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A lady identified as Nimotalahi Ishola Folashade has reportedly drowned after allegedly jumping off a boat on Saturday, March 9.    Police sources said Ms. Ishola boarded a boat from Isuti jet in Igando in Lagos state alongside eleven other passengers heading to Totowu in Ogun state.   According to …

Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Osun State Command, have rescued a middle aged woman who jumped into Gbodofon River in a suicide bid in Osogbo, Osun State.    Osun NSCDC spokesperson, ASC Adeleke Kehinde, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Wednesday, January 3, …

Comptroller MMIA Command A.A Adesokan with the team leader from The Gambia Immigration Service   The Nigeria Immigration Service, Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos Command has received nine Nigerians who attempted to stowaway to Europe through The Gambia.    The stowaways were brought back to Nigeria onboard a flight via …

The Kwara Fire Service has recovered the corpse of an 18-year-old girl, Waliyah, from a domestic well in Ilorin West Local Government Area of the state.     The incident occurred around 6pm Tuesday, November 7, 2023, at Ile-Olodo Ita Merin – Alore area of Ilorin.      According to …

Heather Mahmood-Corley, a real estate agent, was seeing decent demand for houses in the Phoenix area just a few weeks ago, with interested shoppers and multiple offers. But as mortgage rates pick up again, she is already watching would-be home buyers retrench. “You’ve got a lot of people on edge,” …

A yet-to-be-identified man committed suicide at Ganaja Bridge, a few metres from the popular Dunamis Church in Lokoja, Kogi State.    The deceased was said to have arrived at the bridge on Tuesday afternoon, September 12, 2023, parked his tricycle, and jumped into the river, saying that he was tired.   …

On Saturday, Robert Griffin III and other members of ESPN’s college football team were on location at the University of Washington to help preview the Huskies’ Week 1 matchup against Boise State. At one point, RGIII was on a boat on Lake Union. He decided to leap into the lake …

Operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command has prevented a 25-year-old street hawker from jumping into a Lagoon.      The hawker, Rabiu Nafiu was restrained from leaping into the Lagoon around 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 16, 2023.     Nafiu, who on sighting …

A 37-year-old Nigerian man made an attempt on his own life upon receiving news of his parents’ deaths in an auto crash, Delhi Police said in a statement on Sunday, March 26, 2023.    The police said that on March 18, 2023, the man identified simply as Ndinojuo, jumped from …

A suicidal man was prevented from jumping off Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos.  A video shared online shows the man sitting on the balustrade on Third Mainland Bridge, silently looking into the lagoon below.  He appeared deep in thought and some men are seen slowly approaching him before grabbing him.  …