A joint operation launched by the Department of State Services (DSS), the National Intelligence Agency, the police and other security agencies in Abuja has successfully dismantled a terror cell and arrested five Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) commanders and 30 fighters. The terror suspects were apprehended at their hideouts in different locations in Abuja city, Mararaba and other satellite towns in the Federal Capital Territory, PUNCH disclosed. The arrests were made amid heightened tension in the nation’s capital as the popular Jabi Lake Mall shut its doors to shoppers and visitors on Thursday, October 27, 2022, citing the security situation. To…
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Military teams were searching on Monday, October 31, 2022, for people missing after a century-old cable suspension bridge collapsed into a river on Sunday, October 30, 2022, in the western Indian state of Gujarat, sending hundreds plunging into the water and killing at least 132 in one of the worst accidents in the country in the past decade. Jigar Khunt, an information department official in Gujarat said at least 177 survivors were pulled from the river, and teams from the army, navy, and air force were looking for others still missing, AP News disclosed. Live video reports showed hundreds of others desperately clinging…
South African police are investigating the discovery of at least 21 bodies suspected of being illegal miners found near an active mine in the town of Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg. According to police, 19 bodies were discovered on Wednesday afternoon of November 2, 2022, and two more were discovered on Thursday morning of November 3, 2022. Police said they suspect that the bodies were moved to the location where they were found, which is a privately-owned mine, AP News disclosed. “We can confirm that this morning our search and rescue team went back to the scene and, as they were searching, they discovered…
The Chinese government has offered to assist Nigeria end farmers and herders’ clashes. The Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Cui Jianchun, made this known on Friday, November 4, 2022, during a tour of the China-aid Nigeria Agricultural Demonstration Centre project in Abuja, PUNCH reports. Jianchun said that China is ready to set up a twin demonstration technological centre for the production of livestock feeds. According to the Ambassador, he is at the point of meeting with the Nigerian government for a site for the project. With this, the country will be able to produce feeds for its cattle thereby, curbing farmers and herders…
Residents in the Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State have discovered 10 unidentified corpses in Ibillo/Lampese along Abuja Road in the state. Some of the bodies were first discovered by farmers on their way to their farms in the early hours of Tuesday, November 1, 2022, PUNCH disclosed. The farmers were said to have notified the local vigilance group who combed the area and discovered more bodies. An Edo resident, Victor Arogunyo, disclosed that the police and medical personnel from the General Hospital, Ibillo, went to carry the bodies to the morgue. He said, “On Tuesday morning (November 1), I got…
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have made a donation to charities working in Nigeria after the Duchess of Sussex announced that she is 43 percent Nigerian on her latest Archetypes podcast. The Duchess of Sussex, 41 years old, released her sixth episode of her audio series on Tuesday, October 25, 2022, and explained that she discovered that she is 43 percent Nigerian after doing a genealogy test a couple of years ago. In a press release that accompanied the episode, a Spotify representative confirmed that the couple’s Archewell Foundation made donations to Save the Children and UNICEF, Daily Trust disclosed. The spokesperson…
A middle-aged man, on Saturday, November 5, was electrocuted while destroying a campaign billboard of one of the gubernatorial candidates in Ibadan, Oyo state. The man, whose identity has not been revealed, was destroying a campaign billboard of Adebayo Adelabu, the gubernatorial candidate of Accord Party in the state, when he was electrocuted. An eyewitness, while speaking on the incident on Saturday morning, noted that the residents of the area had already warned the man against destruction of the campaign billboard. The source said that, “We had cautioned him against destroying peoples’ properties around. “Some minutes after he started destroying one of…
A section under construction at the Stephen Keshi International Stadium, Asaba, Delta state capital, on Thursday, November 10, collapsed and killed three persons. Scores of others were also injured as a result of the incident. The structure, which is under construction ahead of the national sports festival scheduled to hold at the stadium in November 28, was recently inspected by the minister of sports and youths development, Sunday Dare. Although, the cause of the collapse is yet to be ascertained at the time of filing this report, however, a source stated that it may be connected to the rush of the…
11 people were burnt dead and seven injured in a multiple road crash that occured on Thursday, November 10, 2022, along Ejule-Ochadamu by Olofu Bridge, Ochadamu in Kogi State. In a statement signed by the Spokesperson of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Bisi Kazeem, on same Thursday, the accident involved 20 vehicles including a truck, a tanker, 12 cars, and six bikes. The Corps said investigation further revealed that the main causes of the crash and subsequent fire outbreak that claimed the innocent lives of the victims were road obstruction and brake failure. The brake failure was a mechanical deficiency…
A woman said to be in her thirties has decided to end it all by jumping into the lagoon on Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos State. The woman had disembarked from a cab and headed towards the railing of the bridge. She was said to have consequently plunged into the water. The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, in a situation report said a search and rescue team had been mobilized to look for the woman, Daily Trust reports. He said, “Upon (the) arrival of the LRT (Lagos Rescue Team) at the incident scene, investigation revealed that a…