A 7 self-contained apartment in a private hostel occupied by the Students of Kwara State Polytechnic, has on Wednesday gutted by fire The private hostel known as “GQ Hostel” was located outside the Polytechnic Campus at Apata Yakuba area, Ilorin had 7 of the 11 self-contained flats consumed by the fire. Informant247 gathered that, the…
The lawmaker representing the Constituency, Atule Egbunu has confirmed on Wednesday that over 50,000 people have been displaced by Flood in Ibaji Local Government Area of Kogi State. He disclosed about three persons were also killed in the disaster as the entire local government has been submerged by water. According to Egbunu, thousands of Houses…
No fewer than six people including three policemen were reported killed in a multiple accident on Tuesday along Argungu-Birnin Kebbi road in the state. The Spokesman of Kebbi State Police Command, SP Abubakar Nafi’u, said in a statement on Wednesday in Birnin Kebbi. “The accident occurred when a Carina E car, carrying jerricans of PMS…
Two persons reportedly were killed, while eight others sustained injuries in an auto crash on Monday at Malam Tanko village on the Abuja-Kaduna Highway. Twenty-four other passengers involved in the accident escaped unhurt. The village is located at Tafa Local Government Area of Niger. Two commercial buses and an articulated vehicle were involved in the…
No fewer than seven passengers were burnt to death in a commercial bus that gutted fire at Iyana Oworo in Lagos on Sunday, The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) reveals. The LASEMA Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, confirmed the incident in a statement, while attributing the cause of the accident to reckless driving. He…
MAKURDI, Nigeria (The Informant247) – Residents of flooded areas in central Nigeria’s Benue state on Thursday fled ahead of a high tide expected to worsen floods that have inundated their homes. At least 300 people have died and over 100,000 displaced across Nigeria after recent torrential rains in the past few months caused severe flooding….
LAFIA, Nigeria (The Informant247) – No fewer than 361,000 people have been displaced in northern Nigeria’s Nasarawa state after recent torrential rains in the past few weeks caused flooding, officials said on Thursday. The flood affected about 23 communities in seven local government areas of the state, according to the state emergency service boss Zachary…
MARKURDI, Nigeria (The Informant247) – At least six bodies were recovered and eight people were missing after a boat capsized in north-central Nigeria on Tuesday, police said. The ill-fated boat was carrying 40 people from Guma to Buruku local government area for business activities when it capsized at about 1:00 pm around Fada village in…
GOMBE, Nigeria (The Informant247) – A cholera outbreak in northern Nigeria’s Gombe state has killed 10 people and infected 236 others across five local government areas, local authorities said on Thursday. The Executive Secretary of the State Primary Health Care Development Agency (SPHCDA) Dr Abdulrahman Shuaibu, told newsmen that the incidents were recorded in eight…
Five people, including four adult males and a housewife, drowned while trying to escape being kidnapped by bandits in Chakumi village, Gurdi district of Abaji District Council in Abuja. The Informant247 reports that Chakumi is bordered by the Gurara River in the Dobi District of the Area Council of Gwagwalada, the nation’s capital, with the…
KANO, Nigeria (The Informant247) – Flood has destroyed over 14,496 farmlands in remote villages across Nigeria’s northern Kano state, officials said on Tuesday. According to the Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Mustapha Ahmed-Habib, 1,113 farms had been submerged at Warawa Gishiri-Wuya; 1,135 in Larabar Gadon-Sarki and 4,808 farms wilt to flooding in…
LOKOJA, Nigeria (The Informant247) – At least 4 people were killed and scores injured when a commercial bus carrying 17 passengers somersaulted along a highway in central Nigeria, officials said on Wednesday. The accident occurred at 3.10 p.m. on Tuesday, at Km 2, Line 3, Obajana, Kogi on Kabba-Lokoja-Abuja road, state sector commander Federal Road…
CALABAR, Nigeria (The Informant247) – The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), in Nigeria’s Cross River state, Maikano Hassan, has confirmed an auto crash that killed a middle-aged woman who was chasing her husband over his “mistress”. Confirming the incident to newsmen Sunday night, the Sector Commander said the incident was caused by overspeeding….
ABUJA, Nigeria (The Informant247) – No fewer than 300 people have died and over 100,000 displaced across Nigeria after recent torrential rains in the past few months caused flooding, officials said on Monday. “Our record indicates that more than 300 lives have been lost, 500 persons are seriously injured with more than 100,000 others displaced…
The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), in Cross River, Maikano Hassan, has confirmed an auto crash that killed a middle aged woman who was chasing her husband over his “mistress”. Confirming the incident to newsmen Sunday night, the Sector Commander said the incident was caused by over speeding. He stated the incident involving…
No fewer than 19 persons have been reportedly killed in a road accident at Yangoji-Gwagwalada Road in the FCT, Abuja while eight others were injured. Mr Dauda Biu, Acting Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, confirmed the incident. According to him, the accident which occurred minutes into Sunday involved three vehicles – two…
Fire, on Sunday, caught a building of about 7flats in Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State. The fire incident has reportedly destroyed properties worth millions of naira. Report has it that the fire disaster, which happened at about 0258 hours, was connected to power surge. Hassan Adekunle, the spokesperson of the State fire service, in…
A driver has been reported killed in a lone road accident along the Lagos-Ibadan highway in Ogun State. It was learnt that in the accident which occurred around 1pm on Friday, one person also sustained injury. The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement (TRACE) Corps, confirmed the incident, blaming it on speeding and loss of…
ABUJA, Nigeria (The Informant247) – No fewer than 75,000 children have been severely affected by deadly floods in Niger and Nigeria in recent weeks, Save the Children International (SCI) said on Thursday. The flooding wreaked havoc in Niger’s Maradi, Zinder, Tillaberi and Tahoua regions, as well as in Borno, Yobe, and Adamawa states in Nigeria…
MINNA, Nigeria (The Informant247) – At least 6 people were killed and scores injured when two commercial busses carrying 17 passengers collided along a highway in central Nigeria, officials said on Thursday. The state commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Kumar Tsukwam, said five others involved in the accident that occurred on the…
