Tag: kills
Shock As Policeman Kills Wife, Self In Lagos
LAGOS - A Police Inspector attached to the Highway Patrol on Saturday night shot his wife and himself after a disagreement.
It was gathered that...
Mob Kills VIO Official Who Chased Three Okada Riders To Their...
By Aminu Garko
Minna - The Niger State Police Command says a mob of protesters have lynched one Ahmed Bello, a Vehicle Inspector Officer...
Suicide Bomber kills Self, 6 Others In Kabul
Kabul - A suicide bomber blew himself up near the gate of Afghanistan’s largest prison on Wednesday, killing at least six people, officials said.
The...
Girl strapped with bomb kills 5 in Cameroon Mosque
Yaounde - A girl strapped with a bomb killed five worshippers in Northern Cameroon and authorities said the attack beared the hallmarks of...
Strange Disease Kills 50 People in Kogi
By Stephen Adeleye
Egbe (Kogi) - A strange disease, whose symptoms include diarrhea, bloodstained vomiting and high fever has killed 50 people at Okunran,...
Elephant Kills Sweet Potato Farmer in Southern Tanzania
Arusha, (Tanzania) - Authorities said a wild elephant trampled a sweet potato farmer to death in a vllage in Southern Tanzania’s district of Tunduru.
The...
Cancer Kills 8.8m People Annually : WHO
By Prudence Arobani
New York - The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday that cancer killed no fewer than 8.8 million people every...
Meningitis Kills 7 In Sokoto State
By Bashir Rabe Mani
Gada( Sokoto State) - The death toll caused by the outbreak of Cerebro Spinal Meningitis (CSM), in parts of Gada Local...
Islamic State Car Bomb Kills More Than 50 In Northwest Syria
Beirut - An Islamic State car bomb killed over 50 people on Friday in a Syrian village held by rebels, a day after jihadist...
Lassa Fever Kills 4 In Bauchi-Commissioner
Bauchi - The Bauchi State Ministry of Health has confirmed the death of four patients out of the five cases of Lassa fever in...
Hurricane Matthew kills almost 900 in Haiti before striking U.S.
Florida- Hurricane Matthew killed almost 900 people and displaced tens of thousands in Haiti before plowing northward on Saturday just off the southeast U.S....
Landmine kills UN peacekeeper in Mali
Bamako - A report from the UN said one of its peacekeeper was killed in Mali by a landmine on Tuesday.
The peacekeeping mission (MINUSMA) said on...
WHO urges Nigeria to rectify law against tobacco
LAGOS -The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday advised the Federal Government to expedite action in ratifying the United Nations Protocol to eliminate illicit...
Fire at clinic in Syria kills 27, mostly children: state media
A fire at a small clinic in northeast Syria on Sunday killed 27 people, mostly children, and injured about 30 others, official media said.
State...
Tunisian Soldier Kills Seven Fellow Troops
Defense Ministry describes incident as an ‘isolated act, not a terrorist attack’
TUNIS, Tunisia—A Tunisian soldier opened fire on fellow troops at a military barracks...
Secondary school girl kills boyfriend for visiting her family house
A 20-year-old secondary school girl, Chisom Anyanwu, recently stabbed her 28 year old and undergraduate boyfriend, Adio to death with a kitchen knife in Ubomiri...
Suicide bomber kills nine in Adamawa, Bokoharam attacks Magadali
Director, Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade
The fighters of the Boko Haram Islamic sect attacked Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State on Tuesday.
An...
Female suicide bomber kills 7, injures 26 in Yobe
Damaturu- No fewer than seven people were killed and 26 others injured on Saturday when a female suicide bomber detonated an Improvised Explosive Device...
US air strike kills senior al-Qaeda official in Yemen
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has reported the death of a senior figure, his eldest son and other fighters in a US air...
Nigerian woman kills husband for sleeping with sister in America
Temitope Adebamiro, 35, a Nigerian, has been charged with killing her husband, Adeyinka Adebamiro, 37, over infidelity claims. The culprit told New Castle County...