Category: Tragedy
Brother kills brother while testing potency of charmed gun
By Dada Ahmed. A 12-year-old boy,Abubakar Abubakar, has shot his younger brother,Yusuf Abubakar dead while testing the potency of charmed gun in Dutse Gogo town via...
Another tragedy befalls 4 flood victims in kogi
One of the victims of gas explosion. Viewer’s discretion advised. By Correspondent in Lokoja. Four members of a family affected by the ongoing flood in Lokoja,...
Unknown persons allegedly kill INEC staff,dump body on major road
Unknown persons have allegedly killed a principal staff attached to the Anambra state office of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Osita Joel. Festus...
Building collapse rears head again in Lagos, rescue operation begins
Photo credit: Punch. By Correspondent in Lagos. Few days after Lagos State witnessed building collapse, another building,three storey, has collapsed on Sonuga Street,...
Boat mishap claims 6 lives in Benue
By Ijeoma Obioma, Makurdi A boat mishap around Fada village in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State has claimed the lives of six people. Police spokesperson for...
Abuja-Lokoja road claims 19, second in 2 weeks
Nineteen persons have been confirmed killed while eight others were injured in a Sunday auto crash at Yangoji-Gwagwalada Road in the FCT. Nineteen persons have been...
Lokoja-Abuja Road Crash consumes 19, second in 2 weeks
Abuja. Nineteen persons were burnt beyond recognition on Sunday while eight others were injured in an auto crash that happened at Yangoji-Gwagwalada Road in the FCT. Our...
Another dark period in Kogi NUJ
Late Mrs Queen Toba Shaibu. By Correspondent in Lokoja. Members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, (NUJ) Kogi State Chapter were on Thursday thrown into mourn,...
Mother dies, 4 weeks after losing son to building collapse
Lagos. Funmisola Olaoye has died from injuries she sustained in a building collapse at Adeleke Street, Bariga, Lagos, four weeks after losing her only son to the...
Abuja-Lokoja road auto crash claims 9,injures 10–FRSC
Abuja. The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Bisi Kazeem, said nine persons died and 10 injured in a fatal motor accident that...