Tag: deaths
Many Nigerians feared dead after boat capsized off Libya coast –IOM
New York, Feb. 10, 2026 (NAN) No fewer than 53 migrants including two babies are feared dead or missing after a rubber boat carrying...
FRSC records 10,446 crashes, 5,289 deaths in 2025
Abuja, Feb. 4, 2026 (NAN) The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has recorded 10, 446 Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) and 5,289 deaths nationwide in...
Firemen recover lifeless body of man from well
Ibadan, Feb.4, 2026 (NAN)The Oyo State Fire Services Agency has recovered the lifeless body of a 45-year-old man who died inside a deep well...
NCIF pushes for sustainable financing to reduce cancer deaths in Nigeria
Abuja, Feb. 4, 2026(NAN) The National Cancer Intervention Fund (NCIF) has called for sustainable and transparent financing mechanisms to reduce preventable cancer deaths in...
Community pharmacists seek free antivenom, local production to end snakebite deaths
Abuja, Feb. 3, 2026 (NAN) The Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) has urged the Federal Government to make antivenom free nationwide.
The association...
Police confirm killing of 3 officers in Katsina, 2 injured in...
Katsina, Jan. 28, 2026 (NAN) The Police Command in Katsina State, has confirmed that three officers have been killed in an ambush by suspected...
Fire outbreaks kill 2, destroy N1.59bn properties in Bauchi
Bauchi, Jan. 26, 2026 (NAN) The Federal Fire Service says two lives were lost and property worth N1.59 billion destroyed by fire in Bauchi...
Dozens missing, 18 dead, after ferry sinks in Philippines
Manila, Jan. 26, 2026 (dpa/NAN) A ferry carrying more than 359 people capsised in the southern Philippines on Monday, leaving at least 18 people...
11 dead after shooting at football game in Mexico
Mexico City, Jan. 26, 2026 (dpa/NAN) No fewer than 11 people had been killed after gunmen opened fire at a fooball game in central...
UN rights chief decries U.S. treatment of migrants, as deaths in...
New York, Jan. 23, 2026 (NAN) The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has raised alarm over what he described as the...
Bodija Explosion: Court fixes March 3, 4 to restart trial
Ibadan, Jan. 22, 2026 (NAN) The Federal High Court, Ibadan, has fixed March 3 and 4 to restart the trial of three Malians accused...
No fewer than 4,500 people killed in Iran
Tehran, Jan. 21, 2026 (dpa/NAN) At least than 4,500 people have been killed in Iran since the outbreak of protests at the end of...
Troops discover terrorists’ mass grave in Borno
Abuja, Jan. 21, 2026 (NAN) Troops of the Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) have discovered a mass grave containing corpses...
Kano assembly Speaker condemns killing of woman, 6 children
Kano, Jan. 19, 2026 (NAN) The Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, Alhaji Jibril Falgore, has condemned the killing of a woman...
Lassa fever killed 215 Nigerians in 2025 – NCDC
Abuja, Jan. 15, 2026 (NAN) The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says 215 deaths were recorded from Lassa fever in 2025,...
LASTMA apprehends driver over death of motorcyclist, passenger
Lagos, Jan. 14, 2026 (NAN) The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has apprehended a Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) tanker driver who struck and...
Kaduna Fire Service records 306 fire outbreaks, 10 deaths in 2025
Kaduna, Jan. 14, 2026 (NAN) The Kaduna State Fire Service has said that it recorded no fewer than 306 fire outbreaks and 10 deaths...
