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Search and rescue operations by local divers and government officials are ongoing. The Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) says it has received report of boat mishap which occurred in Borgu Local Government area of the state.

The body of a serving National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, identified as Medaiyese Emmanuel, was found on Wednesday, Jan. 10, in his apartment in Sogbesan Street, Oluwo, Abeokuta, Ogun State.   His family members became concerned when the mother of the deceased couldn’t reach Emmanuel on his mobile phone. …

American-based Nigerian singer Osazuwa Agbonayinma popularly known as Zuwa and as one part of the duo known as Roze, has been shot and killed in the United States of America.   Although details about the circumstances around his death are still sketchy, his father, a former Nigerian lawmaker known as …

Many persons, including women and children on board a yet-to-be-identified boat, were involved in a boat accident on the River Niger water.    The boat was travelling from Kogi State through the River Niger when it capsized in Anambra.   Passers-by gathered at the scene to rescue victims out of …

A passenger has been found dead in a plane toilet during a flight from Tenerife to Manchester.   During the journey on Tuesday, fellow travellers on the Jet2 plane noticed the cubicle had been locked for some time, prompting them to alert staff, The Mirror reported.   The crew eventually …

The young man fatally shot by Winnipeg police on New Year’s Eve has been identified as 19-year-old Nigerian student Afolabi Stephen Opaso.   Opaso was an international student who was studying Economics at the University of Manitoba, according to Jean-René-Dominique Kwilu, a Winnipeg lawyer assisting the family of the deceased. …

Nearly 500 passengers were evacuated on Friday morning after a train collision near the Indonesian city of Bandung killed two crew members, left two passengers trapped and injured more than two dozen others, officials said. The two trains collided just after dawn in Rancaekek District, east of the city on …

  Brazilian influencer Carlos Medeiros has been found dead after he disappeared on Christmas day.      The 26-year-old YouTuber was last seen by family at a fireworks show on December 25 before going to visit his friend’s house for a late holiday dinner in the São Paulo city of Itapecerica da …

The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Kaduna Sector Command said six persons died and 11 sustained injuries in a road crash on the Kaduna-Zaria expressway.   The Sector Commander, Kabir Nadabo, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the road traffic crash occurred at Aliko filling station on Kaduna-Zaria expressway …

Three alleged members of a gang that allegedly attacked and killed two police officers at Uga Roundabout in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State last Thursday, have been killed by Anambra police.    They were killed during a raid on their camp in Ogboji, Orumba South Local Government Area, …