Tag: Death
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135 passengers escape death in another plane accident
A Caspian Airlines plane skid off the runway onto a highway on landing at an airport in southwestern Iran on Monday. But all passengers were evacuated without injury, Iranian state media reported. “It ran out of runway when landing at Mahshahr airport with no casualties,’’ state news agency, IRNA, said. Some other Iranian media outlets…
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Shiites speaks on El-Zakzaky’s ‘death’
Members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), popularly known as Shi’ites, have denied rumors that their leader, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky is dead. In a statement on its official Twitter page, the IMN spokesman, Ibrahim Musa, urged Nigerians to ignore the reports. He said: “Contrary to the rumours making the rounds that the illegally detained…
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111 people burnt to death in Kano
No fewer than 111 people have been burnt to death in series of fire incidents in Kano State, State Fire Service disclosed on Friday. The losses were recorded in 813 fire incidents in Kano between January and December, 2019, Saidu Muhammed, Fire Service Public Relations Officer said. Also, the fire service said its men saved…
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Herdsman arrested for raping 56-yr-old woman to death
The police in Ebonyi State have arrested a suspected herdsman for allegedly raping a 56-year-old woman to death. Although details of the incident were sketchy last night, a source in the community said the suspected herdsman allegedly carried out the act on December 28 at Ufuezeraku, Ugwulangwu in Ohaozara Local Government. Police spokesperson Loveth Odah…
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‘My husband was killed like goat‘
Kwara state police command has said that investigations are on to unravel reasons behind the murder of the former Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) staff Ibrahim Ajayi Allah. The ex-NNPC staff was about two weeks ago hacked to death in his Oke-Oyi farm site of Ilorin East local area of the state by his assistant.…
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Tragic! Groom beaten to death at his wedding reception
Friends and family members are mourning the demise of a 30-year-old California man who was killed at his wedding reception just hours after he exchanged wedding vows with his wife. According to reports, two uninvited brothers came to the newlyweds’ reception over the weekend and beat the groom to death with baseball bats. The Groom,…
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Court sentences ex-President to death
A Pakistani special court hearing the high treason case against former president General Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday handed the former ruler a death sentence. A three-member bench of the special court headed by Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Waqar Ahmad announced the decision, in a split judgment. The court, in its short order said that…
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Buhari condoles with UAE president over brother’s death
President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a message of condolence to the President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, following the death of his brother, Prince Sultan. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, confirmed this development in a statement in Abuja on Saturday. In…
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How Nigerian government caused my mother’s death – Nnamdi Kanu
The mother of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu is dead. Kanu, who announced the mother’s death on Sunday, said she died August 30, 2019 in Germany after doctors battled unsuccessfully over a protracted illness she suffered. He kept mum on reasons behind the belated announcement and also on the burial…
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DSS clears air on death of two personnel along Abuja-Kaduna Expressway
The Department of State Service (DSS) on Friday September 27, 2019 lost two of its personnel in a fatal car crash. A statement by the Public Relations Officer,Department of State Services, National Headquarters, Abuja, Dr Peter Afunaya, indicated that the incident occurred in the evening at Gidan Busa Katari, along the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway. “The team…