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NSCDC retrieves two bodies from pond in Jigawa

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) in Jigawa has reported recovering the bodies of two men from a pond in Birninkudu Local Government Area. ASC Badaruddeen Tijjani, the command’s Public Relations Officer, disclosed in a statement on Wednesday…

4 die from food poisoning in Kwara

By Saka Laaro, Ilorin The Kwara State Commissioner for health Dr.Amina Ei_Imam has confirmed the death of four in Ilorin due to food poisoning. Dr. Amina El-Ima disclosed this during a news conference on Tuesday in Ilorin. According to her,…

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…