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Fuel tanker explosion kills many on Lagos-Ibadan expressway, 67 cars burnt

Jun 29, 2018 topnews

A fully-loaded 33,000-litre fuel tanker exploded on Otedola Bridge along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, yesterday killing many people and razing about 67 vehicles. 10 bodies burnt beyond recognition has been recovered so far. The tragedy occurred at about 6.05p.m., after the fuel-laden tanker, which was heading inwards Berger, had a brake failure. While the driver was trying to control the tanker, it reportedly rammed into one of the vehicles and exploded. An eyewitness, Maria Oje, described her escape as the handiwork of God. She narrated, in tears, how she saw some motorists’…

$322m Abacha loot to be shared to 302,000 poor homes

Jun 28, 2018 topnews

Disbursement of the recovered 322 million dollars Abacha loot is scheduled to commence in July by the Federal Government through Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT) to 302,000 poor households in 19 states. Mr Tukur Rumar, of the National Cash Transfer Office (NTCO), said this at a roundtable on assets recovery organised by the Swiss Embassy on Thursday, in Abuja. The event was organised to intimate citizens and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on the efforts both nations were making on asset recovery after the Post-Global Forum on Assets Recovery (GFAR) held in…

Low: Germany Lost Everything We’ve Built

Jun 28, 2018 topnews

Joachim Low says Germany have lost “everything we’ve built” and deflected questions on his own future after their World Cup exit. Germany were dumped out at the group stages by South Korea on an historic afternoon in Kazan, leaving Mexico and Sweden to progress out of Group F. Low has guided Germany to at least the semi-finals of every tournament they have played in since he took over in 2006, including their World Cup triumph in 2014. The 58-year-old said it was too soon to discuss whether he should be…

Plateau killings: Protesters get violent at Plateau Govt House

Jun 28, 2018 topnews

Following last weekend’s killing of over one hundred persons in three local government areas of Plateau State, violent protests, yesterday, rocked the Government House. The otherwise peaceful protests turned violent when no government official came out of their offices to address the protesters. The protests came on a day the Middle Belt Forum, MBF, called on communities in the region to arise and defend themselves against unabated pogrom being launched at them by herdsmen. This came as former President Olusegun Obasanjo visited Jos yesterday, and asked the federal and Plateau…

The Road to the Finals of the GTBank Masters Cup

Jun 27, 2018 topnews

Queens College Yaba, Ansar-Ud Deen Girls High School Itire, Kings College Lagos and Igbobi College progressed to the Finals of the 2018 Masters Cup football competition after semifinal games played at the Agege stadium on Tuesday 26th June 2018. The semifinals began with matches in the female category; the first game saw 2017 Champions Queens College, Yaba defeat Ansar-Ud-Deen College, Isolo by a lone goal. The 2nd semifinal saw Atlantic Hall, Epe lose to Ansar-Ud-Deen Girls High School, Itire 3-1. In the first semifinal in the male category, Kings College,…

Scientists create Self-destructive mosquitoes

Jun 27, 2018 topnews

In desperate bid to eradicate malaria, Bill Gates has donated $4.1 million to a lab creating mosquitoes that self-destruct by producing offspring that dies before reaching adulthood. Scientists at British biotech firm Oxitec are infecting female mosquitoes (the only ones that bite) with a hereditary gene that means their offspring cannot survive outside a lab. They have seen success with Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which spread Zika, reducing their populations in some regions by up to 90 percent. But now, they plan to identify a new gene to infect malaria-carrying Anopheles mosquitoes,…

Woman dumps her 12-day-old baby in pit latrine

Jun 27, 2018 topnews

Amudalat Taiwo, aged 21, has been arrested by the Ogun State police command, for dumping her 12-day-old baby inside a pit toilet. The incident occurred on June 20, at 28, Isheri Street Ilaro. Taiwo was said to have thrown the baby into the pit because she could not cater for the newborn. It was gathered that Taiwo was apprehended following reports from her landlord, Oshunshina Olawale, who went to urinate at the wee hours of the day only to hear cries of a baby inside the latrine. Olawale was said…

Fayemi accuses Fayose of producing election materials in Govt House

Jun 27, 2018 topnews

Dr. Kayode Fayemi, APC candidate for the forthcoming Ekiti state gubernatorial election, has accused Governor Ayodele Fayose of producing sensitive election materials at the Government House. Fayemi in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday said the governor in conjunction with some named officials of the electoral body were plotting to compromise the July 14 election. The former minister of Mines and Steel development listed three officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC of collaborating with the governor in the alleged plot. While calling on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to call its…

Oby Ezekwesili assaulted by Presidential Guards

Jun 27, 2018 topnews

Former Minister of Education, Dr Oby Ezekwesili was allegedly assaulted yesterday by security operatives attached to the State House in Abuja, alongside members of the #Bring Back Our Girls BBOG movement during a protest denouncing the perceived indifference of the Federal Government to the wave of killings across the country. The protesters had earlier disclosed of their readiness to march on to the State House, but they were stopped by armed security operatives at the gate of the villa. In a petition addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari, Ezekwesili said: “Having…

Senator Abaribe released on bail

Jun 27, 2018 topnews

Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, lawmaker representing the Abia South Senatorial District, has been released on bail by the Department of State Services (DSS). Abaribe’s lawyer, Chukwuma-Machukwu Ume, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, confirmed the release. Asked if there was any condition attached to the bail, Ume said, “No condition except that he should be showing up from time to time. There is nothing more.” A statement issued by the media aide read, “About 6.32pm on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe walked into freedom after five days in the DSS…