Insurgency destroyed over 5,000 Borno schools — Zulum
MAIDUGURI — Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has said the insurgency in the state destroyed more than 5,000 school structures and forced about 2.2 million children out of school at the peak of the crisis. Zulum stated this on Sunday in Maiduguri while inaugurating several completed projects across the state. The governor said the destruction […]
Lagos-Ibadan Expressway: Four die as truck plunges into lagoon on Kara Bridge
It was a tragic Thursday in Lagos as separate incidents claimed five lives — four in a multiple auto crash on Kara Bridge, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, and one in a building collapse in Apapa.
Outrage as youths seize Lassa fever victim’s corpse in Benue
By Peter Duru Makurdi—There was outrage and growing health concern in Benue State after some misinformed youths allegedly seized the corpse of a Lassa fever victim, preventing health officials from conducting a safe burial in Ogbadibo Local Government Area of the state. Sources said the deceased, a 54-year-old woman from Ogbadibo, died at the Benue […]
9 die, 2 injured in Lagos, Ondo auto crashes
By Dayo Johnson & Olasunkanmi Akoni No fewer than nine persons lost their lives, while two others sustained injuries in separate auto crashes in Lagos and Ondo states. In Ondo State, five persons were confirmed dead, while two others were injured in a fatal accident at Ilu-Abo, along Oyin Junction in Akure North Local Government […]
100 years after: How Oyo empire resisted Britain’s 1895 invasion
More than a century later, historians, cultural advocates, and the current Alaafin of Oyo seek to preserve the memory of that struggle
Photos: Eight dead, several injured in multiple-vehicle crash on Lagos-Ibadan expressway
At least eight persons, including a police inspector, have been confirmed dead in a multiple-vehicle crash involving five articulated trucks on Kara Bridge, inward Mowe, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Moshood Jimoh, who confirmed the incident on Thursday at the accident scene. “We have a case of multiple accident at […]
