KATSINA — Some Nigerian customs officers allegedly killed six people and injured 20 others in a car accident in Jibia town of Katsina State early Monday morning. A Hilux van belonging to the Nigeria Customs Service rammed into a people by a roadside while chasing a J5 Peugeot bus they suspected was involved in rice smuggling. A resident of the area, Kabir Jibia, who witnessed the incident reported that it occurred around 8:am after the...

Yobe state Governor, Mai Mala Buni, has disclosed plans by his administration to drill boreholes in all fire stations across the state in order to boost the capacity of the fire service to respond effectively to emergencies. Represented by his deputy Idi Gubana, the governor who disclosed this Thursday in Damaturu, the state capital, when he received a modern firefighting truck from the Federal Fire Service FFS. He noted that the truck will boost emergency...

AWKA — The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra State Sector Command, says it apprehended 108 motorists for driver’s licence violation in the ‘Operation Show Your Driver’s Licence’ in the state. The FRSC headquarters in Abuja has directed state commands to go after driver’s licence defaulters from July 5 to July 11. The operation targets motorists without valid licences, expired ones, and those with expired temporary copies. The Sector Commander, Mr. Adeoye Irelewuyi, told the...

Mr. Joseph Ityav, the Chairman of the Governing Board of the Hydro Power Producing Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC) said no fewer than 350 people have died in different boat accidents across the country in the last year. Ityav disclosed this in Malele town in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State at the flag-off of cutting of tree logs and removal of huge debris from the Shiroro and Kainji lakes. He said of the figure,...

YOLA — An inferno on Sunday destroyed 350 beds and beddings at the Yola Specialist Hospital. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained at the time of filing this report. Deputy Governor Crowther Seth on receiving the news immediately visited the scene to assess the level of damage done by the inferno for government action. Seth who sympathized with the hospital management on the sad development pledged to intimate Governor Ahmadu Umaru...

ABAKALIKI –The Ebonyi Fire Service on Thursday trained 98 members of the state chapter of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Retailers (LPGRA) on proper handling of fire fighting tools and risk control measures. The retailers are members of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers. The state Chief Fire Officer, Mr. Raphael Ibiam, said the training was designed to reawaken the consciousness of the participants on safety. According to Ibiam, the sensitization will also help...