The Vice Chancellor of Delta State University, Abraka, Prof. Andy Egwunyenga has set up a special committee to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of Ayaemene Eugene, a 300-level student of the Department of Fine and Applied Arts. This is coming as students protested the death of their colleagues, insisting it was due to negligence by the school health centre. …

Famous Ghanaian author, Prof. Christiana Ama Ata Aidoo, has died. A statement by the head of her family, Kwamena Essandoh Aidoo said the renowned writer died in the early hours of yesterday at the age of 81. The statement read: “The family of Prof. Ama Ata Aidoo, with deep sorrow but in the hope of the resurrection, informs the general …

The Lagos State Police command has arrested two men for allegedly stabbing a 13-year-old boy to death over rubber slippers ownership. Confirming the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday, the command’s spokesperson, Superintendent Benjamin Hundeyin said the incident happened on Sunday around 6 pm at Iganmu under the Bridge. He said the Ijora Badia Police Division got the …

The first Professor of Geology in Africa, Jamiu Mosobalaje Oyawoye is dead. His death was confirmed by his son, Prince Olukitibi Oyawoye on Monday evening. He was 96 years. Born in Offa in Kwara state on 12th August 1927, Oyawoye, the Aremo of Offa, served as a lecturer at the University of Ibadan between 1960 and 1977. He was appointed …

A road accident that occurred along Ife-Ibadan express road in Osun State at the weekend has claimed 12 lives. According to the spokesperson of the state’s Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kehinde Adeleke, the accident left eight other persons injured. A witness reported that the accident which involved two commercial buses and a truck, occurred on Sasa Bridge …

Tragedy struck at the weekend in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State following the killing of an 80-year-old grandmother. The body of the octogenarian was found inside her farm in the Costain axis of the local government following suspicion that she had been raped before her assailants murdered her. Before her body was discovered, the deceased had been declared …

Barely 24 hours after the death of Nollywood actor Saint Obi, Nigeria’s movie industry has been thrown into a mourning again – this time over Murphy Afolabi. The 49-year-old popular Yoruba actor died in the early hours of today at his residence. Film director and producer, Tunde Ola-Yusuf confirmed the passing via his Facebook page on Sunday afternoon. “Rest in …

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. …