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March 16, 2020 No Responses

LASEMA: 17 Dead, 25 Injured In Abule Ado Pipeline Explosion

The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu has disclosed that 17 bodies have been recovered while 25 casualties are being treated for injuries sustained in the Abule Ado pipeline explosion. Oke-Osanyintolu made this known in an...

March 14, 2020 No Responses

Osinbajo’s Outrider Dies In Road Accident

The Presidency has announced the death of a police outrider on the convoy of Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, in a statement in Abuja,...

March 8, 2020 No Responses

Italy To Quarantine 16 Million People

Italy is set to lock down at least 16 million people in the region of Lombardy and in 11 other provinces in the north and east of the country. The mandatory quarantine will last until early April. The dramatic escalation...

March 2, 2020 No Responses

Pa Kasumu Dies At 66

Veteran Nollywood actor, Kayode Odumosu, popularly known as Pa Kasumu has died after an illness. The news of his death was announced by Nollywood actress, Foluke Daramola through her Instagram account. According to Daramola, the news was broken to her...

February 13, 2020 No Responses

Plateau United Suspends Training

The management of Plateau United FC of Jos said the team would not train on Thursday in honour of its Head Coach, Audu Pele, who died on Wednesday afternoon. Albert Dakup, the team’s Media Officer announced this in a statement...

November 29, 2019 No Responses

“Nigeria Loses 68,000 Women Yearly To Pregnancy, Childbirth Complications”

Nigeria is losing 68,000 women yearly as a result of pregnancy and child birth complications, Prof. Dolapo Lufadeju, the National Coordinator, Rotary International Project on National Family Planning Campaign, has said. Lufadeju disclosed this on Thursday duri...

November 10, 2019 No Responses

Buhari Mourns Ore Falomo

President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family of the late Dr Ore Falomo over the demise of the renowned medical practitioner. The president’s condolence message was contained in a statement issued by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja,...

October 25, 2019 No Responses

NPA Condemns Mayhem At Lilypond Transit Truck Park

The Management of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has condemned the invasion of Lilypond Transit Truck Park on Thursday by hoodlums. According to NPA, the Transit Truck Park was invaded by hoodlums who resisted the activities of the Lagos State Task...

September 7, 2019 No Responses

Mugabe, Indomitable Fighter For Liberation Of Zimbabwe, Says Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described the late former President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, as an indomitable fighter, who contributed to the liberation of his country from apartheid and oppressive radicalism. Obasanjo said this in a condolence lett...

August 26, 2019 No Responses

Seven killed In Collision Between Plane, Helicopter

Seven people were killed in a collision between a helicopter and a small plane on the Spanish island of Mallorca on Sunday. The government of the Balearic Islands announced this on Twitter. The victims included two passengers on the plane,...

August 8, 2019 No Responses

Gbemiga Ogunleye Mourns Sweet, Unforgettable Mother

By Gbemiga Ogunleye — It was the type of call no one wants to receive. No sooner had our Abuja-bound aircraft landed than my phone rang. My younger brother, a Pastor of the Deeper Life Bible Church was on the...

July 9, 2019 No Responses

Anambra Implores FG On Death of Ndubuisi-Chukwu In South Africa

Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano has urged the Federal Government to investigate the alleged murder of Mrs Obianuju Ndubuisi-Chukwu’s in Johannesburg. Mr Don Adinuba, Anambra State Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, in a statement...

June 7, 2019 No Responses

Buhari Mourns Bishop Kevin Aje

President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the Catholic Pontiff, Pope Francis, President and members of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria on the passage of the Bishop Emeritus of Sokoto, Most Rev. Kevin Aje. A statement issued by his Special...

May 5, 2019 No Responses

Auto Accident Claims 16 Lives In Kano

No fewer than 16 persons have died on Friday evening when three vehicles collided at Tukai Village in Dambatta Local Government Area in Kano State. The Public Relations Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps in the state, Kabiru Ibrahim,...