A bus crash in southwest China on Sunday killed 27 people, as police describes the incident as the country’s deadliest road accident so far this year. The accident took place on a highway in rural Guizhou province when the vehicle carrying a total of 47 people “flipped onto its side”, Sandu county police said in a statement published on social media. The other 20 people were being treated for injuries and emergency responders were dispatched to the scene, police said, without providing any more details. The accident happened in Qiannan prefecture — a poor, remote and mountainous part of Guizhou,…
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said that a petroleum-laden tanker had been gutted by fire in Badeggi village, along Bida-Lapai road in Bida local government area of Niger. Mr Kumar Tsukwam, the state Sector Commander said in Minna on Sunday, that the incident occurred at about 7:30 pm on Saturday. Tsukwam said that the tanker was conveying PMS to Abuja, adding, “while in motion, the tanker started leaking. ‘The driver parked and tried to fix the leakage, a fire from a tea shop ignited, followed the trail of the leakage and set the tanker ablaze, as well as two…
The President of Rotary Club of Owerri Uptown, Mrs Olaedo Ike-Godson, has promised to donate four-room toilet facility with water source and generating set to a girl-secondary school in Imo. Ike-Godson made the promise after her installation as the charter president of the club in Owerri. She promised to carry out sensitisation on the various variants of the hepatitis diseases, screening against blood sugar as well as distribute insecticide treated mosquito nets. According to her, “we will organise seminar and workshop on peace and conflict prevention for youths in the municipal. “We plan to carry out cervical cancer and breast…
Peter Hawkins, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Country Representative to Nigeria, says Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is detrimental to the development of the girl-child. He said this during News Agency of Nigeria’s (NAN) magazine programme, NAN Forum, on Sunday in Abuja. The UNICEF country representative identified Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as one of the most profound abuse of rights as a form of GBV. FGM is a procedure performed on a woman or girl to alter or injure her genitalia for non-medical reasons. It involves the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital…
The House of Representatives will resume plenary on September 20, at the temporary chamber. This is contained in a statement by Mr Yahaya Danzaria, the Clerk to the House, on Sunday in Abuja. Danzaria said due to the ongoing renovation in the old chamber, members are expected to resume plenary at the new improvised chamber in the new building with a capacity of 118 seats only. He said the new chamber has been expanded by an upper deck provision with capacity of 236 seats, adding that rooms had been connected audio-visually and electronically with large screens. He, however, said there…
The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to ensure that technology was transparently deployed to increase the confidence of the people in the electoral process. According to them, as the 2023 General Elections draw closer, measures must be taken to ensure hitch-free elections nationwide. This is contained in a communique signed by the President and Secretary, CBCN, Bishop Lucius Ugorji of Owerri and Bishop Donatus Ogun of Uromi Dioceses, respectively, at the end of the Bishop’s second plenary meeting for 2022 held in Orlu, Imo. The bishops said, ”as laudable as…
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says its digital platforms intervention has provided education access to 400 communities across the country. UNICEF Country Representative to Nigeria, Mr Peter Hawkins said this when he appeared on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum, a flagship interview programme, in Abuja. Hawkins said UNICEF, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Education, had produced Nigeria Learning Passport, which is the downloading of the full curriculum of 14,000 documents into an iOS App. According to him, anyone can access the Nigeria curriculum; the teacher can access it and girls can access it wherever they…
A mobile court in Benin has convicted 19 people for illegal parking, dropping passengers in unauthorised places, driving on one-way and other offences. The State Prosecuting Counsel, Mr Ayo Aigbokhiade, said all the convicts were apprehended within the Benin metropolis and brought for trial. Some of them pleaded not guilty to the traffic offence. Presiding Chief Magistrate, Prince Mutairu Oare, ordered the convicts to pay N25,000 fine each within two days. He, however, cautioned and discharged two other offenders who pleaded not liable and were able to prove their cases before the court. Oare said the fine was in tune with non-custodian…
Kano state government says it has earmarked over N1.2 billion for construction of roundabouts and rehabilitation of 42 roads in Kano metropolis. This is contained in a statement by Commissioner for Information, Muhammad Garba, on Sunday in Kano. He said the amount would be expended on the construction of roundabouts, rehabilitation and maintenance of roads which were in a state of disrepair as a result of the flood occasioned by torrential rains. The Commissioner said some of the roundabouts including the ones at A A Rano Filling Station and First Bank, among others, have been slated for reconstruction. “A technical…
President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Abuja on Sunday to attend the 77th General Assembly of the United Nations (UNGA77) in New York, United States. The President’s Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and some top government functionaries were at the airport to wish farewell to the president. A statement earlier issued by the President’s spokesperson, Mr Femi Adesina on Saturday, said the Nigerian leader would address the UNGA on September 21. “Aside his National Statement, the president will also participate in high level meetings and side events including the Nigeria International Economic Partnership…