News as it breaks
The Kadauri site is one of several artisanal mining hubs in Zamfara State, where locals depend on mining for survival despite repeated warnings over unsafe practices. Mining pit collapses have become increasingly frequent in the region, raising concerns over weak safety regulations and poor monitoring. Tragedy struck as a mining…
At least 10 workers from the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and United Capital Plc (UCP) have been confirmed dead following a fire outbreak at Afriland Towers on Broad Street, Lagos. The blaze, which eyewitnesses said began in the building’s basement inverter room, quickly spread thick smoke through the upper…
At least 50 Sudanese refugees have died after a rubber boat carrying 75 people caught fire off the coast of Tobruk, eastern Libya, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) confirmed Wednesday. The group was reportedly attempting to reach Greece when the tragedy occurred. “The tragic incident took place when a…
A lone auto crash claimed the life of a female passenger and left three others injured after a vehicle’s tyre burst along the Awowo axis of the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway in Ogun State. The incident, which occurred involved a white Mazda bus with registration number LND 917 YF carrying 20 passengers.…
Nollywood actor, John Okafor, popularly known as Mr Ibu, is dead. He was said to have died on Saturday, March 2, 2024. In October 2023, the veteran actor was reported ill and required financial assistance. But in November 2023, Okafor’s family confirmed that one of his legs had been amputated…
Anambra State Governor, Charles Soludo, has stated that the administration of President Bola Tinubu took over a “dead economy” bequeathed by its predecessors. The former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria stated this on Channels TV’s Politics Today on Thursday, Nov. 23, while analysing the naira’s decline under the…
The suspect was on their wanted list.
The tragedy happened last Friday at the Jeram Mawar waterfall located deep in a forest in the district of Chukai in the eastern state of Terengganu.
The 56-year-old Uchegbu, who has featured in many movies, reportedly died on Thursday.
The accident occurred in international waters in the Ionian Sea and had prompted an extensive rescue operation complicated by strong winds, the coastguard had said earlier.
