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Accidents and SafetyHealthNewsNAF Carries Out Medical Outreach To Aid Maiduguri Flood Victims

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)September 13, 2024

In response to the devastating floods that have ravaged parts of Borno State, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has commenced a sustained medical outreach to assist residents of Maiduguri affected by the crisis. A press statement on Friday signed by Kabiru Ali, Group Captain, Deputy Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF noted that it was launched on 11 September 2024 at a primary school near the NAF Base in Maiduguri. According to Ali, this...

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Accidents and SafetyNewsNigeriaEkiti Govt appeals to residents to avoid driving during flooding

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)March 10, 2024

…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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Accidents and SafetyEconomyNewsFederal Government Support Vulnerable With 42,000 Tonnes Of Grains

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)February 24, 2024

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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Accidents and SafetyCrime & SecurityNewsCourt Sentence 55-year-old To Life Imprisonment For Raping Minor

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)January 11, 2024

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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Accidents and SafetyNewsNigeriaPoliticsFour state governors on the verge of losing seats over legal tussles

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 22, 2023

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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Accidents and SafetyNewsNigeriaTwo dead as fire razes over 1,000 homes in IDP camp

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)November 17, 2023

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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Accidents and SafetyNewsNigeriaAirplane Crash: Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau Commences Investigation

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)August 2, 2023

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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Accidents and SafetyNewsNigeriaSalvation Army loses 12 officers, baby, driver to Edo accident

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)July 1, 2023

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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Accidents and SafetyNewsNigeria11 killed, 8 injured in auto crash along Benin/Ore highway

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)June 30, 2023

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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Accidents and SafetyFour Feared Dead, 12 Injured as Explosion Rocks Onitsha Market

PilotnewsNovember 9, 2022

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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