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Truck crushes female biker to death in Lagos

By Sodiq Adelakun A female biker was killed on Monday morning in the Sifax inward Iganmu Bridge area of Lagos State after a containerized truck fell on her. According to the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), the truck driver…

Adieu, Journalist Kekere-ekun

By ISAAC OLUSESI The popular voice of the late journalist characteristically tore through, and distinctly penetrated the radio internet frequencies where her talking words, shrewd, deliberately quite sound, and wide ranged with far reaching meanings, blared gently and shook the…

Fire guts Yola Main Market

  Fire destroyed wares and some other valuable properties in the main market serving Yola Town, one of two in the Adamawa State capital, Yola. While the city’s biggest market, the Jimeta Modern Market, is located in the Jimeta axis…

19 passengers die in Oyo-Ogbomoso road crash

  At least 19 passengers have been reported dead in a road accident that occurred at Kilometre 3, Sabo on Oyo-Ogbomoso Expressway in Oyo Town on Sunday. The accident involved a Sokoto-bound white Toyota Hiace 18-seater bus with registration number…

Again, fire guts Lagos market

  Fire has razed a two-storey building at Dosunmu Market in the Lagos Island Local Government Area of Lagos State. NEWSMEN  gathered that the incident occurred on Tuesday around 11:10 am. The Head, Public Education, Lagos State Fire Service, Amodu…