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Tragedy in Abuja: Ex-Immigration CG Parradang Found Dead in Hotel Room

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has said the former Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service, David Parradang, was found dead in a hotel room in Abuja, hours after lodging with a female guest. The command, in a statement by its spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, on Tuesday, said the retired CG checked into Joy House Hotel, Area 3 Junction, on Monday, at around 12:00 PM, driving a black Mercedes Benz. Adeh said he booked a...

Ibadan Fuel Station Fire: Driver and Motor Boy Burnt to Death

Early Tuesday morning, a terrible fire broke out at the Orita Challenge branch of GABSTAB Petrol Station in Ibadan, killing two men. A statement published by the General Manager of the Oyo State Fire Services Agency, Yemi Akinyinka, stated that the victims were a petrol tanker driver and his motor boy. Akinyinka described the fire service’s prompt response, stating, “We received information about the GABSTAB Mega Petrol Station, Orita Challenge, fire incident at 5.15 a.m....

  Tragedy struck on the waters of Bayelsa State, as a wooden boat carrying 20 people, mostly vendors transporting food and goods to coastal communities, caught fire and exploded in the middle of the river.  According to the police, all 20 occupants lost their lives in the devastating accident, which occurred at the Ezetu 1 community river in Southern Ijaw local government area.  Rescue efforts are currently underway to retrieve the bodies of the drowned...

The soldiers died exactly a week after the military personnel who were murdered while on a peace mission in Delta State were laid to rest at National Military Cemetery in Abuja. A Lieutenant Colonel in the Nigerian Army and six soldiers have lost their lives in an ambush by the Boko Haram terrorists along Biu-Buni Yadi road, Borno State.   The soldiers died exactly a week after the military personnel who were murdered while on...