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Ethiopian Airlines has banned passengers from using Ghana-Must-Go on any of its flights from Nigeria, according to reports. The restriction was disclosed in a letter signed by Henok Gizachew, the airline’s Manager of Airport Services, addressed to the Regional Manager of the Federal Airports Authority Of Nigeria (FAAN). “The use …

A truck overloaded with food items and more than 200 people crashed, killing 25 passengers and injuring dozens of others in north-central Nigeria’s Niger state, according to reports. “The truck was on its way to Nigeria’s economic hub of Lagos when it crashed in Takalafia village in Niger’s Magama district,” …

Nigerian music star Rema announced he has cancelled all his shows in December to focus on his health. In an Instagram post, the Afrobeats star said he had neglected his health due to constant tours. The star, who had shows lined up across Nigeria and in South Africa later this …

A four-year-old boy has drowned in a canal on his way back from church at Awori Street, Dopemu, Agege in Lagos State, Nigeria. “The deceased was swept away by the flood that accompanied the heavy rain,” according to reports. “The deceased followed a neighbour to church as he was unable …

The corpse of missing 12-year-old was found with some of his body parts missing at Kotogbo community inside Asero Estate, Abeokuta, Nigeria. It’s an incident that has thrown residents into mourning. “The school boy went missing after trying to check on a customer who earlier carried out a  PoS transactions …

More than 4,000 Nigerian prisoners were released as part of a campaign to reduce prison overcrowding in Nigeria, the Nigerian Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo announced. “We have announced the release of 4,068 prisoners detained because of their inability to pay their fines,” said the minister. “Only prisoners whose fines do …

The private Catholic-run Godfrey Okoye University (GOUNI) in south-eastern Nigeria’s Enugu state has received court approval to conduct a mass burial of 33 bodies abandoned at the mortuary of its teaching hospital. Some of the bodies have remained unclaimed for 18 years, the university’s Vice-Chancellor Christian Anieke said on Sunday. …

The body of a seven-year-old girl was found in a well after she went misssing in the Shasha area of Akure, the state capital, Nigeria. “The girl was missing before her body was discovered in the well, days after she was not seen around,” reports said. A friend of the …

A commercial driver has collapsed and died while driving along the Epe Road in Lagos State, Nigeria, according to reports. “The driver was driving an Opel Zafira wagon with registration number KJA584HU when he slumped while steering the wheel,” reports said. The Chairman of the Road Transport Association of Nigeria …

The Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced a bricklayer to life imprisonment for deflowering a 13-year-old girl in Agbawaye Street, Agbado Oke-Odo Command Area of the state, Nigeria. “The victim was asked to be seen by her aunt when she arrived at the place, she found the suspect,” …