Nigeria has 17 deaths and 429 suspected Cholera cases

14 Feb 2023

According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, 429 suspected cases of cholera, including 17 deaths, were recorded in the country in 2023. The NCDC reported cases from 11 states and 24 local government areas in its latest Cholera epidemiological report for week four (January 2-29), which was posted on its official website. […]

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Hit-and-run driver kill woman in Lagos-Abeokuta expressway

14 Feb 2023

A hit-and-run driver on Sunday killed a middle-aged woman (name unknown) near Ifo Police Station on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. Mr Adetunji Oyebola, the Ifo Divisional Commander, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, TRACE, in Ogun, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria in Ota, Ogun State. Oyebola said that the incident occurred in the […]

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AIG Tanko Jimeta is dead

12 Feb 2023

Mr Lawan Tanko Jimeta, Assistant Inspector General, AIG, of Police in charge of Zone 5, comprising Edo, Delta and Bayelsa states has died in Benin, at the age of 58. The zonal Public Relations Officer, Tijani Momoh, confirmed the AIG’s death to the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Benin. Momoh told NAN that […]

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ND1 student of Yabatech ‘dies’ after drinking sniper

12 Feb 2023

The Deputy Registrar, Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH), Mr Joe Ejiofor, says that the ND1 Marketing student of the institution who attempted suicide is alive and responding well to treatment. Ejiofor, also Head of Public Relations of YABATECH, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday that the college management led by Ag Rector, […]

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Governor Adeleke pays the hospital bill of a pregnant osun woman

12 Feb 2023

Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun state, on Wednesday, offset the hospital bill of an Osun woman identified as Mrs Ahmed, who was reported to have given birth through Caesarean Section, to a set of triplet and was unable to pay the hospital. Affairs TV reports that Governor Adeleke sent his wife, *Erelu Ngozi Adeleke*, to […]

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DEATH TOLL RISES TO 16000 IN TURKEY-SYRIA EARTHQUAKE

10 Feb 2023

The death toll from the Turkey-Syria earthquakes has passed 16,000. At least 12,873 people have died in Turkey, according to officials, while at least 3,162 have been killed in Syria. Hopes of finding survivors are quickly fading and residents of southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria are criticising what they call slow search and rescue efforts. […]

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1 DEAD, 20 INJURED IN LAGOS-IBADAN EXPRESSWAY CRASH

10 Feb 2023

One person has been reportedly dead, one sustained injury while 20 people escaped unhurt in a multiple crash that occurred around Kara bridge on Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The crash according to Ogun State Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Mr Ahmed Umar involved Seven vehicles with registration numbers RSH492XE a Toyota sienna, MUS479HE A TOYOTA […]

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Children rescued from the rubble of the disaster caused by the earthquake, death tolls increases to 9500

09 Feb 2023

Heartrending scenes of a newborn plucked alive from the rubble and a broken father clutching his dead daughter’s hand have laid bare the human cost of violent earthquakes in Syria and Turkey that by Wednesday had claimed about 10,000 lives.For two days and nights since the 7.8 magnitude quake an impromptu army of rescuers have […]

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Two Nigerians arrested in India for being in possession of cocaine worth N6 million

07 Feb 2023

The Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of Mumbai Crime Branch has arrested two Nigerian nationals who were allegedly actively involved in supplying narcotic substances near schools and colleges across the city. The ANC in a statement on Friday, February 3, said they had received information about a cartel that supplies narcotic substances to school and college students. […]

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