By Emmanuel Chigbata (Staff Reporter) Anambra State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission, Mr. Adeoye Irelewuyi says over one thousand officers and men of the Command would be deployed across major roads in the State during the Easter celebration. Mr. Irelewuyi disclosed this while chatting with newsmen in his office in Awka. According to him, “a total of four hundred and twenty Regular Marshals will be deployed alongside six hundred and four Special...
SOKOTO — Twenty nine (29) passengers including a bride-to-be and five children of a traditional ruler perished in a boat mishap. The incident occurred around 8: am on Wednesday, April 13 at Gidan Magana village, Ginga settlement in Shagari Local Government Area of Sokoto state. The victims, mostly children between nine and 17 years old, were crossing the river to a nearby bush to fetch firewood which they sold in their community. Six of the...
The management of the Nigeria Railway Corporation, NRC, says 21 passengers are still missing, based on the families that the terrorists have been contacting via telephone. It has, however, confirmed the safety of 170 passengers out of the 362, who boarded train AK9 enroute Kaduna from Abuja attacked by bandits on Monday night last week. The Managing Director of the NRC, Fidet Okhiria, in a statement notes that as of yesterday (Sunday), four of the...
MAIDUGURI — Due to the improved security situation along the busy Maiduguri-Damaturu road, motorists and commuters plying the road have commended security personnel and all those involved in the development. A cross-section of motorists and commuters who spoke to NAN yesterday in Maiduguri said the improved safety was a big relief to them. A cross-section of motorists and commuters who spoke to NAN yesterday in Maiduguri said the improved safety was a big relief that...
A China Eastern passenger jet carrying 132 people crashed in southern China on Monday, aviation authorities has said, with media reporting, it led to a fire on a mountain and the number of casualties are unknown. The Boeing 737 flight from Kunming city to the southern hub of Guangzhou “lost airborne contact over Wuzhou” city in the Guangxi region, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said in an online announcement. “At present, it has...
MAIDUGURI — No fewer than 450 temporary shelters have been destroyed by fire at the Government Girls Secondary School IDP camp in Mafa, Borno state, though no life was lost or injury recorded. However, food and other valuable goods worth millions were destroyed in the inferno The head of the Camp, Ahmodu Abatcha, while briefing Local Council Chairman Abatcha Kawu, said the fire broke out at 03:40 pm, and that the community promptly mobilized security...
ABUJA — All impounded, accident and unregistered exhibit vehicles parked within police facilities across the country have been ordered for immediate evacuation. A statement on Tuesday by the acting Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba said all heads of police stations and formations should embark on due process to carry out the needful evaluation and release such vehicles in these categories, on bond, to...
KANO — Properties worth millions of naira at First Ladies College, Mariri, Nasarawa Local Government Area of Kano State were burnt in a fire outbreak. A warehouse used by the Kano State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) and other parts of the First Ladies College, Mariri, Nasarawa Local Government Area of Kano State were burnt to ashes. The Kano State Executive Secretary of SEMA, Dr. Saleh Aliyu Jili attributed the cause of the fire to grass...
LAGOS — The Lagos State government, on Saturday, sealed off Havillah Event Centre in Oniru area of Lagos, where petrol was shared with guests as a souvenir at a party. The kegs of petrol were seen handed to guests at the party to celebrate Ogbu’s installation as Erelu Okin of Orile Kemta at the Havillah Event Place, Oniru in Lagos. In a post titled, “Lagos Seals Event Centre”, the police said, the event centre was...
The Gombe State Police Command has arrested one Ibrahim Saidu, 25-year old panel beater alias Shetti of Akko in Akko Local Government Area of Gombe State, for allegedly stabbing a commercial motorcycle operator to death for hitting his dog. The Commissioner of Police (CP) in the state Babatunde Ishola Babaita who paraded the suspect alongside the Dog, said the “okada” rider, Saleh Babayo died before medical attention could be rendered at the General hospital Kumo....
