stop, Tincan,…
Tragedy: 20 persons drown in boat mishap in Benue
No fewer than 20 persons have drowned as a boat capsised at River Buruku in Benue State on Wednesday evening.
Tragedy averted in Borno as troops intercept two suicide bombers
Nigerian Army said on its Friday Alert that vigilant troops of 7 Division Garrison based in Maiduguri and members of…
Domestic violence a real tragedy, says Ambode
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State says domestic violence continues to be a real tragedy faced by many citizens in…
Edo State: DSS midnight operation ends in tragedy
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A midnight operation by operatives of the Edo state Command of the Department of Security Service (DSS), to…
Avoidable Tragedies
Residents of Lagos are still counting their losses arising from fire ignited by petrol tankers that crashed at Iyana-Ipaja, Idimu,…
The Tragedy Of Nigeria’s Journalism
By Godwin Onyeacholem For anyone who truly lays claim to the practise of journalism in Nigeria, this is the time…
Wife of Bayelsa SSG, 11 others die in multiple crash
*Accident victims returning to Yenagoa after visiting Mrs Patience Jonathan *Governor Dickson suspends state functions for 3 days Okafor Ofiebor/Port…
Nasir El-Rufai Loses Son To Auto Crash
Jamiu Yisa Former Nigerian Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Nasir El-Rufai has lost his son to a…
In pictures: Immigration department’s tragic show of shame
Four pregnant women and three others died in the stampede at the National Stadium in Abuja Saturday as thousands of…
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…
Midnight fire kills Nigerian couple
A midnight fire has killed Mallam Aliyu Zubairu, a reporter with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Yola, and his wife,…
5 drown at Lagos Bar Beach
Kazeem Ugbodaga No fewer than five persons have drowned at the Lagos Bar Beach, Lagos, Western Nigeria, in the last…
Gunmen kill over 30 in attack on wedding convoy
Survivors and witnesses of an attack on a wedding convoy in Borno state, northern Nigeria have confirmed that gunmen killed…
80 migrants consumed by Sahara Desert
The corpses of more than 80 migrants, most of them women and children who died of thirst, have been found…
African rock python kills 2 Canadian boys
The Canadian Mounties were confronted with a particularly gruesome case on Tuesday, two small boys killed in their sleep apparently…
16 kids, teacher die in Pakistan bus fire
Sixteen children and a teacher were killed when their school bus caught fire in central Pakistan on Saturday, police said.…
Ghana: Synagogue Church asked to relocate
After the Sunday tragedy at the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Accra, Ghana, the Police on Tuesday ordered the…
Briton admits killing own children in France
A 48-year-old divorced Briton locked in a bitter custody battle confessed on Sunday that he had killed his two young…
Tragedy: Player Dies After Scoring Goal
Tragedy struck at 10, Iwo Street, Ojodu Berger in Ojodu Local Council Development Area, LCDA when Shuaib Wahab met his…
Hip hop artist Damoche, LASU student shot dead
Bayo Adetu Upcoming hip hop music act and a student of the Lagos State University, LASU, Olaniyan Damilola, popularly known…
Man beheads wife after quarrel
JETHRO IBILEKE/Asaba An argument between a middle aged Nigerian woman, Ndidi Emeka Mordi and her husband, Chukwudi Mordi has led…
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Man dies watching Nigeria-Ivory Coast match
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta An engineer with Nigeria’s Federal Road Maintenance Agency, FERMA collapsed and died yesterday in Abeokuta, capital of…
5 Kids Burnt To Death
By Adi Femi/ Kaduna Five children of the same parents were yesterday night burnt to death in a fire incident…
Digger Dies Inside Well
By Kazeem Ugbodaga A well digger identified as David has died at Abule Egba area of Lagos State Southwest Nigeria,…
Night club fire: Death toll hits record 245
At least 245 people died early Sunday when a fire tore through a nightclub packed with university students in the…
Man Killed After Shunning Foot Bridge
A middle-aged man who had travelled safely with his wife from Ibadan to Lagos was crushed to death at Ojota,…
Bus driver kills FRSC officer, soldier shoots another
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta An officer of Nigeria’s Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC from the Ijebu-Ode Unit, in Ogun state, Mr Olusoji…