Coverage of natural and man-made disasters, including real-time updates and recovery efforts.
A 4.9 magnitude earthquake struck Iran’s northeastern city of Kashmar on Tuesday, resulting in at least four fatalities and 120 injuries. Kashmar’s Governor, Hajatollah Shariatmadari, reported the casualty figures on state television, noting that the earthquake occurred at 1:24 PM local time (0954 GMT). He stated that 35 of the injured have been hospitalized. The…
The family members of one Mr John Ekpono of Agharoza, Iboko, in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State have been rendered homeless by Youth in the state. It was a scene of tears and agony as their houses and farmlands were destroyed by some youths in the area following a revelation by a certain…
The bodies of five workers who died in a construction site have been brought out by rescuers in Obingwu community, Ukwa West LGA of Abia State. The victims were trapped under a three-storey building construction that collapsed. Though the cause of the building collapse has not been established officially, local sources in the community blamed…
A tragic discovery was made on Saturday as a body was found off the coast of Libya, just a day after a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) rescue ship uncovered a devastating scene. On Friday, the MSF vessel recovered the bodies of 11 migrants in the same Mediterranean area and rescued over 160 people from perilous…
A bomb dating back to World War II has been found on the grounds of Frankfurt Airport on Friday. Police said that it is a phosphorus bomb that was discovered during construction work. According to the police, incendiary bombs containing white phosphorus were used on a large scale during World War II. The bomb was…
The G7 group of developed countries on Monday said it stood behind a Gaza peace deal endorsed by US President Joe Biden, and called on Hamas to accept it. “We, the Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7), fully endorse” the truce plan “that would lead to an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the release…
U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday laid out what he described as a three-phase Israeli proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza in return for the release of Israeli hostages, saying “it’s time for this war to end” and winning a positive initial reaction from Hamas. The first phase involves a six-week ceasefire when Israeli forces would withdraw…
Fierce gales and crashing waves smashed into the low-lying coast of Bangladesh and India on Monday, as an intense cyclone started to weaken as it progressed deeper inland. Two people have been killed since Cyclone Remal made landfall on Sunday night, Kamrul Hasan, secretary of Bangladesh’s disaster management ministry, told AFP. Communications are limited by the storm,…
Bandits have killed the wife of a pastor of Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), Rev. Daniel Bawa in Kwassam community, Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. One Dinah Haruna, who confirmed the incident on Tuesday, May 21, said the pastor’s wife was kidnapped alongside seven others at Kakude. Details of the incident are still sketchy…
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has died after a helicopter crash in northwestern Iran, multiple news agencies reported, citing Iranian state media. Interior Minister Ahmed Vahidi told IRNA, Iran’s state-run news agency, that a helicopter carrying Raisi and other senior Iranian officials was forced to make a “hard landing” on Sunday, without providing further details. Heavy…
At least 50 people have died due to severe rain and flooding in central Afghanistan, an official reported on Saturday. Mawlawi Abdul Hai Zaeem, head of the information department for Ghor province, told Reuters that there is no information on the number of injured from the rainstorm that began on Friday, which also disrupted many…
Two senior staff of the National Assembly were in the early hours of Friday brutalized by operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, for allegedly not properly identifying themselves at the second gate of the Complex. The staff, Chris Odoh, a Deputy Director, and John Nnadi, of the Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), ran…
At least 41 people have been killed on Indonesia’s Sumatra island after torrential downpours washed cold lava down Mount Marapi and devastated helpless villages. Hours of heavy rain over the weekend displaced chunks of volcanic rock and sent them hurtling down into the settlements below, while a nearby river breached its banks and sent…
The Central African Republic (CAR) witnesses a catastrophic loss of life as a ferry, with over 300 passengers aboard, tragically overturns near the capital city of Bangui. The calamitous event occurred as the vessel was en route to a funeral on Friday, resulting in the loss of at least 58 lives, with the fate of…
One person was killed and eight wounded in an overnight explosion at an Iraqi military base housing a coalition of pro-Iranian armed groups, officials said Saturday. The explosion hit the Kalsu military base in Babylon province south of Baghdad, where Iraq’s Popular Mobilisation Forces, or Hashed al-Shaabi, is stationed. It comes days after Iran launched…
