353 Inmates On Death Row In Lagos

353 Inmates On Death Row In Lagos

The Lagos State Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service ( NCoS ) on Sunday said it had no fewer than 353 inmates currently on death row at its Kirikiri Custodial Centre.  The spokesman of the command, Mr Rotimi Oladokun, confirmed...
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FRSC Laments Cases Of Unclaimed Corpses

FRSC Laments Cases Of Unclaimed Corpses

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has decried the rising cases of unclaimed corpses of accident victims.   Worried by the development, the FRSC has advised road transport workers on the importance of maintaining traveller manifest at motor parks for e...
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Woman Stabs Husband To Death In Adamawa  

Woman Stabs Husband To Death In Adamawa  

The Adamawa Police Command has arrested Caroline Barka, a 20-year-old housewife, for stabbing her late husband, Barka Dauda, to death.  Mrs Barka is a resident of Angwan Tamiya in the Madagali Local Government Area of the state.  A statement issued...
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How To Prevent Death From Fibroids, By Expert

How To Prevent Death From Fibroids, By Expert

A consultant gynaecologist, Dr Stanley Egbogu, has warned women against the use of natural remedies for the removal of fibroids.  Egbogu who works at Nnamdi Azikwe Teaching Hospital, Awka, Anambra, said this in an interview with the News Agency of...
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Monkeypox: Nigeria Reports Six Cases, One Death

Monkeypox: Nigeria Reports Six Cases, One Death

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), in its latest report on Monkeypox, said the country recorded six cases and one death in May.  The centre said that Nigeria’s risk of exposure to the Monkeypox virus was high based on...
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Nzeribe: Family Begins Consultations For Funeral Rites

Nzeribe: Family Begins Consultations For Funeral Rites

The family of late Sen. Arthur Nzeribe has commenced traditional consultation for the funeral rites of the late business mogul and politician.  Late Nzeribe died at the age of 83 years on May 5 following protracted illness.  The family made...
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Buhari Commiserates With Innoson’s CEO Over Mother’s Death  

Buhari Commiserates With Innoson’s CEO Over Mother’s Death  

President Muhamadu Buhari has Commiserated with the Chief Executive Officer of Innoson  Group of Companies Limited, Innocent Chukwuma, over the passing away of his mother, Madam Martina Chukwuma, at the age of 101. The president, in a statement ...
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Buhari Mourns Ex-Customs Boss, Hamman Ahmad

Buhari Mourns Ex-Customs Boss, Hamman Ahmad

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed heartfelt condolences to the Ahmad family on the passing of the former Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Hamman Ahmad.  In a condolence message released by his Senior Special Assistant on Media an...
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Wife, Three Others Arrested Over Hotelier’s Death In Lagos

Wife, Three Others Arrested Over Hotelier’s Death In Lagos

The Police in Lagos have arrested the wife of an hotel owner and three others after the wife was alleged to have stabbed her hotelier husband to death.  The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the wife of the...
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2021: FRSC Records 235 Road Accidents, 149 Deaths In Edo

2021: FRSC Records 235 Road Accidents, 149 Deaths In Edo

Between January and December 2021, Edo State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) recorded not less than 235 Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) and 149 deaths. Sector Commander, Mr Henry Benamaisia, in an interview with the&nb...
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Buhari Mourns Shonekan

Buhari Mourns Shonekan

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the news of the death of a great statesman and former Head of the Interim National Government, Chief Ernest Shonekan.  The president, in a statement by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, on Tuesday...
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Customs Confirm One Death In Sokoto Checkpoint Accident

Customs Confirm One Death In Sokoto Checkpoint Accident

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Sokoto and Zamfara area commands, have confirmed the death of one person in a checkpoint accident which occurred at Asara village, Sokoto-Illela road.  The command’s spokesman, Mr Balarabe Yusuf, in a statement on Tues...
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Buhari Mourns Bashir Tofa

Buhari Mourns Bashir Tofa

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the passing of one-time Presidential Candidate in a two-horse race, Bashir Tofa, ”a politician of note, who was also a promoter of Islamic culture and civilization’.’  The president made his feel...
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Buhari Mourns Olubadan

Buhari Mourns Olubadan

President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the government and people of Oyo State, the Royal Family, the Olubadan-in-council and the people of Ibadan on the passing of Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji.  In a condolence message released by his....
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