Accident

Fire gutted the popular Ogbe-Ijoh Market in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, destroying several goods worth millions of naira. The market is well known to be one of the biggest fish markets across the country. Although the cause of the fire incident is still sketchy as of the time of filing this […]

Three persons have been confirmed dead after a church building collapsed at Okpanam community in Delta State. A woman and two girls lost their lives to the incident which occurred on Tuesday in Oshimili North Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer in Delta, Bright Edafe, confirmed the number of […]

Proceedings were stalled today at the coroner inquest sitting in Ikeja to investigate the circumstances which led to the Nov.1 collapse of a 21-storey high-rise building located at Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, Lagos. A power outage did not allow the proceedings to go on. The building collapse was said to have resulted in the death of […]

Twenty people have been confirmed dead with seven others rescued after a boat carrying passengers capsized in Bagwai River in Bagwai Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano State. According to an eyewitness, the accident happened on Tuesday evening. Authorities of the Kano State Police Command confirmed the incident to Channels Television on Wednesday. Police Public Relations Officer […]

No fewer than three persons have been confirmed killed in a gas tanker explosion in the Ikeja area of Lagos State. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, a spokesperson for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), disclosed this in a telephone interview. The incident occurred on Thursday night after a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) tanker exploded at Mobolaji […]

Seven persons have been killed after a military aircraft crashed a few yards off the runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja.  Confirming the incident on Sunday, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) spokesman, Air Vice Marshal Ibikunle Daramola stated that the Beechcraft KingAir B350i aircraft crashed while returning to Abuja Airport after reporting engine […]

The house of Sunday Adeyemi ‘Igboho’, the man at the centre of the recent eviction controversy in Oyo State, was set ablaze in the early hours of Tuesday. Confirming the incident to Channels Television, the Oyo State Police Command said it received a distress call about the fire around 6 am. The distress report said […]

At least 23 persons have been confirmed dead and many others injured following a tanker explosion on Wednesday morning at the Felele axis of Lokoja the Kogi State capital. Over five vehicles were completely burnt in the road crash and eyewitnesses say some of the victims include students of Kogi Polytechnic. Confirming the casualty figure […]

Two persons were killed and four injured in a road accident in the Anthony area of Lagos State. Channels Television learned that the accident occurred when four vehicles involving two trucks, a tanker and a commercial bus had a collision. This was confirmed in a statement issued on Wednesday by Director-General of the Lagos State […]