Tag: well
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45-year-old man dies inside well in Ibadan
The Oyo State Fire Service on Sunday said it recovered the body of a 45-year-old man from a well at First Women Estate in Akala area of Ibadan. The General Manager of the Fire Service, Mr Yemi Akinyinka,confirmed the incident in a statement made available to newsmen in Ibadan.
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Tragedy: Pastor, 2 others die in Osun well
A Pastor and two bricklayers on Friday died in a well at Owode-Ede, Osun, after one of the bricklayers reportedly went into the well to remove a water drawer that fell into it. It was learnt that the victims died after one of the bricklayers attempted to remove the
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60-year-old father, son drown in Kano well
A father, 60, Malam Bala and his son, Sunusi Bala, 35, died in a well at Sabon Garin Bauchi, in Wudil Local Government Area of Kano State, while draining water from it. A statement from the spokesperson of the State Fire Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, said on Wednesday in Kano that the incident occurred on…
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I will be well – By Esther Mary Esawe
I will be well – By Esther Mary Esawe
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Day-old girl dies in well
The corpse of a baby girl, suspected to be a day old, has been recovered in a well at Tsalle Village in Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano State, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The incident, which occurred on Thursday, was confirmed in a statement by Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, the spokesman for the…
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I threw my step brother into a well because his mother maltreated me-Pupil declares
A primary three pupil who threw her 20-month-old stepbrother into a well at Owode community in Akure North Local Government Area has said that she didn’t know he would die inside the well. The suspect whose parents hailed from Sokoto State initially told her father that the deceased identified as Usman was abducted by persons…
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10-year-old girl throws stepbrother inside well in Akure
A 10-year-old girl, Suliya Abubakar, said she threw her stepbrother, Usman Abubakar, aged 20 months, inside a well because her stepmother maltreats her. Abubakar said this while she was being paraded alongside 34 suspects of other crimes, by the Ondo State Commissioner of Police, Mr Salami Bolaji, on Friday, in Akure. The other suspects were…
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7-year-old boy dies in Kano well while fetching water
The Kano State Fire Service, said a seven-year-old boy, Umar Ado, had died in a well at Unguwa Uku by Yarabawa St. in Tarauni Local Government Area of the state. A statement issued by Alhaji Saidu Mohammed, the Public Relations Officer of the service, announced this on Wednesday. Mohammed said that the incident occurred on…
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Man drowns after jumping into well to retrieve phone
A 26-year-old man, identified simply as Cisse, has lost his life after jumping into a well to retrieve his phone at his shop located at No 7 Olanrewaju Street, Mohan bus stop in the Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State. The phone was said to be worth N3,000. It was gathered that Cisse was…