In what will come across as a really heartbreaking development, as many as seven persons have been confirmed dead and several others left with serious injuries, in the accident involving a moving train and a Lagos State government Staff bus, at Shogunle area of Ikeja, Lagos, yesterday, Vanguard reports. One of the survivors of the…
A gunman has attacked a Jehovah’s Witness centre in Hamburg, killing several worshippers. The incident happened on Thursday. According to AFP, the gunman is believed to be among the dead. Police have not given a death toll, but multiple local media outlets reported that the shooting had left seven dead and eight seriously injured. The…
A four-year-old boy, Eleazar Ishiya, who was initially declared missing, has been found dead inside a manhole in the Jabi area in Abuja with his tongue, genitals, anus, and eyes removed. Family sources confirm that the late Eleazar was declared missing on Friday, March 3, at Filin Ball, Jabi Daki Biyu, and his corpse was…
The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) will reportedly commence an immediate investigation into a collision between a passenger train and a bus conveying some civil servants to their workplaces in Lagos on Thursday morning. Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika who disclosed this, said the NSIB will be unraveling the immediate and remote causes of…
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Thursday urged traders in his state to accept the old N200, N500, and N1000 notes. Akeredolu said this while decrying the rejection of old naira notes by business owners and traders in Ondo. In a statewide broadcast in Akure, the governor said the rejection of the old naira…
Many persons are feared dead while several persons are injured after a train and a staff bus belonging to the Lagos state government collided at Fajuyi Adekunle way in the Ikeja area of Lagos state today March 9. It is however not clear how the accident happened. Photos and videos shared online showed some…
The 9 Brigade of the Nigerian Army recovered 1,671 Permanent Voters Cards from an apartment in the Olodi-Apapa area of Lagos State. While three persons were arrested in the apartment, the prime suspect is reportedly on the run. The security operatives also recovered ballot papers, cutlasses and Indian hemp from the apartment. The Brigade Commander,…
Popular Nigerian media personality, Denrele Edun has shared new photos to celebrate International Women’s Day. The crossdresser wore a woman’s outfit and then added a caption to celebrate strong women. He Wrote: ”I am a Strong woMAN because a Strong WOMAN raised me. HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY; Today, we are celebrating the strength, determination, and…
Despite the appeal made by President Muhammadu Buhari, the United Arab Emirates has disclosed that it would not lift the visa ban imposed on Nigerians since October 2022. The visa ban, however, does not affect persons holding diplomatic passports. Buhari, last month, had appealed to his UAE counterpart, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayad Al Nahyan, to…
The story has been told of how a prophet defiled a young girl who is actually visually-impaired. A medical doctor, Mrs Sekinat Oredoyin, on Wednesday told an Ikeja High Court how the cleric, Prophet Olushola Akinsipe allegedly defiled a 13-year-old visually-impaired girl on the pretext of praying for her. Oredoyin, a public health physician at…