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Two Dead, Two Injured As Building Collapse In Kano

Two Dead, Two Injured As Building Collapse In Kano

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Thursday affirmed that two persons were dead and two others were injured in a two-storey building collapsed at Noman’s Land Fagge Local Government Area of Kano State. NEMA…

Man Ripped In Half By Crocodile While Swimming

Man Ripped In Half By Crocodile While Swimming

A 68-year-old Indonesian man, M Yunus, was savagely roughed up to death while going for a swim by a crocodile just meters from his home in East Aceh Regency, Aceh province. M Yunus was in…

13 Dead As Boat Capsizes In English Channel

13 Dead As Boat Capsizes In English Channel

At least 13 people, including three children, have lost their lives after a boat carrying up to 70 migrants ripped open and capsized in the English Channel.  The French coast guard while confirming the incident…

One Dead As Boat Capsizes In Bayelsa Waterways

One Dead As Boat Capsizes In Bayelsa Waterways

One person has been confirmed dead as a boat carrying 15 passengers capsized at Okubie River in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the tragic…

Fire Guts 2-Storey Building In Lagos

Fire Guts 2-Storey Building In Lagos

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), has said that a two-storey building was gutted by fire at the Ebute-Metta area of the state. The agency’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed this in a…

NDLEA Intercepts N2.2bn Codeine Bottles As Vietnam-Bound Bizman Excretes 68 Wraps Of Cocaine

NDLEA Intercepts N2.2bn Codeine Bottles As Vietnam-Bound Bizman Excretes 68 Wraps Of Cocaine

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), at the TinCan seaport in Lagos on Friday August 23, intercepted two containers which came from Mundra port in India with no fewer than 1,596 cartons…

… As Navy Sustains Anti-Crude Oil Theft Operations In Niger Delta

… As Navy Sustains Anti-Crude Oil Theft Operations In Niger Delta

The Nigerian Navy has sustained its ongoing war to tackle the menace of crude oil theft in the Niger Delta region in view of efforts at ramping up oil production. The Director of Information (DINFO),…

NAF Airstrikes Kill Terrorists, Destroy 25 Illegal Refineries

NAF Airstrikes Kill Terrorists, Destroy 25 Illegal Refineries

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) airstrikes have eliminated scores of terrorists in Kaduna and Zamfara states, and destroyed 25 illegal refining sites in Imo and Rivers states. The Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, AVM…

Flood: 6 Killed Over 10,000 Displaced By Heavy Downpour In Adamawa

Flood: 6 Killed Over 10,000 Displaced By Heavy Downpour In Adamawa

At least six people have lost their lives while over 10,000 others in 12 communities have been displaced following heavy downpour that lasted several hours in Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State. Report from…

Terrorists Kill Sokoto Monarch Days After Appeal For Help

Terrorists Kill Sokoto Monarch Days After Appeal For Help

Three weeks after the Emir of Gobir of Gatawa, Alhaji Isa Bawa, was kidnapped on his way home from Sokoto town, his family yesterday confirmed the death of the monarch in kidnappers den in Isa/Sabon…