Tag: DEATH
Truck crushes motorcyclist, passenger on Lagos-Ibadan expressway
A motorcyclist and his passenger were on Monday crushed to death in an accident involving a truck and a motorcycle on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
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First Kwara military governor, David Bamigboye, dies at 78
The first military governor of Kwara, Brig Gen David Bamigboye (Retd), has died at the age of 78.
His younger brother to the deceased, Col....
Gani Adams’ father dies at 80
Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, has lost his father, Lamidi Adams, at the age of 80.
Pa Adams passed on in the early hour...
BREAKING: Nigerian ambassador to Qatar dies
The Nigerian Ambassador to Qatar, Abdullahi Wase, is dead.
A statement on Saturday by the spokesman, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tope Elias-Fatile, said Wase, a...
Court remands man for allegedly killing 65-year-old woman
An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered the remand of 29-year-old Ojo Yemi for allegedly killing a 65-year-old woman, Josephine Ajayi.
The defendant, docked...
APC mourns death of Lalong’s media aide
The Plateau Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has described the death of Mr Emmanuel Nanle, the Director of Press Affairs to Gov....
UNILAG student dies at Nigerian Defence Academy
An Economics student of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Damilare Taiwo, has reportedly died a day after he resumed for training at the Nigerian...
US rapper, Mac Miller, dies of drug overdose
American rapper and singer, Mac Miller, has died from an apparent drug overdose at the age of 26.
He was found in his Studio City,...
Hollywood legend, Burt Reynolds, dies at 82
American cinema legend, Burt Reynolds, has died on Thursday, his publicist announced.
The famously suave 82-year-old, a huge box office draw at his peak who...
Flood claims 14 lives in Niger — official
The Director Relief, Niger State Emergency Management Agency, Alhaji Garba Salisu, says 14 persons have so far died due to flooding in different part...