Tag: burnt
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Four burnt to death, eight others injured in Ore-Ijebu Ode road crash
Four burnt to death, eight others injured in Ore-Ijebu Ode road crash A devastating auto crash on the Ore-Ijebu Ode expressway has left four people dead and eight others severely injured. The accident, which occurred at RCC Ogbere around 2:00 p.m. on Monday, involved a white Toyota Hiace bus with the registration number XA690AKU. According…
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20 Persons Burnt in Oyo Road Crash
Tragedy struck in Oyo State on Friday as about 20 passengers were burnt to death in an accident that occurred at Maya/Lanlate Junction in Ibarapa East Local Government area of Oyo State. The incident involved a commercial bus and a Sienna car. It was learnt that the two vehicles were travelling in opposite direction when…
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Engineer beaten, burnt to death by commercial motorcyclists in Lagos
A Sound Engineer, 28, identified as David Sunday, aka Dave, has allegedly been beaten and burnt to death by commercial cyclists along Admiralty Way, Lekki, Lagos State on Thursday. A Twitter user, DR. PENKING: @drpenking, took to his handle to explain the events that led to the killing of Sunday. Penking said Sunday was on…
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How lady was killed, dismembered, burnt over inheritance
The National Human Rights Commission in Ebonyi State has called on the Ebonyi State Commissioner of Police to fish out the killers of 32-year-old Nnennaya Onu, who was allegedly killed, dismembered and then burnt over inheritance quarrel in Onicha Igbeze, Onicha Local Government Area of the state. Our Reporter gathered that the incident had been…
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Kaduna attack: Police confirm 34 killed, 200 houses burnt, curfew stays
The Kaduna State Government says no fewer than 34 persons, including two military personnel, were killed in the Sunday night attack on Agban Kagoro in Kaura Local Government Area of the state by bandits. The state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, who made the confirmation on Tuesday, said four locations of…
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Many killed, houses burnt in fresh Niger attacks
Dozens of people have been killed, with many houses burnt in fresh attacks at Galadima-Kogo and Galkogo Communities of Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. Armed men were said to have launched the attacks after overpowering security operatives. Residents of the neibouring Kuchi, Sabon kabula, Kafana, Dangunu, Zazzaga and Chibani communities in Munya Local…
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Bandits kill 51, houses burnt in attacks on communities
Gunmen on Tuesday morning and night struck in three communities in Niger and Plateau states, killing 51 residents before fleeing unchallenged. Bodies of 34 persons killed in Niger’s Nakuna and Wurukuchi communities were found in bushes and farms. Fourteen of them were said to be members of two different families. Seventeen others were killed in…
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16 burnt to death in South Africa mini-bus crash
Sixteen people were burnt to death on Tuesday when a minibus taxi and an SUV collided on a highway in South Africa’s northeastern Limpopo province, a local official said. The SUV driver lost control after a tyre burst and collided head-on with a 22-seater Mercedes-Benz bus, provincial transport ministry spokesman Mike Maringa told AFP on…
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294 shops, two bungalows, others burnt in Lagos plank market fire
At least 294 shops and two bungalows were completely razed when a night fire raged at the Oke-Afa Planks and Building Materials Market in the Ejigbo area of Lagos State on Friday. The cause of the inferno that started around 9pm on Friday was yet to be ascertained, said the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency…
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KPOFIRE: Woman leaves her three children in a boat, returns to meet them all burnt
– Another mother, her one month old baby burnt too in Port Harcourt serial fire outbreaks For three consecutive days, destructive fire outbreaks, fueled by unsafe, indiscriminate storing and movement of illegally refined petroleum products, better known as “kpofire” wrecked havoc in parts of Port Harcourt, Rivers state capital city. The infernos caused death, injuries…