Posts tagged as: death

BP Oil Spill ‘A Whale’ Tests Inconclusive: High Seas to Blame

For over two months now, scientists and engineers working the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster have yet to bring the rigs gusher under control. Tar balls begin spreading westward washing up on Texas beaches.

BP Oil Spill Damage Assessment Wildlife Death and Injury Report

Field-level staff of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service along with the National Oceanic Atmosphere Administration have been documenting dead and injured wildlife and marine life as a result of the Deepwater Horizon Disaster. BP will never be able to recover the loss of this life.

Execution Fate of 300 Nigerians on Death Due to Prison Overcrowding

A mass execution of 300 prisoners on death row scheduled to create more space and reduce over crowding in the Nigerian prisons.

22 Reported Dead, 3 Injured in Nigerian Road Accident

Accident involves an 18-seat Toyota Hiace bus and an Izuzu Min truck carrying aluminum rods.

Nigerian Police to Pay 100 million Naira for Illegal Killing

The Maiduguri state High Court of Nigeria has ordered the Nigerian Police Force to pay the total sum of 100 million Naira as a compensation fee for the murder of a 70 year-old man, Alhaji Baba Fugu Mohammed

10 Nigerian Workers Die in Excavation Accident

Ten Nigerian workers died today when the pit they were working in collapsed. The laborers digging the pit have been confirmed dead. The incident occurred on Thursday at Lajawa village of Wudil Local Government Area of Kano State, Nigeria.

Nigeria | Controversy over Number of Casualties in latest Religious Violence

By: Victor Ulasi, Nigeria It was a sad development as the Plateau state Government prepared for the burial of 380 innocent victims killed during the recent religious crash between Christians and Muslims. The killings occurred in Dogo Na Hawa village on Sunday morning, March 7, 2010 and was said to be a counter revenge by the Muslims on the [...]

More Violence in Iraq | Top UN envoy in Iraq shocked by killing of scores of pilgrims

The top United Nations official in Iraq today expressed his shock and sadness at the suicide bombing targeting Shi’a pilgrims, reportedly killing over 40 people.

Nigerian Religious crisis: Government orders evacuation of indigenes back to respective states as Military takes over security

As the bloody mass massacre of humans by humans in the name of Religion continuous in Northern Nigeria which have led to the death of dozens and still counting, the governors of Ekiti, Delta, Abia, Kogi, Kwara state have ordered the immediate evacuation of their various indigenes residing in the city back to their various hometown, stating that all indigenes of the state living in Jos, will be evacuated within one week.

Two Former San Juan Municipal Police Officers Sentenced for Using Excessive Force Resulting in Death

WASHINGTON – Two former San Juan, Puerto Rico, Municipal Police Officers, Elias Perocier Morales and Eliezer Rivera Gonzalez, were sentenced yesterday in federal court for using excessive force that resulted in the death of Jose Antonio Rivera Robles, the Justice Department announced.

Perocier Morales received a sentence of 10 years in prison. Rivera Gonzalez received a sentence of six and a half years in prison.