Monday, June 12, 2023, will linger for a long time in the history of the people of Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State.While Nigerians were eagerly waiting to celebrate the June 12 Democracy Day declared a public holiday by the Federal government, tragedy struck in the area as a boat overloaded with 270 wedding guests capsized, killing about 106 people between Niger and Kwara states on the River Niger.About 144 people survived the boat accident, which occurr...

The Kwara State command of the Nigeria Police Force has confirmed that at least 103 residents in the Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State died from a boat accident that occurred on Monday.This was confirmed by the state spokesperson for the Kwara State Police Command, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, who said the deceased were returning from a marriage ceremony on Monday when the boat that was transporting them capsizedThe names of survivors will be made public as soon as...

The Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU), Ikoyi, Lagos, has arrested one Miss Cynthia Atuonah, 21, over a romance scam in which she allegedly duped a German of 220,000 dollars (N101 million)Spokesperson of the police fraud unit, SP Eyitayo Johnson, stated in Lagos on Wednesday that the suspect, who claimed to be a model and owner of a massage spa known as “The-Chi-Place’’, lured the victim on Instagram.The suspect, a 2019 graduate of Economics, Nnamdi Azikiwe University...