A female broadcast journalist with Ogun State Television (OGTV), Abeokuta, Mrs. Bukola Agbakaizu, on Monday slumped and died while preparing for her afternoon shift at the state-owned television station. Her death was confirmed by the Secretary of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Ogun State Council, Mr. Bunmi Adigun, in a statement in Abeokuta, Vanguard reports on Tuesday night. The …

Tragedy struck in Ogidi, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, as five siblings died from suspected food poisoning, leaving their mother hospitalised in critical condition. The incident, which occurred on Saturday, May 3, threw the family and the entire community into mourning, with relatives and neighbours seen consoling the bereaved during a visit by our correspondent on Wednesday. …

A chieftain of defunct National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), Musiliu Olakunle Akanni Animashaun, is dead. He died in London last week after an illness. He was 71. Animashaun has been buried in Rochdale, Manchester, according to Islamic rites, and a fidau was held for him yesterday at Levenshulme in Manchester. He survived by a wife, Airat, and four children. The late …

Justice Sherifat Sonaike of the Lagos State High Court, sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square Annexe, has sentenced Bus Rapid Transit driver, Andrew Ominikoron, to death by hanging for the murder of 22-year-old Oluwabamise Ayanwola. Ominikoron was arraigned on a five-count charge bordering on murder, conspiracy, and rape, in connection with the death of Ayanwola, as well as the sexual …

No fewer than 22 people have been killed with three others seriously injured following a fire incident at a restaurant in northern China. The incident, according to ABC News occurred on Tuesday afternoon. The blaze broke out at around 12:25 pm local time in the city of Liaoning, according to the state-run Xinhua News Agency and national broadcaster CCTV. Chinese …

Two persons have lost their lives while six others are currently receiving treatment at Bowen University Teaching Hospital as a result of injuries sustained in a lone accident at Oolo community, end of Oyo/Ogbomoso Road, on Friday. Investigations by PUNCH Online, on Saturday, revealed that the accident involved a commercial Nissan car which reportedly ran into rocks placed as barricades …

A violent incident on Sunday, in the Fadikpe area of Minna, Niger State has resulted in the death of one Mohammed Am’ore, a GTB driver and community member when he tried to assist vigilante members to arrest suspected miscreants. The incident unfolded when the vigilante group received information yesterday night at about 10:30 pm about individuals smoking cannabis in the …

Pope Francis died on Monday aged 88, a day after making a much hoped-for appearance at Saint Peter’s Square on Easter Sunday, the Vatican said in a statement. ‘Dearest brothers and sisters, it is with deep sorrow that I must announce the death of our Holy Father Francis’, said Cardinal Kevin Farrell in the statement published by the Vatican on …

Benue State governor, Hyacinth Alia says the death toll from latest gunmen attacks on some communities in Logo and Ukum local government areas has risen to 55. The governor disclosed this yesterday when he made an assessment tour of some of the affected communities. As at the time he was addressing the people, Alia said the death toll had risen …

Two separate accidents that happened on Easter Saturday along the Oru/Ijebu-Igbo Road and Sagamu-Ikorodu Expressway in Ogun State have left four people dead. It was gathered separate traffic updates from the Public Relations Officer of the Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Babatunde Akinbiyi, that the first accident along the Oru/Ijebu-Igbo Road occurred at about 7 a.m. at the Odorasanyin area …