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…