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An elderly man was left with bruises on his face, elbow, and hand after he was attacked by thugs in his polling unit in Lagos State.  The man explained that he was in the queue to vote at his polling unit in Akesan, Oba’s Palace, near Iba, Lagos state, when …

  Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on election monitoring duty in Kaduna State today, March 18, 2023 came under attack at School Road, Unguwan Rimi Kaduna while attempting to arrest a suspected vote buyer. A statement from the commission’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, says the team, while …

CNN  —  At least two people were killed and 16 others injured after a train derailed north of Cairo on Tuesday, according to Egypt’s Health Ministry. The passenger train crashed into a train station platform in the city of Qalyub, the Ministry of Transport said in statement. The incident occurred …

Five persons including children sustained injuries when Boko Haram insurgents fired shots targeting voters from Mandara Mountains in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State.     Gwoza is located approximately 135 kilometres south-east of Maiduguri, the Borno capital.   Borno commissioner of police, CP Abdu Umar, who confirmed the …

15 persons were injured on Friday, February 10, by hoodlums who attacked supporters of lawmaker representing Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency of Osun state in the House of Representatives, Mr. Wole Oke.    Oke said in a statement, that the attack took place shortly after some northerners living within his constituency, visited …

  Operatives of the Gombe State Police Command have neutralized one suspected armed robber while others escaped with gun wounds during a gun duel along the Gombe-Bauchi road.    The spokesperson of the State Police Command, ASP Mahid Mu’azu Abubakar, who made this known in a statement on Thursday night, …

A motor accident which occurred at Umuokpu, along Onitsha-Enugu expressway, Anambra state has left 42 people injured.    The accident which occurred around 11:30am on Tuesday, January 31, involved two vehicles, a tipper and bus with the inscription of a private school.   It was further gathered that fifteen men …

Gold Coast Titans under-17s futures player Joseph Pouniu is recovering from a serious injury he suffered against the Brisbane Broncos in a pre-season game in Burleigh on Saturday. In a statement on Tuesday, the Titans confirmed Pouniu is in a serious but stable condition in hospital. Titans CEO Steve Mitchell …

At least 59 people were killed and 157 others were wounded after a suicide bomber detonated explosives inside a mosque in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, January 30.   The blast occurred at a mosque near police offices in Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, not far from the …

The San Francisco 49ers are losing quarterbacks at a record rate. The Niners went into the NFC Championship Game with third-string quarterback Brock Purdy under center. Then Purdy got injured and had to leave the game. Veteran Josh Johnson then entered the game, but he was knocked out of the …