The United Church of Christ in Nigeria, UCCN, also known as HEKAN, has raised the alarm over the killing of one of its pastors, Reverend Yahaya Kambasiya, and the abduction of over 20 persons during a fresh attack on the Farin Dutse community in Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) on Thursday confirmed the death of one person following the collapse of a three-storey building in the Apapa area of Lagos. LASEMA also said eight others were rescued alive from the rubble. The agency’s Permanent Secretary, Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, disclosed this in a statement issued in Lagos. According […]

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.

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 […]

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 […]