No fewer than nine persons were reportedly burnt to death, while three others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a commercial bus explosion that happened at Ijebu Ife along the Ore-Ijebu Ode-Sagamu Road in Ogun State. The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, Ogun State Command, Clement Oladele, confirmed the incident. Oladele, in a statement,
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Traders Count Losses as Midnight Fire Razes Old Market in Sokoto
The Sokoto Fire Service has confirmed a fire outbreak that gutted part of the old market in Sokoto, which destroyed about 20 shops. The Head of Operations in Sokoto Fire Service, Mr Mustapha Abubakar, told the News Agency of Nigeria, on Tuesday, that the inferno started about 11:00 pm on Monday and lasted till 2:00
Read moreTwo Die as Small Aircraft Crashes in South Africa
Two people on Monday were reportedly dead when their two-seater aircraft crashed at Ekurhuleni, Gauteng Province, said the City’s Disaster and Emergency Management Services (DEMS). DEMS spokesperson, William Ntladi, said the aircraft crashed near Springs Airfield, and that rescuers were called to the scene. “Both patients were found inside the wreckage when paramedics and rescuers
Read morePastor Commits Suicide After Stabbing Wife to Death During Church Service
In Kenya, an assistant pastor, Elijah Misiko, with the Ground for God’s Gospel Church in Mombasa, during a church service, left his front-row seat and approached his wife, senior pastor Ann Mughoi, on the pulpit and stabbed her with one of the knives he had hidden in an envelope, a report has said. The incident
Read moreUnknown Gunmen Attack Community in Taraba, Kill 4, Burn 100 Houses, Shops
Unknown Gunmen on Friday invaded Dan-Anacha village in the Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba State, killing four people and burning homes. There has been uneasy calm in Dan-Anacha following the renaming of the village by the state government from Dan-Anacha to Kwararafa. Tiv have been locked in a fierce battle with Jukun over who owns the village. Residents told our
Read moreDeath Toll Rises in Kaduna Gas Explosion
The Department of Petroleum Resources, on Friday, said a combined team of DPR, KEPA, and other agencies have recovered mutilated bodies of three more victims of the January 4 Kaduna gas explosion. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the recovery of the three bodies brings to eight the number of victims killed by the
Read moreMother and Her Three Daughters Killed in Yobe Fire
The Yobe State Fire Service has confirmed that a mother and her three daughters were killed in a fire incident on Tuesday night at Red Bricks Quarters, on Maiduguri Road, Damaturu. Damaturu Fire Station Officer, Mr Usman Habu, who confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria, on Wednesday, said the incident occurred about
Read moreAuto Crash in Peru Claims 16 Lives, Injures 40 Others
At least 16 people including two Germans were killed and 40 others injured after a bus crashed into parked cars in the south of Peru, authorities confirmed. The accident happened early Monday on the main coastal highway used by many tour bus companies and linking the capital Lima with Arequipa in the south. In a
Read morePolice Officer Shoots Peace Mass Driver, Two Passengers in Bayelsa
The Bayelsa State Police Command has confirmed the shooting of a driver working with Peace Mass Transit Company and one other person by a policeman in the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, Asinim Butswat, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Yenagoa that the incident occurred on Monday evening at Ekeki axis
Read moreFive Persons Killed in Kaduna Gas Explosion – Police Confirm
The Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed the death of five persons in the gas explosion at Sabon Tasha in Kaduna metropolis on Saturday afternoon. The Command’s Public Relations Officers, DSP Yakubu Sabo, made the confirmation in a press statement issued in Kaduna. Sabo added that four other persons sustained various degrees of injuries in
Read morePlane Carrying Judges, Soldiers, Others Crashes in Sudan
A plane carrying Sudanese judges and injured people crashed on Thursday in the Darfur region of Sudan, according to the Sudanese Red Crescent. The Antonov plane was travelling from the city of El Geneina, located in the west of Sudan, near the border with Chad, to the Sudanese capital, Khartoum. The aircraft was transporting people
Read moreLone Accident Kills Four, Injures Others on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
No fewer than four persons were confirmed dead while four others sustained injuries in a lone accident around Pipeline Junction, Ogere, Ogun State, on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The Spokesperson for Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abeokuta on Thursday. Akinbiyi noted that the accident
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