EKO HOT BLOG reports that a building sheltering Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) at a camp in Borno State has reportedly collapsed. This online media platform gathered that at least seven people died while two others sustained varying degrees of injuries in the incident. EDITOR’S PICKS JUST IN: Police Service Commission Orders Compulsory Retirement Of … Read more
K-pop singer Lee Ji-han was one of at least 150 people who were killed in a crowd surge during a Halloween event over the weekend. Eko Hot Blog reports that K-pop fans around the world are mourning the loss of singer Lee Ji-han. The young entertainer was among more than 150 people killed during a crowd … Read more
UPDATE: India’s Defence Chief, Wife, 11 Others Die in Helicopter Crash EKO HOT BLOG reports that General Bipin Rawat, India’s chief of defence staff, died in a helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu today. According to Nilgiris Collector, he, his wife, and 11 others killed in the disaster. According to the Collector, one male member survived … Read more
Man to die by hanging for killing father in Akwa Ibom The condemned will die by hanging. EKO HOT BLOG reports that one Victor Etim Obot, 36, of Ikot Obio Mkpong in Akwa Ibom State’s Ikono Local Government Area, was condemned to death by the State High Court in Uyo, the state capital, for the … Read more
“He is accordingly convicted and sentenced to death by hanging for the offence of armed robbery and may the Lord have mercy on his soul. An Ekiti State high court sitting in Ado Ekiti has sentenced one Sola Jegede, 24-Year-old, to death by hanging for armed robbery. The defendant was charged with offences of armed … Read more
Professor Gideon Okedayo who was kidnapped has died in captive. ASUU said that it was saddened by his death. The decomposing body of Gideon Okedayo,a professor in the department of mathematics, Ondo university of science and technology, ondo state has been found in the bush, where he was captured by his abductors. Okedayo and his … Read more
15 people have been confirmed dead, while many others missing in a boat accident in the Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State. It was gathered the victims were returning from Warrah market, a border community in the Ngaski Local Government Area of Kebbi State to Sabo Yumu in Borgu, when the accident happened on … Read more
A police sergeant and a kidnapper on Friday died in a duel in Anambra State. It was reported that a gang of kidnappers engaged a police team in a gun battle on the Abba-Ukwulu Road in the state. The deceased gang member, whose identity has yet to be ascertained, was said to have ambushed the … Read more
Eight militants, including Taliban key commander Mullah Mohiudin alias Abu Zahifa have been confirmed dead as fighting aircraft targeted a Taliban hideout. Ghulam Hazrat Karimi, army spokesman announced this on Friday in Baharak district of Afghanistan’s northern Takhar province. “Acting upon intelligence report the security forces’ fighting aircraft stormed a Taliban hideout in Baharak district … Read more
Seven people have been reported dead in a helicopter crash off the Bahamas, including US billionaire coal magnate Chris Cline. The chopper went down near a small outcrop in the country’s north early on Thursday morning, the Nassau Guardian newspaper reported the minister of tourism and aviation as saying. “We’ve located the craft. It seems … Read more
A small twin-engine passenger plane crashed in the US state of Texas on Sunday, killing 10 people, officials disclosed. A spokeswoman for the town of Addison, Texas disclosed that, “The Dallas County Medical Examiner has confirmed 10 fatalities and no survivors”. The National Transportation Safety Board tweeted that it had sent a team to Addison … Read more
Six people have been confirmed dead as fire swept through a psychiatric hospital for war veterans in the Ukrainian city of Odesa, authorities said Tuesday. Ukraine’s emergency services, stated in a statement that the fire started late Monday evening in one-storey building, said in a statement. “Six people died and four have been hospitalised,” the … Read more
Not fewer than seven people died on Tuesday when a boat carrying migrants sank near the Greek island of Lesbos, the coastguard said. Assisted by an EU border patrol boat, the coastguard said it had rescued 57 people and is continuing to search for survivors. No information was given on the nationalities of the migrants. … Read more
Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has confirmed the death of Five persons, including a couple, in a road accident in Abuja yesterday, while the sixth person, who was injured in the incident which occurred at about 8a.m. near Setraco Junction along Kubwa Expressway, was rushed to the hospital. An official of the Federal Road Safety … Read more
A man has been confirmed dead after vomiting blood on the pavement at the corner of Clarence Road and Ninth Avenue in Morningside. According to car guard Zakhele Mthiyane, a friend and colleague of the deceased, the man in his mid 20’s was upbeat and well moments before collapsing on the pavement. According to him, … Read more
Twelve Indians were among 17 people have been confirmed killed in Dubai when their bus crashed into a road sign after entering a restricted lane, police and the Indian consulate said. The bus, registered in Oman, was making its way into Dubai from Muscat with 31 passengers of different nationalities on board when the accident … Read more
The Imo State Police has confirmed the death of three persons, who were killed when an ordnance UXO exploded at a dumpsite. The Police Public Relations Officer, Orlando Ikeokwu, said the incident happened at Eziorsu community in Oguta Local Government Area of the state. He said the deceased were at a scrap site in the … Read more