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…As man’s lifeless body was found in flooded river The Ekiti State Government has appealed to residents to avoid driving or trekking during torrential rainfall that has capacity to cause flooding. It further urged them not to be in a panic mode over the dead body of a man suspected to be a commercial motorcyclist that was discovered inside Ureje River, in Ado Ekiti, on Saturday. Chief (Mrs) Monisade Afuye, the Ekiti State Deputy Governor spoke on Saturday, when...

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To cushion the effect of hardship faced by Nigerians due to economic recession, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security is to support vulnerable populations across the country with 42,000 metric tonnes of assorted food commodities. A statement by the special adviser Information to the President, Bayo Onanuga, said Nigerians will not need to pay for the grain bags, as they are free, attributed the delay in bagging the grains as the bags were freshly ordered...

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A Magistrate court in Minna Niger State has sentenced one Yau Ibrahim, a 55-year-old of Angwa- Daji area of Minna, the state capital to life imprisonment for raping a 6-year-old girl. The convict who raped the minor on August 23, 2023, also infected the victim with “incurable venereal disease.” Senior Magistrate, Hafsat Abdullahi Bawa Wuse, who sentenced the rapist, rejected the plea for leniency by the convict, “because of the magnitude of the offense, as...

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Barely six months after coming into power, four state governors are battling to complete their first four-year term after the court invalidated their elections. The governors affected by the tsunami of sacks include Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State, Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State, Abba Yusuf of Kano State and Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State. Abdullahi Sule (APC) The election tribunal in Lafia, Nasarawa State in October declared David Ombugadu of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,...

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Devastation descended upon the Muna Alamdari IDP camp in Maiduguri, Borno State on Wednesday morning. A raging fire that swept through the camp claimed two lives and destroyed more than a thousand homes. The inferno sparked at dawn around 6:00 a.m. and reigned for over an hour before it was brought under control by emergency firefighters. Security agencies and some internally displaced persons [IDPs) in the camp also assisted in extinguishing the fire. The State...

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The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has commenced investigation into an accident involving a Jabiru J430, a light single airplane with Registration number 5N-CCQ operated by Air First Hospitality & Tours, which crashed around 1500hrs local time at Oba Akran area of Lagos State on August 1, 2023 with no fatalities. The aircraft was on a test flight within Lagos with two passengers onboard, before it crashed and caught fire, but the spread was contained...

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The Salvation Army Nigeria Territory announced the death of 12 of its officers in a fatal auto accident at Ovia River close to Benin City, Edo State, while they were returning from Officers’ Councils Conference in Lagos. A statement issued by the Public Relations Secretary of the organization, Major Daniel Ekong, stated thus, “the Salvation Army has lost 12 of its officers (pastors), a baby and a driver in a fatal accident occurred at the...

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Eleven persons have lost their lives, while eight others sustained various degrees of injuries in an auto crash along Benin/Ore highway The accident occurred on Thursday along the Edo State section of the Benin-Lagos expressway. It was gathered that the accident happened at about 11am at the Ovia River notorious for accidents due to a failed section of the road by the Ovia river bridge. According to report, the accident happened when a Dangote truck...

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By Handel Patrick (Staff Reporter)   Four persons are feared to have died while 12 others sustained varying degrees of injuries, following an explosion at the Onitsha Chemical Market on Tuesday. Sources said the explosion led to an inferno in the area, with over N850million worth of goods destroyed in the process. The explosion occurred at about 12:45 pm at the market, which led to a stampede, and later fire. A source said the four...

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Train services on the Abuja-Kaduna rail line will resume this month, the federal government has said. The minister of transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, made this known on Monday at a press briefing organized by the ministry of information and culture in Abuja. Recall that the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) had suspended the Abuja-Kaduna train operations indefinitely after a train that took off from the Idu Train Station in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on 28 March...

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