A 55-year-old man, identified as Abdulhamid Muhammad, has died after falling into a well while trying to rescue his sheep in Kano state.

According to reports, Muhammad sadly lost his life after he drowned while trying to rescue a sheep that had fallen into the well.

The sad incident happened at Sha’iskawa village in Danbatta Local Government Area of Kano State.

The Public Relations Officer of the state’s Fire Service, Alhaji Saidu Mohammed confirmed the incident.

He said,

“We received a distress call from Danbatta fire station through one Malama Ummi, On receiving the information, we quickly sent our rescue team to the scene at about 4.42 a.m”.

“Muhammad‘s corpse was removed from the well and taken to Danbatta General Hospital.”He added.

In other news, a man identified as Murtala Muhammad, was rescued by men of the Kano State Police Command after being locked up in a room by his father for 30 years.

The development came after the police rescued one Ibrahim Lawan, a man held captive by his father for 15 years in the same city.

Muhammad, a resident of Kofar Fada in Rogo Local Government Area of ​​Kano State, was rescued by the police and Human Rights Network on Thursday.

Comrade AA Haruna Ayagi, Executive Director of Human Rights Network, said Muhammad was 25 years old when he was locked up in the house.

The 55-year-old victim was said to have been chained because he is mentally ill.

No fewer than 100 houses have been washed away by a heavy downpour in Damagum and Gulani Local Government Area of Yobe State, rendering families homeless.

Executive Secretary, Yobe State Emergency Management Agency, (SEMA), Dr. Mohammed Goje confirmed this incident on Wednesday via the agency’s verified Facebook page.

“As heavy downpour led to flood that washed several houses in Damagum and Gulani within the week, SEMA had deployed its technical assessment team to assess the damages caused by the unfortunate incident and commiserated with those affected across the affected communities”, he said.

According to reports, the flood victims has received relief materials in the form of food and building items from the Yobe State Government through the relief agency to soften the impact of the flood.

Fire on Wednesday engulfed the Access Bank branch on Adetokunbo Ademola Street, in the Victoria Island area of Lagos State.

The fire started from a diesel-laden truck and a car on the bank’s premises.

The PUNCH gathered the diesel-laden truck was offloading diesel for the generators of the bank when it caught fire in the process.

While the diesel truck and the car had been completely razed by the fire, emergency responders salvaged the situation by preventing the fire from escalating.

Confirming the incident, the General Manager, LASEMA, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said, “On arrival at the incident scene, it was observed that a fully loaded 33,000 litres diesel tanker with number plate AKD 637 XP and a car stationed beside it with number plate AKD 234 FA were completely ravaged by the fire.