Nigerian frontline entertainer Olanrewaju Fasasi popularly known as Sound Sultan has died. Olanrewaju Fasasi died on Sunday morning after a prolonged battle with lymphoma, a cancer of the immune system, his family said in a statement. He was 44.
No fewer than 50 cows have died in mysterious circumstances in Akungba-Akoko, Akoko Southwest Local Government Area of Ondo state. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Monday evening at Ibaka area of the community.
Members of the Boko Haram sect have killed 22 herders in Borno state. SOURCES gathered that the herdsmen were killed during the weekend in Monguno.
Four members of a family have been reportedly burnt to ashes in a fire in Bida, Niger. They are two wives and two grandchildren of the owner of the building.
A medical doctor in Taraba State, Dr Ameh Sunday Eneojo, has died of renal complications from Lassa fever. The State President of the Association of Resident Doctors, Gabriel Ahmed, who disclosed this to newsmen on Monday, said Sunday contracted the disease while treating infected patients.
Music star, Chibuzor Oji, popularly known as Faze is bereaved. The artiste and entrepreneur lost his twin sister on Monday.
Seven persons have been killed after a military aircraft crashed a few yards off the runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja. Confirming the incident on Sunday, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) spokesman, Air Vice Marshal Ibikunle Daramola stated that the Beechcraft KingAir B350i aircraft crashed while returning to Abuja Airport after reporting engine failure enroute Minna.
The Lagos State Police Command is currently investigating a 42-year-old man, David Idibie, for the murder of his wife, Juliana Idibie in their residence at Joado Street, Oke Ira Nla, Ajah Area of Lagos.
Operatives of Ogun Police Command, on Saturday, arrested one Sobola Olatunji, a 46-year-old staff of Remo North Local Government, for stabbing his 38-year-old wife to death on suspicion of infidelity.
According to TMX, Maraj died after a hit-and-run accident. Nassau County Police in New York disclosed that Robert was walking between Roslyn Road and Raff Avenue on Friday evening around 6 PM ET when a vehicle going northbound hit him and the driver fled the scene.