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Three family members drown, 2 people missing under fallen bridge in llorin

Ihesiulo Grace 14 June 2020 0

Three persons of the same family lost their lives on Sunday when the car they were traveling in plunged into a river following the sudden collapse of a bridge during a downpour in Ilorin. The incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday on Okoerin road, off lbrahim Taiwo road, in the llorin

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Two teenagers drown in Lagos community beach

Ihesiulo Grace 12 April 2020 0

By Chioma Joseph Two teenagers have allegedly drowned while swimming in community beach at Epelemeje Orofun community in Akodo, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos. The incident reported happened over the weekend, resulting in the death of one Dare, aged 16, and Fawas, aged 15. According to the Lagos Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Elkana Bala, who confirmed the […]

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Eyewitness narrates how man drowned at Edo hotel

Ihesiulo Grace 14 January 2020 0

A young man identified as Mr. Sunday Patrick has drowned at Mega Touch Hotel owned by the expelled National Chairman of the Road Transport Employers’ Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), Mr. Osakpanwan Eriyo. It was gathered that the incident happened on Monday, January 13, at the hotel premises on Ekenwan Road axis of Benin City, the […]

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200 Senegalese Drowned in Mediterranean Boat Disaster

Ihesiulo Grace 30 April 2015 0

At least 200 Senegalese died in the boat disaster off the coast of Libya earlier this month, officials say. More than 750 migrants are thought to have died when the boat capsized off the coast of Libya on 18 April. A Senegalese official told the BBC that survivors of the shipwreck and Senegalese associations working […]

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Five Children Drown in Philippines River

Ihesiulo Grace 16 April 2015 0

Five children drowned in a river in the northern Philippines during a family outing, police said on Wednesday. The victims, aged 11 to 14, were on a picnic near the river in Bugallon town in Pangasinan province, 169km north of Manila, when the accident happened. The parents did not know how to swim so when […]