Tag: injured
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#NGAZAM: Scores injured at Godswill Akpabio Stadium stampede
Several people were injured yesterday following a stampede at the entrance of Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital. According to The Punch, the incident occurred while football enthusiasts tried to enter the stadium. The fans, who were at the stadium to watch a match between the Super Eagles of Nigeria…
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Photos: 5 dead, 3 injured as truck falls on commercial bus in Lagos
There was pandemonium early Saturday morning at the Ojota area of Lagos as an articulated truck with registration number AKD 663 KF conveying a 40 feet container laden with plywood fell on a Volkswagen commercial bus (Danfo) with registration number FST 944 XR. TheNewsGuru.com reports that five of the passengers in the bus died on…
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Tragedy as 120 die in oil tanker fire
Over 100 people have died and another 100 injured after an overturned oil tanker caught fire. The tragedy at the Ahmad Sharqia area of Bahawalpur in Pakistan on Sunday morning occurred as a crowd attempted to scoop fuel from the tanker. The tanker exploded. Dozens of motorbikes and cars passing by were caught in the…
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![Boko Haram leader, Shekau dismisses reports of being injured in air strike [new video]](https://thenewsguru.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Shekau-1.png)
Boko Haram leader, Shekau dismisses reports of being injured in air strike [new video]
Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau has released a video discrediting reports that he was injured in a recent air strike. This was revealed by international journalist, Ahmad Salkida who was once detained for releasing a video by the sect. According to Salkida, Shekau who shared the video around 1PM on Thursday, just 12 hours after…