Tag Archives: River

Movie Producer, Stanely Ontop says the family of sound engineer, Precious, who died in the boat mishap that claimed the lives of actor Jnr Pope and three others, has refused to exhume his body despite receiving financial assistance from Nigerians to facilitate his exhumation and transportation of his body to …

For centuries the Lea has been a vital artery for London, carrying drinking water and grain into the city and servicing the factories and gunpowder mills that grew up along its banks. Rising in Bedfordshire, it flows for 46 miles through Hertfordshire and north-east London, eventually reaching the Thames. It’s …

A body has reportedly been discovered during the search for six missing construction workers who fell into the river when the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed.    “We are hearing one body was found,” Baltimore City Council Member Phylicia Porter said on CNN.   The bridge collapsed early Tuesday morning, …

Two youths died when a deep well they dug for mining activities collapsed on them in Obanliku Local Government Area of Cross River State.    The incident happened at Shikpeshe, along Buya Road on Tuesday, March 19, 2024.    The two youths suffocated to death inside the mining well while …

The police have arrested two suspects for killing three persons last weekend after burning down Nta village in Ikom LGA of Cross River State.    The suspects accused of leading the arson attack were arrested in Obubra LGA. They were initially detained in Ikom LGA for a few days before …

A body found in the River Thames three weeks ago is believed to be missing student Samaria Ayanle, who has been missing for three weeks. The Met Police said that the teen was first reported missing by SOAS University of London, where she was in her first year studying Japanese …

Two schools located in the Akpabuyo local government area of Cross River state have been closed down following the outbreak of measles.    Commissioner for Health in the State, Dr. Henry Ayuk said the two schools are Navy Secondary School and Penniel Primary Schools, both in the same area.    …

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The Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted 52 units of elephant tusks in Mfum, a border town of Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River state.   The Area Comptroller of Cross River/CFTZ/Akwa Ibom Command of the NIS,  Ahmed Waziri, made this known at a news conference in Calabar on Monday, …

The Bauchi State Police Command has recovered a cache of prohibited firearms in Ningi Local Government Area of the state.    Spokesperson of the command, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, February 6, 2024, said the AK47 rifles, AK49 rifle, and nine empty magazines …