Category: Disaster
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PLATEAU MINE SEALED AFTER DEADLY GAS LEAK KILLS 37
Tragedy in Zurak as toxic gas claims dozens of lives—Minister orders mine closure and full investigation. The Federal Minister of Solid Minerals, Dele Alake, has ordered the immediate sealing of a mining site in Zurak, Wase LGA, Plateau State, following a deadly gas leak that killed at least 37 miners and hospitalized 25 others. Preliminary…
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ALAKE VOWS JUSTICE FOR POLICE OFFICER KILLED IN NIGER MINING CLASH
Minister says killers of slain officer will be “smoked out” as crackdown on illegal mining intensifies. The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, has vowed that those behind the killing of a police officer during an anti-illegal mining operation in Niger State will face the full weight of the law. The officer was part…
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UN CHIEF MOURNS CANADA SCHOOL SHOOTING, CALLS IT “TRAGIC LOSS”
Eight dead, 25 wounded in rural British Columbia attack; world leaders express grief. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed deep sorrow over the deadly school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, on Tuesday. At least eight people were killed including three female students, two male students, a teacher, and two family members of the suspect…
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MEDITERRANEAN TRAGEDY: TWO NIGERIAN WOMEN RESCUED, 53 FEARED DEAD
Boat capsizes off Libya as IOM warns of rising migrant deaths and brutal trafficking routes. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says two Nigerian women were rescued after a rubber boat carrying 55 migrants capsized off Libya’s coast, leaving at least 53 people— including two babies—feared dead or missing. The boat overturned in the cold…
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7 DEAD, 70 INJURED IN KANO LONE CRASH – FRSC
Speeding and mixing passengers with goods turn fatal on Hadejia Road. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed that seven people died and 70 others were injured in a single-vehicle crash on Hadejia Road, Kwanar Danja, Kano, on Sunday. Twenty-eight passengers escaped unhurt. FRSC Sector Commander Idris Muhammed-Lawal said the crash happened around 8:35…
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TANKER EXPLOSION KILLS DRIVER, CONDUCTOR IN ANAMBRA
Speed and carelessness turn tragic on Ihiala-Onitsha Road. A tanker explosion on Sunday claimed the lives of its driver and conductor opposite the FRSC office along Ihiala-Onitsha Road, Anambra. The tanker, carrying flammable material, lost control at high speed, hit a roadside barricade, and exploded. A motorcycle trailing behind was caught in the blast; the…
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VIGILANTES KILLED IN LOKOJA AMBUSH, COMMUNITY MOURNS HEROES
Two volunteer guards lose their lives protecting Lokoja as residents urged to stay vigilant. Lokoja, Kogi State — In a shocking blow to local security, two members of the Volunteer Guards of Nigeria, Abbas Idris and Ibrahim Bello Hussain, were killed on Friday, Feb. 6, 2026, while on routine patrol in Atsawa community near Jamata.…
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DEATH TOLL REACHES 40 IN KWARA BANDIT ATTACK AS SOLDIERS MOVE IN
Chaos returns to Kaiama as armed attackers leave dozens dead, residents flee! At least 40 people were killed in a fresh bandit raid on Woro and Nuku communities in Kaiama LGA, Kwara State on Tuesday evening. Soldiers and forest guards have since been deployed to restore order and prevent further violence. Sources said the attackers,…
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BLOODSHED IN KATSINA: BANDIT ATTACK KILLS 20 IN DOMA COMMUNITY
Peace deal ignored as bandits strike in broad daylight! Suspected bandits have killed about 20 people in Doma community, Tafoki Ward, Faskari LGA, Katsina State, on Tuesday afternoon. Witnesses say the attackers also set houses ablaze before withdrawing around 4 p.m., defying a recent peace agreement with locals. The community chairman, Alhaji Surajo Aliyu-Daudawa, described…
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TRAGIC RESCUE: MAN DIES TRYING TO SAVE GOAT FROM WELL
A late-night emergency in Oyo ends in heartbreak as firemen recover a lifeless body. Firefighters in Oyo State have recovered the body of a 45-year-old man who died after entering a deep well in the Mokola area of Saki community while trying to rescue his trapped goat. The Oyo State Fire Services Agency said it…
