Blast Outside Synagogue in France Investigated as Possible Terror Attack
French authorities are investigating a blast outside a synagogue in La Grande-Motte, a southern seaside town, as a possible terror attack. The incident, which injured a police officer, is the latest in a series of events that have unsettled…
Man Who Attempted Suicide by Climbing Radio Mast Sent for Mental Evaluation, to Be Charged for Incitement, Public Disturbance
A middle-aged man, Shaibu Alhaji Yushau, climbed a high broadband mast in Jatampe, Abuja, in a suicide attempt. He was taken into custody by the FCT Police Command and sent for mental evaluation at the Social Development Secretariat (SDS). The evaluation…
Two Confirmed Dead, 37 Injured As Multi-Storey Building Collapses In Garki, Abuja
Tragedy struck on Wednesday at Lagos Street, Garki, Abuja, FCT as a multi-storey building collapsed with two confirmed dead while about 37 people are currently injured with many others trapped. The Federal Emergency Management…
Sudan war hits gum arabic business
Sudan’s war has left farmers of gum arabic, a vital ingredient for global industry including fizzy drinks, bereft of local buyers but a trade group assures global stocks are – for now – sufficient. The golden blobs of resin tapped from thorny acacia…
Five persons die in Bayelsa road crash
Five persons have lost their lives in a fatal road accident that occcured along the Tombia-Amassoma Road in Bayelsa State. The incident occurred on Friday and involved a black Toyota SUV vehicle with registration number RGM 38 HM and Mazda 323F car with…
Police recover Bayelsa undergraduate’s corpse from swimming pool
The Bayelsa State Police Command has evacuated a male corpse found floating in a swimming pool at an event centre in Otuoke, Ogbia Local Government Area. This was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by the spokesman for the command, Asinim…
Five die, six survive Kano boat accident
The Kano State Fire Service on Sunday confirmed five persons dead while six others survived a boat mishap at Kanwa Dam in Madobi Local Government Area of the state. The service Public Relations Officer, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, told the News Agency of…
Driver flees as truck crushes two-year-old boy in Rivers
A trailer conveying goods on Saturday night crushed a child to death along the Rumuosi axis of the East/West Road in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. An eyewitness told PUNCH Metro on Sunday that the truck’s driver who was at a high…
Two children, five others burnt to death in Lagos-Ibadan highway crash
Seven persons, including two children, were on Sunday burnt to death when a bus crashed and went up in flames along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. No fewer than 14 other passengers were said to have been injured in the crash which occurred at the OPIC axis…
Britons trapped in Sudan accuse govt of ‘abandoning’ them
Brits trapped in Sudan have accused the government of ‘abandoning’ them as they prepare a ‘surgical’ evacuation of diplomatic officials from the country, Daily Mail reports. Last night, the UK began drawing up plans for a military airlift of a dozen…