By Itohan Abara-Laserian Justice Hakeem Oshodi, on Tuesday sentenced one Clement Ododomu to death by hanging and one Tiwei Monday to 16 years in a correctional centre. Oshodi delivered the judgement after careful considerations of facts before the court and the demeanor of the convicts, which
Chisom Chukwuneke who was awarded the best graduating student in in the 2019 West African Senior School Certificate Examination(WAEC), dies. She was celebrated when she achieved the academic feat and became the best graduating student in her school. READ ALSO: COVID-19: WAEC candidate tests positive in Akwa Ibom Chisom Chukwuneke, who was 17-years-old, won many […]
Musa Baraza, a member of Bauchi State House of Assembly who was killed by some gunmen in Baraza Village on Thursday, has been buried according to Islamic rites. Until his demise, he represented Baraza Dass Constituency in the Bauchi State House of Assembly. READ ALSO: Eyes on northern govs over alleged complicity in Boko Haram terrorism […]
Minister of health Dr Osagie Ehanire has said Nigeria records high death rate due to lack of standard and modernised blood banks on the country, Daily Times gathered. To this end, Dr Ehanire restated the need for a modernized blood transfusion service in Nigeria. According to him, the importance of blood transfusion service in the […]
Daily Times gathered that at least seven people were killed when a car bomb exploded at an army base in the Somalia capital Mogadishu on Saturday, military and emergency services officials said. The attack targeted a compound near Somalia’s national stadium where soldiers from the Somali National Army are stationed. “There was a heavy blast […]
Three people died and three were injured after a stabbing spree by a lone attacker in a park in the English town of Reading on Saturday evening, local police said, adding that they were not treating the incident as terrorism. Thames Valley Police said they arrested a 25-year-old local man on suspicion of murder and […]
A suspected COVID-19 patient died on Tuesday in a vehicle conveying him to an isolation centre in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. His death caused panic among the residents. The patient was reportedly dropped opposite one of the entrances to a leading commercial bank. The suspected patient, identified simply as Alex, a Beninoise, resided in […]
Police Commander, Atiku Mohammed Nagodi has died. The late Atiku was a popular police officer and Squadron Commander 9 Police Mobile Force, Kano state. He died earlier today. READ ALSO Easing lockdown will increase COVID-19 cases, MHWUN warns According to a Police Superintendent identified as Abdullahi Bala Rano, who shared the sad news on Facebook, […]
Pioneering Nigerian drummer Tony Allen, a co-founder of the afrobeat musical genre, died in Paris on Thursday aged 79, his manager says. Eric Trosset told NPR radio that he had died of a heart attack. AFP said his death was not linked to coronavirus. Allen was the drummer and musical director of musician Fela Kuti’s […]
According to report reaching us, Highly energetic professional dancer and video vixen,Kodak has died. She got electrocuted while charging her phone on Wednesday evening at a video directors home in Omole Estate,Lagos. Picture Kodak The Most Energetic Dancer And Video Vixen Is Dead?? You Will Be Greatly Missed, Rest In Peace. pic.twitter.com/7J9BEIJb5K — @KampusFlowz
Another 552 people have died in England’s hospitals after contracting coronavirus – bringing the total to 19,301. 70 more people have died with COVID-19 in Scotland taking the total to 1,332. And 17 more people have passed away in Wales – putting the deal toll at 813. The latest figures for Northern Ireland have not yet been […]
The Zone 6 Headquarters of the Nigerian Police in Calabar has arrested the suspected killers of Naval Sub Lt. David Igbashal. Igbashal was abducted on Feb. 22 while on his way from Calabar to Makurdi in Benue for his wedding arrangements. The arrest is contained in a release signed by the Public Relations Officer of […]
Lagos – The Lagos State Government on Wednesday announced the death of another COVID-19 related patient, barely 24 hours after the sixth death was recorded. It also announced that 25 new cases were recorded, bringing the total confirmed cases in the state to 217. The State Ministry of Health made this known through its verified […]
Authorities can now confirm Gideon McKean died by drowning. On Monday, April 13, a spokesperson for the Maryland Dept. of Health told E! News: “The cause of death is drowning complicated by hypothermia, and the manner is an accident.” A coroner was able to perform an autopsy on the body after it was recovered on April 8, nearly a […]
Lagos – The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) says it has placed four of its nurses on isolation, after their contact with a patient who died of COVID-19. Prof. Tokunboh Fabamwo, LASUTH Chief Medical Director, made this known in an interview w on Saturday in Lagos. Recall that the hospital had earlier on Saturday confirmed the […]
France has now recorded 10,328 deaths of people suffering from Covid-19, the respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus, General Health Director Jerome Salomon said. The country has recorded 7,091 deaths in hospitals and 3,237 deaths in nursing homes and similar institutions, Salomon said in a daily briefing. READ ALSO:UK PM Johnson stable, receiving standard oxygen
Lagos – The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, on Sunday said the state has recorded the death of a 36-year-old Nigerian man, who died of COVID-19 in the state. Abayomi announced the death through his Twitter handle on Sunday, saying that it was the death of second COVID-19 patient recorded in the state. “We […]
Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the death of retired Amb. Ado Sanusi, the Dan Iyan Kano and uncle to Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II. In a condolence message by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Thursday, Buhari described the late Ado Sanusi “as a distinguished diplomat and remarkable […]
A man identified as Nelson has been arraigned before the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja for stabbing his father, Sunday Oamen, to death with a broken bottle. Patience Oamen, a hairdresser, on Tuesday told the court how his brother stabbed their father. The suspect is facing one count of murder contrary to Section […]
Ibadan – A 35-year-old man, Ibrahim Agboluaje, on Tuesday appeared before an Oyo State High Court in Ibadan for allegedly stabbing Mr Tunde Rasheed to death. Agboluaje is facing a charge of murder, to which he pleaded not guilty. The Prosecutor, Mrs K. Oloso-Olayiwola, told the court that the defendant stabbed Rasheed, 30, on the neck with […]