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At least three persons have died while four others sustained varying degrees of life-threatening injuries after a learner driver ran over a tricycle in Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State.   The accident occurred at the Maranatha axis of the Oru-Ijebu Igbo highway around 11am on Tuesday, December 19, 2023.   It was …

Two persons have been confirmed dead following a fire incident in one of the buildings in the Opadoyin compound of former governor of Oyo state, late Adebayo Alao-Akala, on Monday morning.     The Nation reported that the fire incident occurred around 7:50am and it is suspected that it was …

A fight between civilians and one of Mexico’s deadly drug cartels left 14 people dead, including 10 cartel hitmen.   According to a report from Univision Noticias, four others were injured with gunshot wounds and two people are missing after violence broke out in the State of Mexico.   It is thought that …

An investigation is under way after three people, including a police officer, were killed in a shooting in Empangeni in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.    The police officer identified as Constable Msane, was driving his private vehicle when he saw a woman walking along the road in Nseleni township.   …

A boy of 16 accused of shooting a mother will stand trial at the Old Bailey.      The youth allegedly killed Lianne Gordon, 42, and injured a man, 20, and a 16-year-old boy after opening fire in Hackney, East London, last Tuesday.     He is charged with murder, two …

Veteran broadcaster, Aisha Bello Mustapha has passed on.    Aisha, who became one of the leading newscasters on NTA Network News at 9 PM during the ’90s and early 2000s, died after an impressive career that spanned thirty-five years.   Confirming her death, her family said in a statement;    …

The father of the three victims of the 2005 Sosoliso plane crash, Chief Dr Andy Ilabor, has passed away.      Dr. Ilabor, a devout Catholic, from Illah in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State died in his sleep on Monday, November 27th, 2023, two weeks to the …

An off-duty Brazilian military police officer was caught on camera fatally shooting his wife after punching her five times in the face during a fight outside their car.  The shocking video showed Brazilian soldier Thiago de Lima, 36, allegedly fire at least two shots at his wife Erika de Lima, …

A yet-to-be-identified lady has been found dead in a hotel in the Morogbo area of Badagry in Lagos State.    Punch reports that the deceased who was found lifeless on Friday, November 31,  had lodged in the hotel with a male partner in the morning and made payment for a …

Norman Lear, the legendary creator of sitcoms including “All in the Family,” died Tuesday, Dec. 5, at the age of 101.  A spokeswoman for the family, Lara Bergthold, confirmed the news to the New York Times Wednesday, Dec. 6,sharing that Lear died at his home in Los Angeles.  “Thank you …