Sixteen would-be migrants have died and another 28 are missing after a boat carrying 77 people capsized off the coast of Djibouti, the second such incident in two weeks, the United Nations migration agency said on Tuesday. The boat’s occupants included children, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said in a post on social media […]
By Itohan Abara-Laserian A Dana Air aircraft with registration number, 5N BKI, flying from Abuja to Lagos on Tuesday morning, veered off the runway during landing operation at the Murtala Mohammed airport in Lagos. A statement signed by Mr Kingsley Ezenwa, Head of Corporate Communications of the airline said all the 83 passengers and crew […]
By Sumaila Ogbaje Troops of 1 Division of the Nigeria Army eliminated several terrorists who ambushed them on Friday while on fighting patrol to Karaga Village in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger. Two officers and four soldiers were lost to the ambush, however, Director, Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, stated on Sunday in […]
By Ibironke Ariyo The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), seized 1,250,000 pills of psychoactive drugs weighing 450kg in Adamawa on Saturday, its Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, stated on Sunday in Abuja. He stated that the drugs were seized in a car at Girei while on its way to Mubi, Adamawa. Babafemi […]
By Deborah Akpede Police in Lagos State says it has begun investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of one Anosikwa Patrick allegedly stabbed by a police officer. Spokesman of the police command in the state, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Lagos. Hundeyin said that the incident happened […]
By Thompson Yamput At least 14 persons died in a head-on collision involving two Toyota buses on Sunday in Kogi. Thirteen persons survived in the accident which occurred at Aloma community in Ofu Local Government Area of the state, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. An eyewitness told NAN that the accident involved a […]
By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, April 20, 2024 (NAN) UN Secretary-General António Guterres has again appealed to all parties involved in the Middle East crisis to de-escalate the situation, saying the retaliatory spiral in the region should end. Guterres made the appeal in a statement following reports of alleged Israeli strikes inside Iran near a […]
A man carrying a dummy explosive belt has forced his way into the Iranian diplomatic mission in Paris, triggering a major police operation. A special police unit initially cordoned off the area on Friday due to fears of a threat, according to the Paris Prefecture of Police. The 60-year-old Iranian finally left the consular section […]
United Nations, April 20, 2024 (Reuters/NAN) Some 800,000 people in a Sudanese city are in “extreme and immediate danger” as worsening violence advances and threatens to “unleash bloody inter-communal strife throughout Darfur,” top UN officials warned the Security Council. War erupted in Sudan one year ago between the Sudanese army (SAF) and paramilitary Rapid Support […]
A man set himself on fire in a park opposite the courthouse in New York during the ongoing criminal trial of former president Donald Trump, according to U.S. media reports. The man poured a liquid over himself and set himself alight, unanimous reports from various media outlets, including the New York Times and CNN revealed. […]