Disaster
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At least 6 persons have been feared dead, while several others injured in an accident involving a trailer conveying tiles and a lorry loaded with soft drinks on Monday at Oke Eleshin, Amuloko along Akanran Road, Ibadan. 4 of the injured who were conveyed to the Amuloko City Hospital nearby included two primary school children […]
A textile market in Kano popularly known as Kantin Kwari was engulfed by fire at midnight of Sunday, razing about ten shops at one of the malls in the market. The fire which started in a building on Gidan Inuwa Mai Bayajidda Street with more than a hundred shops, burnt down […]
At least 20 people have been killed since Storm Helene made landfall in Florida in Thursday’s night – including a first responder who Georgia Governor Brian Kemp says died trying to save others Streets are underwater in parts of Kemp’s state, where the National Weather Service has issued flash flood warnings and warned more […]
Parts of Ibadan, especially Joyce B, Oke Ado and Mobil Ring Road areas of the metropolis, have been submerged following heavy rain on Tuesday. The rain, which started in the evening, has left many stranded, while gridlock was also experienced in some parts of Ibadan metropolis A witness Miss Bukola Adeshina said her church which […]
Tragedy struck in ifetedo community in Ife south local government area of Osun state after a dilapidated building collapsed and killed a woman. It was gathered that the incident occurred around half past five yesterday evening when the deceased was around the building. A statement by the spokesperson of the Nigeria security and […]
Nigerian Geological Survey Agency, NGSA, has allayed fears over earth tremors experienced in the Federal Capital Territory urging residents not to panic. A statement by the Director-General Professor Olusegun Ige disclosed that NGSA monitored the tremors and found them to be low and didn’t pose any threat to the environment The statement reads: […]
Zimbabwe has authorized a mass slaughter of elephants to feed citizens left hungry by its worst drought in decades. With nearly half of the country’s population facing the risk of acute hunger, “we are targeting to cull 200 elephants,” Tinashe Farawo, a spokesperson for the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Authority, told CNN on Monday. The […]
A lone accident on the Saapade bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway has claimed one life, while ten others havesustained serious injuries. The Public Education Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Ogun State Sector Command, Mrs Florence Okpe confirmed this in a statement in Abeokuta. According to the statement, the accident which […]
Abiodun Ogundele A fatal accident Friday afternoon has left an unspecified number of persons dead and several others injured. The crash which occurred on the old Ogbomoso – Oyo road between Elega and Oolo, near Ogbomoso, was as a result of an head-on collision involving an articulated vehicle and a Sharon Bus heading […]
The Federal Road Safety Corps says four lives were lost in multiple road accidents that occurred in Ikeji-Arakeji, a town along the Ilesa/Akure expressway in Osun State. Report has it that, 20 other commuters were said to have been injured in the accidents which involved three vehicles. Findings revealed that about three of […]
