An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun State on Friday ordered the remand of nine suspects for allegedly beating an undergraduate to death. The police prosecutor, Assistant Superintendent Emmanuel Abdullahi told the court that the defendants committed the offence around 8:00 pm on 10th April at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. He gave the names of the suspects as: Badiora Timilehin, 22; …

No fewer than 10 persons were burnt beyond recognition and many others injured after a fuel-laden tanker exploded in Jos, Plateau State on Thursday. The tanker was said to have fallen around 12:30 pm and went up in flames while negotiating a bend at Angwan Rogo, along Bauchi Road junction. In a statement by the Plateau State Police Command spokesman, …

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday that Covid-19 deaths had dropped by 95 per cent since the start of the year — but warned the virus was still on the move. The WHO said Covid-19 is around to stay and countries would have to learn how to manage its ongoing non-emergency effects, including post-Covid-19 condition, or Long Covid. …

An unidentified commercial bus driver died on Wednesday in an accident involving his bus and a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) vehicle in Ogudu, along the Oworonshoki Expressway, in Lagos. The commercial bus was said to be coming from Lagos Island and heading to the Ojodu Berger area of the state when the accident occurred. According to witnesses, the commercial bus …

An Argentine appeals court on Tuesday confirmed that eight medical professionals accused of responsibility in the death of football legend Diego Maradona will indeed stand trial. Neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque, psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov and six others had appealed a 2022 decision to put them on trial for homicide with potential aggravating circumstances. Maradona died in November 2020 aged 60 while recovering …

The Jigawa State Police Command recovered the corpse of a 16-year-old “Almajiri’’ in Kiyawa Local Government Area of the state on Friday. Assailants had gouged one of his eyes before the police arrived. The police spokesman in the state, Deputy Superintendent Lawan Shiisu, stated on Friday that the Islamic knowledge teacher of the deceased, Malam Muhammad Mustafa, reported the matter to …

Following the passing of Ahize Okoli, a 500 Level student in the Civil Engineering Department at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, two people who are reportedly members of the Awo Hall Executives have been detained by the police. Okoli was reportedly beaten to death by a mob on suspicion that he stole a mobile phone. Sources on the …

The Ondo State Police Command on Tuesday said it has arrested two suspects who allegedly stoned a 35-year-old man, Olorunfemi Tope, to death in Akure, the state capital. Tope was killed in a mob attack in the Ijoka Area of Akure on Monday after his Toyota Camry car allegedly crushed two people to death and injured others. The deceased was …

A final year student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Okoli Ahize has been allegedly beaten to death by a mob in the institution over alleged phone theft. The unfortunate incident was said to have occurred Monday at the Awolowo Hall of Residence of the institution. The deceased was said to be a Part 5 student of the Department of Civil …

A former governor of Anambra State, Dr Chinwoke Mbadinuju is dead. Mbadinuju was said to have died at the National Hospital in Abuja on Tuesday at the age of 78. Fondly called Odera, he was governor between 1999 and 2003 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party A statement by his son, Mr Cheta Mbadinuju, said he passed away …