No fewer than four persons have been killed in a boat mishap that occurred in the Awe Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. According to a report, the boat which was conveying Rice Farmers from Ubbe District in the Nasarawa Eggon LGA, had a tragic accident while crossing a river at Hunki village of Awe…
The body of a seven-year-old boy identified as Abdul-Haayi, on Tuesday, recovered by the men of the Kwara State Fire Service from a domestic well in the Akerebiata area of Ilorin, in Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara state. The Informant247 gathered that the boy was said to have fallen into the well on…
Some passengers on Thursday, were rescued by the operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority after a container–laden truck rammed into their commercial bus with number plate FKJ 366 XT in the outer Marina area of the state. The Informant247 gathered that the victims sustained varying degrees of injuries in the accident which occurred…
No fewer than two people have been killed, while 10 others were seriously injured when a big tree suddenly fell on Monday morning in the Sango area of Ilorin-East Local Government Area of Kwara state. According to a report, the incident happened about 8 a.m. by the roadside near Baystar Petrol Station, opposite the Oke…
Several people were, on Thursday night, trapped in multiple tanker accidents in Lagos. The Informant247 gathered that the incident, which occurred at SIFAX inward Costain, left a pile-up of vehicles, including two petrol tankers, set ablaze, according to emergency authorities. Dr Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA),…
No fewer than four persons on Monday were killed on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway when a luxury bus rammed into a truck, while three others sustained varying degrees of injuries in the accident. Mrs Florence Okpe, Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps in Ogun, while confirming the incident in Abeokuta, said the truck did not…
No fewer than 30 individuals have lost their lives in a tragic boat accident in Yauri Local Government Area of Kebbi State. The incident occurred on Monday when a boat, carrying more than 50 passengers, capsized in the river. Bala Yauri, the Chairman of Yauri LGA, confirmed this devastating development and expressed the deep sorrow…
A boat conveying about 22 passengers on Monday capsized in Agwara Local Government Area of Niger State, Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) has said. According to NAN, the director general of the agency, Salihu Garba, said the boat was conveying passengers from Kasabo villages in Agwara LGA of Niger to Yauri in Kebbi state…
The Kwara State Fire Service has recovered the remains of a 47-year-old man who was swept away by flood in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. The Informant247 gathered that the unidentified man was a victim of a severe downpour on Monday evening. Hassan Adekunle, the spokesperson of the state fire service, while speaking on the incident,…
A section of the Supreme Court has been razed by a fire outbreak. The Informant247 gathered that the cause of the fire was unknown as of the time of filing this report, but a source at the Federal Fire Service said firefighters were at the scene. It was also learned that the inferno started in…
Barely 24-hours after the Kainji line incident, there was a fire incident at the Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) power transmission station in Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi state. According to a report, the inferno was said to have engulfed the 330 kilovolt (kV) facility on Thursday night. Nafiu Abubakar, Kebbi police spokesperson, while confirming the incident to…
No fewer than two persons have been killed while one was injured in an accident involving a Mazda bus and a Mazda car at Ayedere, along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. According to Babatunde Akinbiyi, the spokesperson for the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, who confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta, said the accident…
The interior ministry of Morocco announced on Monday that the death toll from the catastrophic earthquake has tragically climbed to 2,497, with search and rescue operations still ongoing. An additional 2,476 individuals have sustained injuries, according to the ministry’s latest update. This shows an increase from the previously reported toll of 2,122 fatalities and 2,400…
Morocco experienced its deadliest earthquake in decades, claiming the lives of over 1,000 people, authorities reported on Saturday. The 6.8-magnitude quake struck a mountainous area 72 kilometers (45 miles) southwest of Marrakesh, a popular tourist destination, at 11:11 pm (2211 GMT) on Friday, as confirmed by the US Geological Survey. Strong tremors reverberated in coastal…
The Ekiti State Police Command announced the arrest of 10 suspects linked to the tragic death of Modupe Deborah, a 200-level nursing student at the Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE). The Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Abutu Sunday, disclosed this information through the command’s official X handle (formerly Twitter). Deborah had been declared missing within…
Chaos erupted on Wednesday at Lagos’ Murtala Muhammed International Airport following a fire outbreak incident. According to reports, at approximately 0750 hours, a smoke incident was detected in Terminal 1 of the airport, situated in Ikeja, Lagos. The source of the smoke was traced to the basement of the Terminal building. Abdullahi Yakubu-Funtua, the Director…
In the early hours of Wednesday, the report states that a fire incident occurred at the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, where the fire outbreak engulfed a section of the airport. The section affected was the primary gateway section. As of the time of filing this report, the firefighters have been mobilised…
Kwara State Fire Service, on Tuesday, recovered the dead body of a 43-year-old man from a domestic well in Ilorin, the state capital. According to a report, the deceased, identified as Abdulqadir Muritala of Oniguguru Compound Oko-Erin area of Ilorin, Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State, fell into the well after he went…
In the late hours of Wednesday, a heavy downpour caused a collapsed building of a two-story shopping plaza in the Garki area of Abuja The Informant247 gathered that the building, located around Lagos Street, was said to have caved in during a heavy downpour around 11:50 p.m. on Wednesday. Ikharo Attah, a former aide to…
The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, on Thursday, recovered the body of a man who jumped into the Lagos lagoon from the Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge. The Informant247 gathered that the remains was swiftly bagged for the morgue by the State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit (SEHMU). The Informant247 had earlier reported that an unidentified man…
