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Tahir Fadlallah, the billionaire owner of Tahir Guest Palace in Kano is dead.   Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this on social media this morning, April 29.   “We have lost Tahir. May Allah grants him Aljannah,” Shehu wrote on Instagram …

A female corps member, Stephanie Se-ember Terungwa,  who was declared missing on April 14th in Abuja, has been found dead.   A statement released on the social media handle of the National Youth Service Corps says Stephanie’s body was found on Wednesday April 27, still dressed in her NYSC uniform, …

A petrol-laden tanker has exploded at Ajegunle Bus-Stop, around Alagbado, on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.   The explosion happened at about 3am on Friday, April 22.   Residents say the explosion woke them from their sleep, burning houses and shops.     Emergency officials, including firefighters from the Lagos State Fire Service, arrived …

Scores have been feared killed and many wounded while properties worth millions of naira were destroyed following a clash that erupted between Ilaje people (Yoruba residents) and indigenes of Mkpanak in Ibeno, the Ibeno Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State on Wednesday April 20.   The clash was allegedly as a …

A missing Indiana mother was found dead in her car nearly a week after she and her five-month-old baby were reported missing.   27-year-old Alexis Morales and her five-month-old son Messiah were found by South Bend police inside her 2006 BMW X5 SUV on Tuesday, April 19.   The young …

A training aircraft belonging to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) crashed at the airforce base in Kaduna state today, April 19th during a training session.   Although details of the unfortunate incident are still sketchy, unconfirmed reports say two pilots were on board the aircraft at the time of the incident. …

Many people are feared dead after some gunmen attacked a community in Orlu LGA of Imo state.   TheCable reported that the gunmen invaded the LGA on Sunday afternoon and opened fire on civilians before being confronted by security operatives.   Several people were reportedly injured in the attack, which also resulted in the …

Air attacks by Pakistan on eastern Afghan provinces of Khost and Kunar killed mainly women and children, officials say. The death toll from Pakistan’s military air raids on targets in the eastern Afghanistan provinces of Khost and Kunar on Saturday has risen to at least 47, officials said. “Forty-one civilians, …

Advertisement Veteran Nigerian Highlife musician, Orlando Julius Olusanya Ekemode, better known as Orlando Julius, has died. Naija News gathered that the saxophonist, who hailed from Ijebu Ijesha in Osun state,  died at 3am on Friday at the age of 79 years. His death was confirmed in a Facebook post by …

Gunmen have killed an official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Imo State.   The official identified as Nwokorie Anthony was shot dead during the Continuous Voter Registration Exercise (CVR) in Ihitte Uboma Local Government Area of the state on Thursday.    Two other staff involved in the registration exercise …