Commercial Bus Explosion on Sagamu Road Kills Nine, Leaves Three Injured 1
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Commercial Bus Explosion on Sagamu Road Kills Nine, Leaves Three Injured

No fewer than nine persons were reportedly burnt to death, while three others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a commercial bus explosion that happened at Ijebu Ife along the Ore-Ijebu Ode-Sagamu Road in Ogun State. The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, Ogun State Command, Clement Oladele, confirmed the incident. Oladele, in a statement,

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Two Die as Small Aircraft Crashes in South Africa 3
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Two Die as Small Aircraft Crashes in South Africa

Two people on Monday were reportedly dead when their two-seater aircraft crashed at Ekurhuleni, Gauteng Province, said the City’s Disaster and Emergency Management Services (DEMS). DEMS spokesperson, William Ntladi, said the aircraft crashed near Springs Airfield, and that rescuers were called to the scene. “Both patients were found inside the wreckage when paramedics and rescuers

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Unknown Gunmen Attack Community in Taraba, Kill 4, Burn 100 Houses, Shops 5
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Unknown Gunmen Attack Community in Taraba, Kill 4, Burn 100 Houses, Shops

Unknown Gunmen on Friday invaded Dan-Anacha village in the Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba State, killing four people and burning homes. There has been uneasy calm in Dan-Anacha following the renaming of the village by the state government from Dan-Anacha to Kwararafa. Tiv have been locked in a fierce battle with Jukun over  who owns the village. Residents told our

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Five Persons Killed in Kaduna Gas Explosion – Police Confirm 9
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Five Persons Killed in Kaduna Gas Explosion – Police Confirm

The Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed the death of five persons in the gas explosion at Sabon Tasha in Kaduna metropolis on Saturday afternoon. The Command’s Public Relations Officers, DSP Yakubu Sabo, made the confirmation in a press statement issued in Kaduna. Sabo added that four other persons sustained various degrees of injuries in

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Lone Accident Kills Four, Injures Others on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway 10
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Lone Accident Kills Four, Injures Others on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

No fewer than four persons were confirmed dead while four others sustained injuries in a lone accident around Pipeline Junction, Ogere, Ogun State, on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The Spokesperson for Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abeokuta on Thursday. Akinbiyi noted that the accident

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