Seven Die As Building Collapse At Borno IDP Camp

Building collapse

  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

UPDATE: India’s Defence Chief, Wife, 11 Others Die in Helicopter Crash

Helicopter Crash

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

15 Die In Niger Boat Accident

 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

Eight Militants, Commander Die As Fighting Aircraft Targets Hideout

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

7 Die In Bahamas Helicopter Crash

BREAKING: Plane Crashes In Abuja, All Passengers Aboard Dead

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

All Die As Plane Crashes In Texas

BREAKING: Plane Crashes In Abuja, All Passengers Aboard Dead

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 Die In Fire Ukraine Psychiatric Hospital

Berger Bridge On Fire

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

Seven Migrants Die As Boat Sinks Off Greek Island

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

5 Die In Abuja Auto Crash On Monday Morning

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

12 Indians Die In Dubai Bus Crash

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

Three Dead In Imo Bomb Explosion – Police

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