Tragedy! PhD student dies on convocation day
By Femi Shodunke NIGERIA: IT was a mixture of joy and sadness last Saturday at the 32nd convocation ceremony of the University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State. A doctorate degree student of the university, Dr. AbdulHafeez Adedimeji, died few hours to his convocation ceremony, while a female graduate of Medicine at the university, Faidat […]
Enugu tragedy: Committee indicts operator at Auckland Park
By Maureen Edozie (Enugu) NIGERIA: THE committee set up by the Enugu State government to look into the amusement park tragedy which claimed the lives of three children last July 11 has indicted the operator on duty. The panel concluded that the operator at the Auckland Park took a wrong decision that must have caused […]
Tragedy again: 717 die in Mecca stampede
SAUDI ARABIA: TRAGEDY again struck in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Thursday barely two weeks after 107 pilgrims were killed and over 200 injured in crane crash. No fewer than 717 pilgrims died in a stampede while participating in the hajj rituals to mark the Sallah celebration in the holy land. Nigerians were among the victims, […]
