Buhari Mourns Ore Falomo

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,...
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NPA Condemns Mayhem At Lilypond Transit Truck Park

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...
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Mugabe, Indomitable Fighter For Liberation Of Zimbabwe, Says Obasanjo

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...
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Seven killed In Collision Between Plane, Helicopter

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,...
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Gbemiga Ogunleye Mourns Sweet, Unforgettable Mother

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

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...
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Buhari Mourns Bishop Kevin Aje

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...
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Auto Accident Claims 16 Lives In Kano

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,...
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Lagos Building Disaster Claims 10 Lives

Lagos Building Disaster Claims 10 Lives

At least 10 people have died and many more are feared trapped after a building containing a school collapsed in the Nigerian city of Lagos. The school, which was on the top floor of the four-storey building in Ita Faji...
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Adesanmi, 156 others die in Ethiopian Airlines crash

Adesanmi, 156 others die in Ethiopian Airlines crash

Prominent Nigerian professor, Pius Adesanmi, and former United Nations and African Union Deputy Joint Special Representative in Darfur, Sudan, Ambassador Abiodun Bashua of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were among the 157 persons on board an Ethiopian Airline...
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Buhari Mourns Shagari

Buhari Mourns Shagari

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed great sadness at the news of the passing away of the First Executive President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Alhaji Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari. President Buhari said, “ On behalf of my family, the...
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Drama As ‘Dead’ woman Is Found Alive In Morgue Fridge

Drama As ‘Dead’ woman Is Found Alive In Morgue Fridge

A South African woman is recovering in hospital after being discovered alive in a mortuary fridge. The woman was taken to Carletonville morgue, in Gauteng province, having been declared dead by paramedics following a road accident. Ambulance company Distress A...
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Buhari Mourns Winnie Mandela

Buhari Mourns Winnie Mandela

President Muhammadu Buhari has described the passing away of South-African anti-apartheid icon, Mrs Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, as a huge loss to Africa.   The President noted that she was a woman of uncommon determination, steadfastness and perseverance who h...
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37 Dead, 64 Missing In Shopping Mall Inferno

37 Dead, 64 Missing In Shopping Mall Inferno

At least 37 people are confirmed to have died in a fire that tore through a shopping centre in the Siberian coal-mining city of Kemerovo. At least 64 people are missing, including 41 children, and parts of the building are...
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