River

Tragedy struck in Omu, a community in Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State on Saturday when two young boys, simply identified as Tunde, aged 24, and a teenager, known as Samad plunged into a river while riding on a motorcycle. The…

Tragedy struck on Thursday evening in Osogbo when one unidentified middle-aged man allegedly jumped into a  river in Osun, in an attempt to commit suicide. Though circumstances surrounding the incident still remain sketchy as of the time…

A 28-year-old housewife and mother of one, Mautin Idowu, on Wednesday asked the Badagry Customary Court in Lagos State to dissolve her five-year-old marriage to her husband, Michael, to prevent her from committing suicide. The petitioner…

ANAMBRA State Shippers’ Association, has appealed to the Federal Government to gazette and make the Onitsha River Port functional. The President of the association, Mr Emma Akpaka, who spoke in an interview with the News Agency of…

KWARA State government has warned residents of flood prone areas in the state to relocate for safety of their lives and property, rather than hold on to age long beliefs and misconception on their land. Speaking with journalists in…

A final year student of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo State, Olagundoye Oladotun, reportedly drowned in a river at Igbekebo in Ese Odo local government area of the state. The student body was pulled out of water after four days of…

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Sunday confirmed one woman dead as a vehicle plunged into Mekwe River near Bonny camp, Lagos, on Saturday night. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, the spokesman of the agency, told newsmen in Lagos…

A commercial luxury bus lost control and plunged into a river in Ikorodu area of Lagos State, at the early hours of Friday, leaving three passengers dead. An eye witness account blamed the accident on the driver's "reckless driving,"…

Against the backdrop of flood alerts by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) and the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), Mr Ademola Adeagbo of the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER), Ibadan, has…

A group under the aegis of concerned retirees in Calabar, the Cross River State capital has said that no fewer than five retirees in the state die daily without receiving their gratuities since 2003. Spokesperson of the group, 65- year…