Tag: Mother

Mother, Son, One Other Electrocuted In Ogun

Ganiyu Amodu

No fewer than three people, including a mother and child, were reportedly electrocuted at Mowe Market in Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. The incident reportedly happened on Monday following the restoration of power after the Sunday downpour. The Chairman of the Local Government, Ambassador Adesina Ogunsola, during his visit to the market on Wednesday gave a seven-day notice to all the traders with shops and stalls under the high-tension powerline to vacate to forestall the recurrence of the tragic incident. An eyewitness said that the electric shock was…

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Father, Mother, 3 Kids Die In Lagos-Badagry Expressway Crash

Ganiyu Amodu

A yet-to-be-identified man, his wife, and three children died when their Toyota Sienna car crashed into a stationary Volvo truck along the Lagos-Badagry expressway on Sunday night. The accident occurred on Sunday night around Agemowo, Buhari Estate, Mr Sulaiman Taiwo, the Unit Commander, Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Badagry, confirmed on Monday. The FRSC Commander said the Toyota Sienna with registration number JJJ 947 HM was coming from Agbara when it rammed into the stationary Volvo truck, with registration number T-8101 LA. READ ALSO: Oyo Palace Aide Who Outlived Three…

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Tears as Corper, Mother, Son, 7 Others Die in Lagos Building Collapse

Damilola Olonade

Buhari commiserates with victims’ families as Lagos ends search and rescue operations A distressed three-storey building, which collapsed in the Ebute Metta area of Lagos State, has claimed the lives of 10 tenants, including a member of the National Youth Service Corps, identified only as Oluwakemi. No fewer than 24 occupants were also injured in the tragic incident, which happened on Sunday. READ ALSO: Tears as Corper, Mother, Son, 7 Others Die in Lagos Building Collapse Mother, Son Recovered Dead, Lagos 3-Storey Building Fatalities Hit 8 2023: RCCG Pastor Demands…

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Mother, Son Recovered Dead, Lagos 3-Storey Building Fatalities Hit 8

Gbenga Adeoti

Tears flow as corpses of bread seller, her son, elderly man who had hearing impairment, another mother, her Son, three others were pulled from the rubble   Eight persons have been confirmed dead in a 3-storey building that collapsed in the Ebutte Meta axis of Lagos Mainland Local Government Area of Lagos State on Sunday Platforms Africa reports that those who died include a bread seller and her foster son, David, as well as an elderly woman and her son, Paulin. The building collapse, data compiled  by Platforms Africa showed,…

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Mother, Elder Son Kill Younger Sibling for Yahoo Plus Money Rituals

Gbenga Adeoti

Thirty-two-year-old Afeez Olalere has confessed to the operatives of the Lagos State Police Command that his mother encouraged him to kill his kid brother for money rituals Platforms Africa reports that Olalere made the shocking confession after he was arrested by men of the Nigerian Police in Ikorodu, Lagos. He said: “My mother took me to an herbalist who told me if i want to be successful in the yahoo business I will have to sacrifice one life and that person must be a sibling to me. READ ALSO: N14.7bn…

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Mother, 2 Daughters on Holiday trip to East Die in Dangote Truck Accident

Gbenga Adeoti

A woman and her two daughters on New Year holiday trip to the eastern part of Nigeria were confirmed dead in an accident involving a Dangote truck and a Ford jeep at old MRS filling station, Itako, Ijebu Ife on the Sagamu-Benin expressway, Southwestern parr of the country. Platforms Africa reports that the Spokesperson, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the incident, which occurred on Sumday, to newsmen in Abeokuta, capital of Ogun State. Akinbiyi noted that the accident occured at 12:30pm and was caused by excessive…

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