Tag: crashes
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Just in: Many injured as ex-Senate president football team bus crashes on highway
The team bus of a Nigerian football club, Abubakar Bukola Saraki (ABS) Ilorin FC was involved in an auto crash on Monday morning along the Ogbomoso-Ilorin Expressway in Oyo State. The team is reportedly owned by Abubakar Bukola Saraki, a former Senate President and former Governor of Kwara State. It was learned that the team…
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SAD! Passenger plane with 19 people aboard crashes
A passenger plane carrying 19 people crashed during takeoff in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu on Wednesday morning, with fire crew working to douse the flaming wreckage. The Saurya Airlines plane crashed at around 11:15 am (0530 GMT), Nepal’s military said in a statement. “Rescue work is going on” with the army’s quick response team lending assistance,…
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Lawan’s 24yrs in NASS finally crashes as INEC releases final list of qualified contestants
The 24years reign of the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan finally came to an end as the apex electoral umpire INEC releases final list of eligible contestants in the 2023 general elections. The publication of the final list of candidates for national elections (presidential, senatorial and federal constituencies) was pursuant to section 32(1) of the Electoral…
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UPDATED: NAF debunks fresh military aircraft crash in Kaduna
The Nigerian Air force has debunked a report that one of its fighter jet crashed. A Nigerian air force jet was reported to have crashed at an undisclosed location in Kaduna State by an online medium. The report had said that “the fighter jet left Yola, the Adamawa capital, this morning to go clear bandits,”…
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46 perish in Ogun road crashes in nine months
No fewer than 46 persons have died in 132 road crashes in Ogun State from January to September this year. Some 173 persons sustained numerous injuries from the sad incidents. The Director, Traffic Planning, Research & Statistics for Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Commander Ajayi Babatunde attributed the crashes to excessive speeding,…
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Just in: Four dead as Russian helicopter crashes at airport
A military helicopter crashed Tuesday at an airport in Russia’s remote eastern Chukotka region, killing all four people on board, the governor said. The helicopter of the Russian defence ministry went down in the main airport in Chukotka near Anadyr, which has mixed military and civilian use. “There were three crew members and one technician…
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BREAKING: Ooni of Ife’s royal marriage allegedly crashes
There are strong indications that the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II and Queen Wuraola-Zynab Ogunwusi’s marriage has allegedly crashed. “Alas, one year down the line, the marriage has crashed irretrievably. The well-celebrated marriage has run its full course. While it lasted, they had no child. “Inside sources described the marriage as…