Tag: death
Ogu Assembly bids farewell to revered Akran
Badagry (Lagos State),Jan.13, 2026 (NAN) The Ogu General Assembly (OGA) has on Tuesday, expressed its heartfelt commiseration with the entire Ogu people, following the...
Badagry traditional ruler, others mourn Akran
Badagry (Lagos State), Jan. 13, 2026 (NAN) Oba Olatunji Ogabi (JP), the Ajagun of Imeke Kingdom in Badagry, has joined other residents of Badagry...
Jaji military cantonment honours fallen heroes with solemn ceremony
Kaduna, Jan. 13, 2026 (NAN) The Jaji Military Cantonment marked the 2026 Armed Forces Celebration and Remembrance Day (AFCRD) with a series of spiritual...
Badagry Chamber of Commerce extols Akran’s legacy of peace, economic progress
Badagry (Lagos State), Jan.13, 2026 (NAN) The Badagry Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (BACCIMA) on Tuesday, described the late Akran of Badagry,...
Badagry declares week-long mourning for Akran
Badagry (Lagos State) Jan.13, 2026 (NAN) The Chairman of Badagry Local Government Area of Lagos, Mr Babatunde Hunpe, has declared seven days mourning for...
Multiple auto-crash claims 5 in Gombe -FRSC
Gombe, Jan. 12, 2026 (NAN) The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of five persons, in a multiple auto crash on...
U.S. immigration officer shoots woman dead in Minnesota
Washington, Jan. 8, 2026 (dpa/NAN) Authorities reported that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot a woman dead during a controversial operation in...
Jonathan mourns ex-IGP Arase, describes him as reform-minded officer
Abuja, Sept.2, 2025(NAN) Former President Goodluck Jonathan has expressed sadness over the death of former Inspector-General Police (IGP), Mr Solomon Arase, describing him as...
Traffic incident kills 76 Afghans deported from Iran
Islamabad, Aug. 20, 2025 (dpa/NAN) No fewer than 76 people, including children, have died following a traffic accident involving deported Afghan refugees in Afghanistan’s...
Film corporation debunks death rumours of Managing Director
Abuja, Aug. 19, 2025 (NAN) Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC), has officially debunked death hoax of its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer(CEO), Dr Ali...
Group calls on Osun Govt. to investigate alleged killing of Amotekun...
Osogbo, July 28, 2025 (NAN) A Civil Society group, The Osun Masterminds, has called on the state government to carry out thorough investigations into...
Late emir of Gusau to be buried by 2.30 p.m. —...
Gusau, July 25, 2025 (NAN) The funeral prayer (Salatul Janazah) for the late Emir of Gusau, Alhaji Ibrahim Bello, will be conducted at 2.30...
Emir of Gusau, Ibrahim Bello, dies at 71
Gusau, July 25, 2025 (NAN) Gov. Dauda Lawal of Zamfara has announced the death of
The Emir of Gusau, Alhaji Ibrahim Bello, aged 71, following...
Commuters escape death as petrol tanker explodes in Ibadan
Scores of commuters escaped death on Saturday when a loaded petroleum tanker suddenly went up in flames at Ajia junction, Ibadan-Ife Road, Ibadan.
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3,590 inmates on death row in Nigeria – NCoS
No fewer than 3,590 inmates across the custodial centres in Nigeria are on death row, the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), has revealed.
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Court remands driver for allegedly crushing OAU student to death
An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun on Monday remanded a driver, Lasisi Sodiq, in a correctional facility, for allegedly causing the death of an...
16 burnt to death, 5 injured in Ondo road crash
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ondo State Command, says 16 people were burned to death and five injured in a road accident on...
