One person has been confirmed dead after a fatal road accident involving medical students of the Abia State University, Uturu, along the Isiala Ngwa end of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway. It was gathered that 12 others who sustained varying degrees of injury were receiving treatment at the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia. It was learnt that the students were returning from […]
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A trigger-happy policeman has in Kano killed a motorist and a patent medicine dealer identified as Tochukwu Iro. It was gathered that Tochukwu, 42, who just got married, was shot on Wednesday by the policeman, said to be from the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, because the deceased refused to stop when ordered to do so. A source said, “The incident happened […]
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Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday embarked on extensive inspection of on-going projects across the State, where he equally flagged off the world class Epe-Marina Lagoon reclamation project aimed at giving a quantum leap to the tourism potentials of the State. Governor Ambode, who was accompanied on the inspection tour by top government functionaries, said the lagoon reclamation […]
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The Niger State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Tuesday disclosed that seven of its staffs have been incapacitated by speeding drivers in the state. According to the state Commander, Susan Ajenge, this staffs were killed on the highway while trying to enforce road safety regulations adding that they were run down by speeding drivers. Speaking to […]
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The Lagos State Government on Monday has defended the enforcement method of its Special Offences Task Force which favours the removal of number plates of erring vehicles over clamping down and towing of vehicles. The government also denied allegations of highhandedness against officials of the Task Force and those of the Special Offences Tribunal (Mobile Court), describing the coterie of […]
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About seven years after its commencement, the first phase of the Abuja-Kaduna Standards Rail Gauge was commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari, with a pledge to ensuring that the country has a working rail system. Towards this end, his administration would pursue a 25-Year Strategic Railway Master Plan which is aimed at rehabilitating the existing 3,505km narrow gauge rail line as […]
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Some suspected hoodlums have killed a 70-year-old truck driver, Jerry Akinsola, in the Iyana Ipaja area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the father of four was attacked on Tuesday around 8pm at Fashola bus stop after his truck broke down. They were said to have demanded the payment of N5,000 for ‘owo omo taku’ (breakdown fee) from the […]
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China has completed production of the world’s largest amphibious aircraft, state media has said, the latest effort in the country’s program to wean itself off dependence on foreign aviation firms. The state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) unveiled the first of the new planes, dubbed the AG600, Saturday in the southern port city of Zhuhai, the official Xinhua news […]
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says the need to have a unified road accident data in the country informed the creation of the ‘National Crash Report Information System (NACRIS)’. According to the Corps 2015 Annual Report, the NACRIS is a committee responsible for the collation and harmonisation of road traffic accident data from all agencies generating data on accident. […]
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Following the crash and subsequent explosion of a fuel tanker said to be carrying 33,000 litres of petrol on Monday at Cele Bus Stop, along the Mile 2 Expressway, two unidentified persons were reportedly burnt to death. The explosion which also consumed several cars, stretched to about 500 metres of the ever busy bus stop, gutting everything in its path, […]
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Munich’s main train station has been evacuated and metro and bus transport in the city suspended on police orders. The decision followed the killing of at least six persons by gunmen, who attacked a shopping centre in the city. Three gunmen were involved in the shooting, according to a police statement, citing witnesses. “We suspect terrorism,” a Munich police spokesman […]
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The Word of Faith Christian Centre, Kano, was thrown into mourning on Friday when a learner driver, Gloria Okocha, accidentally crushed another member of the church, Remi Nwokolor, to death. The tragedy took place at Nomansland, Sabon Gari, Kano. Our correspondent gathered that Okocha was trying to drive out of the church premises when she suddenly hit the victim before […]
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