An airstrike in Nasarawa State’s Rukubi community, Ekye Development Area, has killed at least 51 people. A mysterious helicopter dropped a bomb on them. It is part of the Doma Local Government Area (LGA) and borders Benue State. A mass burial was held in the council. Police spokesman, Ramhan Nansel said he could not confirm the number of casualties. He …

Femi Ogunrombi, a seasoned Nollywood actor better known as Papa Ajasco, is dead. The death of Ogunrombi, well-known for his part in Wale Adenuga’s comedy series Papa Ajasco, was announced by renowned theatre professional, Shaibu Husseini. Husseini provided only vague information, but he did confirm that the veteran actor passed away on Saturday. He wrote: “I have just been reliably …

Twenty people lost their lives on Saturday in both Ogun and Plateau States during road crashes. In Ogun, 10 people died in a pre-dawn auto crash that occurred at the Oniworo stretch of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The accident, which happened around 4.30 am, also left two persons with varying degrees of injuries, while seven others came out of the wreckage …

British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari has been executed after being sentenced to death on charges of spying for Britain, according to Iran’s state media. The Iranian judiciary claimed Akbari, who was Deputy Defence Minister under former President Mohammad Khatami until 2001, was a “key spy” for the British government, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency. It said Iranian intelligence unmasked …

One of the pillars of the entertainment industry in Nigeria and the Founder of the prestigious Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), Mrs Peace Anyiam-Osigwe is dead. She reportedly passed on at St. Nicolas Hospital, Lagos after being in a coma since Saturday. While colleagues and close friends, some of whom went to see her at a hospital could not believe …