Suspected gunmen killed three policemen and burned their vehicle during a gun battle in Nnewi, Anambra state. The state police public relations officer, Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed that two officers were killed, but a resident told The Nation that three officers…
6 children, mother killed by Israeli airstrike as Blinken arrives for truce efforts
An Israeli airstrike on Gaza has killed seven members of the same family as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Israel to call for a truce in the war between Israel and Hamas, officials announced Sunday. The blast…
Son arrested for killing activist dad over monetary dispute in Edo
The Edo State Police Command has said that Arthur Angel Jr. killed his father, Arthur Judah Angel over monetary demand at Ugboha, in Esan South East on Sunday. The Spokesman of the Command, Chidi Nwabuzor, told The PUNCH on Wednesday…
Suspected herders kill 5 in Benue community, – Police
The Police Command in Benue on Monday said suspected herders attacked Egwuma community in Agatu Local Government Area and killed five persons. The State’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Sewuese Anene, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria…
1 person killed, 3 others kidnapped in Anambra
Rampaging hoodlums have killed one person and abducted three others in Anambra State. The criminals who carried out the operations at different parts of the state on Saturday at about 8 pm killed a petrol station attendant at St. Michael’s…
3 killed, 3 injured after car flies through air and hits power pole, cuts electricity to 500 homes
Three people have died and three have been hospitalized after a car crashed into a building in Pasadena, California, over the weekend. Around 2:30 a.m. local time on the morning of Saturday, May 11, a Tesla carrying six people ran…
Home explosion kills 1 and forces neighbourhood evacuation
An explosion obliterated a house and killed one person, injured another and forced an evacuation of an entire neighborhood. The home on Continental Court near Leonardine Avenue in the South River borough of New Jersey exploded on Thursday around 7pm,…
Bus driver who killed 2 women after accelerating instead of braking spared jail
A double-decker driver who killed two women when he ploughed into a bus stop after hitting the accelerator instead of the brakes has been spared jail. Baruania Baros, 35, was trying to manoeuvre his vehicle to deploy a ramp to…
1 officer killed, another injured as bandits attack Police Post in Katsina
A police officer has been killed and one other injured after some bandits attacked police officers at their duty post located at Saki Jiki village in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State. Locals told Channels Television in a telephone…
I almost got killed by a train – Gbubemi Atimomo
…reflections on the lack of safety precautions along our train tracks I was confronted by my mortality a couple of days ago. It was a regular day: nothing unusual had happened to make me suspect I would experience a potentially…