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 …

An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, on Thursday sentenced a 51-year-old man, Owoeye Ojo, to death by hanging for armed robbery. Ojo was arraigned before the court on 25th August 2023 on a four-count charge bordering on conspiracy, attempted murder, and armed robbery. The charge read, ‘The defendant and others at large, on 21 May, 2023, at Oluwole …

A tragic incident in Benin City, the Edo State capital, on Wednesday evening, led to the death of a two-year-old girl, who was crushed by a commercial driver following a clash with officers of the Edo State Public Safety Response (PSR) Team at Ring Road. Eyewitnesses reported that PSR operatives attempted to seize the steering wheel of the moving vehicle, …

A tanker explosion in the early hours of Tuesday claimed the lives of two persons in Ibadan, Oyo State. The incident, which occurred around Gabster Mega Petrol Station, Orita Challenge, in the Oluyole Local Government Area, happened at about 5:00 am. Eyewitnesses told newsmen that the victims, identified as the driver of the tanker and his motor boy, were burnt …

The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested 20-year-old Safiyanu Dalhatu for allegedly beating his mother to death. This was disclosed in a press release issued on Tuesday by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil. He explained that, ‘On 24 February, 2025, Peace and Security Committee members in the Abujan Kwata area of Bauchi reported an incident to the …

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a teenager, Olamide Phillips, for allegedly stabbing his friend, Moses Odeh, to death during a fight on Obalende Street in the Isara area of the state It was gathered that the incident occurred around 6:30 p.m. on Sunday at the residence of their parents in the community. The command’s spokesperson, Chief Superintendent of …