Tragedy

Fire Guts Cross River Market Kills One, Destroys O

Tuesday, April 16, 2024
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said that the fire incident that occurred at Ikom Main Market in Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River State and the fuel tanker fire that occurred the same day killed one person, destroyed a total of over 640 shops and 39 motorcycles. NEMA, ...

Container Crushes Woman To Death In Lagos

Friday, April 12, 2024
A falling container has killed a woman in the Ogudu area of Lagos on Friday. The Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department Adebayo of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Taofiq said in a statement that the fully loaded 40ft Mack articulated truck fell on a car the ...

Three Buildings Collapse After Fire Outbreak In Lagos Market

Tuesday, April 9, 2024
The National Emergency Management Agency has disclosed that three buildings collapsed as a result of the fire incident at Dosumu Market in Lagos State on Tuesday. This was disclosed in a statement posted on the official Facebook page of NEMA. The statement read, The NEMA Lagos Territorial Off ...

Black Easter As 13 Killed, 2 Others Injured In Kogi Auto Crash

Monday, April 1, 2024
No fewer than 13 people have been killed while two others sustained injuries in an auto crash at Obajana Market along Obajana-Lokoja Road in Lokoja Local Government Area of Kogi State. It was learnt that the incident occurred on Easter Sunday around 7:30 pm. The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC ...

Fire Razes NNPC Mega Filling Station In Yola

Thursday, March 28, 2024
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) mega filling station located along Bank Road, Galadima Aminu Way in Jimeta, Yola the Adamawa State capital, was on Wednesday night gutted in a fire incident. The details of the fire outbreak was still sketchy at the time of filing this report. ...

3 Abia Varsity Medical Students Die In Fatal Accident

Friday, March 22, 2024
Two 500 level and one 400 level medical students of the Abia State University Uturu, ABSU, have died in an auto crash less than one hour after attending the induction ceremony of their senior colleagues. The incident occured on Thursday evening at the Nunya axis of the Enugu Port Harcourt Express ...

Fire Guts IDP Camp In Borno, Two Children Killed 

Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Tragedy struck in Borno State on Tuesday as fire has gutted the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp in Muna area of the North-Eastern state. The incident that happened in Muna Alamdari IDP camp in Maiduguri led to the loss of two children rsquo;s lives. As at the time of filing this repor ...

One Died, Five Injured In Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Crash

Tuesday, March 12, 2024
One person has reportedly died, while five others sustained varying degrees of injury in a lone accident that occurred along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Tuesday. The spokesperson for the Ogun State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Florence Okpe, confirmed the incident on Tuesday. A ...

80-Year-Old Tenant Commits Suicide In Lagos

Friday, March 8, 2024
An octogenarian identified as Isiyaka Ayinde has reportedly taken his life by at the Watch Tower in the Araromi Imota area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the incident happened on Thursday night. A police source, citing a tenant who lives in the same compound where the deceased lived, tol ...

5 Perish In Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Accident

Thursday, February 29, 2024
Five persons have been confirmed dead in an accident at Fidiwo bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Also, four others sustained various degrees of injuries in the accident. Mrs Florence Okpe, Spokesperson, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun , confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeoku ...
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