Popular Nigerian gospel artist, Morenikeji Adeleke, popularly known as Egbin Orun, is dead. Confirming the development in an Instagram post, her colleague Esther Igbekele expressed her...
No fewer than four people were burnt to death following a multiple explosion at the Eleme section of the East-West Road in Rivers State on Friday...
An industry expert, Emmanuel Uwandu, has revealed that an estimated 98,000 Nigerian women die annually due to the usage of charcoal and firewood for cooking. Speaking...
The Police Command in Niger has confirmed the death of five children by suffocation in a car on Sunday in Minna. DSP Wasiu Abiodun, the Police...
The first Emir of Damaturu, Alhaji Mai Aliyu Muhammad Biriri, is dead. Aged 82, he died in Saudi Arabia after a protracted illness, leaving behind children,...
Some persons were burnt to death in a ghastly accident at Aloma in Ofu local government area of Kogi state, on Sunday morning. An eye witness...
At least 19 travellers died and 49 others sustained varying degrees of injuries in separate accidents in Kaduna and Ogun states. In Kaduna, 13 persons died...
An aged man from Gbeganu Area in Minna, the capital of Niger State, Alhaji Muftau Mohammed, has tragically collapsed and died at Morris Police Division. Reports...
A Lagos coroner has ruled that the 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos, Master Sylvester Oromoni, who died in November 2021 under controversial circumstances suffered...
The revered Olojoda of Oda, in the Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State, Oba Julius Ajayi Adewumi Omomo, has passed away at the age...
An Air Force cadet, identified as Emmanuel Chidiebere Onyeomereneche, tragically lost his life in the swimming pool of Damgrete Hotel, Umuahia, the capital of Abia State....
The first civilian governor of Abia State, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, is dead. The former Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation in the Muhammadu Buhari administration died...
President Bola Tinubu has expressed his deepest condolences to the Onu’s family over the passing of Chief Ogbonnaya Onu, who died on Thursday at 72. This...
The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) has officially confirmed the passing of Nollywood actor John Paul Odonwodo, popularly known as Junior Pope. On Wednesday, the actor,...
Obumneme Odonwodo, the Nollywood actor better known as Junior Pope, built a multi-million naira mansion before his death. The deceased unveiled the mansion on Instagram in...
Muhammed Idris, the son of former Kogi governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, has passed away. Naija News reports that Muhammed tragically passed away in his Abuja home...
Muhammed Idris, the son of former Kogi governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, has passed away. Naija News reports that Muhammed tragically passed away in his Abuja home...
The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested a 33-year-old butcher, Ibrahim Abubakar, for allegedly stabbing his 25-year-old wife, Hajara Sa’adu. Abubakar, a resident of Sabon Gari-Futy...
The sudden death of a grassroots footballer in Agbor, headquarters of Ika South local government area of Delta state, has thrown many into mourning. According to...
Two men have been arrested in Nigeria after allegedly trying to extort an Australian teenager by threatening to release compromising photos of him online, Australian police...
A bloody clash between two suspected rival cult groups in Anambra State has resulted in the untimely death of least three individuals. Reports obtained by Naija...
The lawmaker representing Shanono/Bagwai State Constituency in the Kano State Assembly, Halilu Kundila, has passed away at age 59. Naija News reports that Kundila passed away...
The Bayelsa State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the arrest of a 17-year-old boy named Lucky Okubo in connection with the alleged murder...
A Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Gbolahan Olugbemi, has been found lifeless in his apartment in Ogbomoso, Oyo State. Reports obtained by Naija News on Tuesday...
The Police Command in Bauchi has arrested Isyaku Babale, 30, of Anguwan Dawaki in Bauchi Metropolis, for allegedly stabbing his brother to death. The spokesperson of...
In what could be described as a tragedy, the driver of a Toyota Camry crushed a five-year-old girl to death in Lagos while attempting to reverse...
One of the prominent All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirants for the upcoming governorship election in Ondo State, Paul Akintelure, has reportedly died. According to Vanguard, prior...
Concerns have been raised in Bauchi State as the death toll from the Zakkat collection stampede during the Ramadan gifts distributed by a philanthropist, AYM Shafa,...
Veteran Nollywood actor turned politician, Anayo Modestus Onyekwere, popularly known as Kanayo O. Kanayo, has taken to social media to confirm and mourn the demise of...
Police in Ondo State says a 17-year-old girl, who stabbed her aunt to death in Akure, has psychiatric problems. Police spokesperson in the state, SP Funmilayo...
Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State has ordered an investigation into the death of two young men who died while digging for a precious natural...
A teenage housemaid identified simply as Wumi has been arrested for allegedly stabbing her boss, Funmilayo Adelayi, to death in Ondo State. Mrs Adelayi, a civil...
A teenage secondary school student from Kubwa town in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has been reportedly stabbed to death. Reports obtained by Naija News on...
A 19-year-old secondary school student, residing in Kubwa town in the FCT, has been stabbed to death, allegedly by her co-tenant. The deceased, Salma Yunusa, was said...
The Federal Government of Nigeria has sent its condolences to the government and people of the Republic of Ghana over the demise of H.E. Rashid Bawa,...
A prominent member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, Alhaji Raufu Salami, has passed away. The deceased, popularly known as Olowo Adekile, was...
Unknown persons have killed a 45-year-old Kolanut merchant, Kudirat Abolarinwa, in the Ayeyemi area of Ondo in Ondo West Local Government Area of the state. The...
Some gunmen have allegedly killed a farmer identified as Mr Danjuma Emokpaire on his farm in Edo State. It was gathered that the incident happened on...
The Federal Government has expressed concern regarding the high rates of maternal and infant mortality in Sokoto State, with reports indicating that 44 out of 100...
Senate Leader, Michael Bamidele Opeyemi has mourned the death of Ekiti State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Barrister Paul Omotoso. He described his death...
More than 40 countries on Monday demanded an independent international investigation into the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny – and said President Vladimir Putin...
Chief Okeke J Omagh, the father of Enugu politician, lawyer, and former Commissioner, noEmeka Okeke, has reportedly died. Naija News learnt that the respected community and...
The police in Kwara State have arrested a suspect, Atolagbe Yemi Oje, for allegedly killing a mother of one for ritual purposes. The victim, Mayowa Ajiboye,...
The police in Kwara State have arrested a suspect, Atolagbe Yemi Oje, for allegedly raping and killing a mother of one for ritual purposes. The victim,...
Residents of Oko-Olowo and Ayelabowo communities in Ilorin South LGA of Kwara State, under the aegis of the Warafanahu Makana Aliyah Joint Community, have appealed to...
Three children of the same parents suffocated to death after their mother left them in a car to get some foodstuff. It was gathered that the...