Rainstorm has wreaked havoc at Iyara Community, the headquarters of Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State, removing roofs of over 100 houses while it rendered more than 3,000 people homeless. The rainstorm which occurred Monday night affected residents who are now counting their losses as some are currently taking shelter with neighbours, families and…
Reports from Reuters confirm that Israeli airstrikes have decimated an Iranian consulate situated in Damascus, Syria, claiming the lives of six individuals, among them a high-ranking officer of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC). During the ongoing six-month conflict in Gaza, Israel has consistently targeted Iranian installations, as highlighted in coverage by DAILY POST. According…
Two persons lost their lives in a road accident that occurred along Iseyin-Ogbomoso Road on Tuesday. Iseyin-Ogbomoso Road is the major road that links Oke Ogun and Ogbomoso in Oyo State. Our correspondent gathered that two people, a driver and one of the passengers, died in the accident. It was learnt that the 18-passenger bus…
Three individuals have tragically lost their lives in a road accident on the Ondo-Ore highway in Ondo State. The incident involved a brewery truck, fully loaded with beer, which toppled onto a Volkswagen Golf vehicle (registration number BUR 852 TS) carrying passengers to Ondo, at Liyetu area of the town. According to reports, the three…
Edited by Afolabi Hannah ABUJA—A portion of the renowned trading hub, Wuse Market, in Abuja was engulfed in flames yesterday following the alleged killing of a criminal suspect by a security operative. The identity of the officer involved, whether a police officer or a Prison officer, remained uncertain as conflicting reports emerged. Infuriated traders and…
Road crashes, also referred to as road accidents, have claimed the lives of 335 persons between December 15, 2023 to January 15, 2024, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said. Speaking at a press briefing in Abuja to mark the end of Operation Zero Tolerance Exercise, the Corps Marshal of the FRSC, Dauda Ali…
A ten-story building on Broad Street in Lagos, Nigeria was engulfed by a raging fire, destroying goods and properties worth millions of Naira. Emergency responders, including the Lagos Fire and Rescue Service, LASEMA, and the Police rushed to the scene to help extinguish the blaze. According to Margaret Adeseye, Director of the Lagos Fire and…
An explosion occurred at Novatek’s Baltic Sea terminal in Russia, which is used for processing natural gas into other products such as naphtha, jet fuel, and diesel. The terminal was attacked by a suspected Ukrainian drone, according to reports. The terminal is located on the Gulf of Finland and is the largest liquefied natural gas…
Adeleke, a survivor of the explosion that rocked Ibadan on Tuesday night, has revealed how he lost his brother, whom he named as Oladipupo, to the incident. The survivor narrated to Lagelu FM, a local broadcasting station, that while they were playing tennis at a nearby hotel, his brother decided to go outside to attend…
The management of Gasland Nigeria Ltd. has denied claims that it was responsible for the explosion that rocked Ibadan, the capital city of Oyo State, on Tuesday evening. This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday. The management of the gas company, however, said its facility remains secure and operational. The…
A 7.6 magnitude earthquake in Japan has caused homes to collapse. It also ripped up roads and triggered tsunami warnings for coastal areas. Tens of thousands of people living close to the Sea of Japan have been told to head for higher ground. Dozens of smaller earthquakes have struck central Japan since about 4 p.m….
Passengers were gripped with fear after a pilot mistakenly landed their plane on cracking ice on a notorious Kolyma River in Russia, on Thursday. The 52-year-old Antonov-24 aircraft had flown from the world’s coldest city Yakutsk and had landed by error on the ice instead of a landing strip on the riverbank in a temperature…
Beyoncé’s childhood home was consumed by a Christmas Day fire. Firefighters in Houston, Texas’ Third Ward, responded to a raging blaze on the 2400 block of Rosedale Street in the early hours of Christmas day, according to local station KIAH. They reportedly took 10 minutes to largely tamp down the flames after needing only three…
Israeli airstrikes in the central Al-Maghazi refugee camp in Gaza have reportedly killed at least 70 people, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry. The spokesperson for the Ministry added that the death toll is likely to rise, as many families are living in the area. It is unknown if the victims were civilians or militants….
Owners of shops along Roadblock in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba State, have been plunged into debt after an inferno ravaged their shops, destroying goods worth millions of naira on Saturday morning. The fire, suspected to have started from a gas cylinder, swept through the businesses along Roadblock in the Jalingo metropolis, leaving a trail…
Mrs. Imabong William, a tenant, is seeking urgent assistance from Governor Chukwuma Soludo and his wife, Dr. Nonye Soludo, after a horrifying incident where her landlady, Amaka Okonkwo, allegedly poured a scalding mixture of hot water and pepper on her. The distressing incident, which occurred in Enugwu-Ukwu, Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra on August…
