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  • Pandemonium as dozens feared dead after train crash in India

    Pandemonium as dozens feared dead after train crash in India

    Pandemonium as dozens of people were feared dead, 132 were injured after an express passenger train derailed in India’s eastern Odisha state on Friday.

    Pradeep Kumar Jena, Odisha’s top official, confirmed that 132 injured people had been taken to three local healthcare centres, called CHCs.

    The train had left from eastern West Bengal state at 3.30pm and was scheduled to reach southern Chennai in Tamil Nadu city on Saturday.

    “Preliminary reports have revealed that several compartments went off the rails. Medical teams rushed to the spot,” said Aditya Kumar Chowdhury, chief public relations officer of Southeastern Railway.

    Balasore’s top officer Dattatraya Shinde said that about 100 people had been rescued but nearly 200 were still trapped.

    “The rescue operation is going on. We will know the exact figures tomorrow after the rescue operation is over,” Mr Shinde told Republic TV, a news channel.

    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi while reacting to the incident said he was distressed by  his thoughts are with the bereaved families.

    January last year, nine people were killed and dozens injured after a dozen coaches of a train derailed in West Bengal state.

    In 2016, at least 150 people died and more than 150 were injured in one of the deadliest train accidents in the country after a train derailed in northern Kanpur city.

  • EDO: Armed robbers attack 4 banks in Uromi

    EDO: Armed robbers attack 4 banks in Uromi

    There was pandemonium in Uromi, Esan North East Local Government of Edo State, as armed robbers attacked four commercial banks and killed five people.

    The robbery took place on Thursday.

    Suspected armed robbers wasted no time during their operation

    Eyewitnesses described the robbery as a coordinated attack.

    According to them, some policemen were among the casualties of the unfortunate incident.

    An eyewitness, who pleaded anonymity, alleged that the armed robbers carted away unspecified huge sums of money from the affected banks.

    He said, “The attacks were well coordinated, as the suspected armed robbers wasted no time during their operation.

    “It was done in a commando-style, and the armed robbers launched the attacks simultaneously. We have not heard or seen such attacks in this town before.”

    The eyewitness noted that the incident created panic in the community.

    It was gathered that some of the residents, who reside around the banks, have abandoned their homes, squatting with friends and families.

    The Edo State Police Command Public Relations Office, Kontongs Bello, confirmed the attacks, saying, “That’s true”, but did not provide further details.

  • Pandemonium as soldiers go on the rampage in Oshodi

    Pandemonium as soldiers go on the rampage in Oshodi

    There is palpable confusion in the Oshodi area of Lagos as some soldiers go on the rampage, destroying vehicles.

    Videos posted on social media by some residents showed the moments terrified traders try to hide, as others take to their heels.

    Pictures of vandalized vehicles were also posted on Twitter by some commuters.

    Although the cause of the crisis is yet to be known, some residents claim that a military officer was killed the previous day in the area.

    The rioting soldiers were also said to be targeting hoodlums.

    The state Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, said he was awaiting a report on the incident from the Divisional Police Officer in charge of the area.

     

     

    Details later…..

  • Pandemonium as hoodlums loot, wreck shops in Ibadan

    Pandemonium as hoodlums loot, wreck shops in Ibadan

    No fewer than 15 shops were on Saturday vandalized, looted and razed at Agbeni Ologede market, Ibadan on Saturday by suspected hoodlums.

    Goods worth tens of millions were both stolen and destroyed while the incident lasted.

    According to unconfirmed sources, the shops were razed to cover up the lootings perpetrated by the yet-to-be-identified hoodlums.

    The sources noted that the thugs suspected to be from the area arrived around 5am while the operation lasted for one hour.

    He noted that the act was perpetrated by the hoodlums under the pretense of reprisal attack on a rival cult group, in the area.

    Some of the residents who noticed the flame from the affected shops alerted officers of the Oyo State fire service around 6am .

    TheNewsGuru gathered that the fire fighters who ran to the scene were repelled by the hoodlums, who attacked them with cutlass and other dangerous weapon.

    Some of the victims and other traders at the market decried the extent of the damage done by the inferno.

    The residents also explained that the day started with pandemonium as a series of gun shots were heard in what seem an exchange of fire between the suspected hoodlums and security operatives.

    The Director of Fire Service in Oyo State, Mr Moshood Adewuyi confirmed that the damaged was done by the hoodlums adding that his men were also attacked.

    Condemning the action of the thugs, the fire fighter boss appealed to residents of the state and other Nigerians to see security as collective responsibility.

    He said the timely intervention of the officers and men of the operation burst brought normalcy to the area, noting that only 10 shops were identified to have been razed while others were burnt beyond recognition.

    He said five other other lock up stalls made of wood were also torched.

     

  • Pandemonium as explosion rocks Rivers flour mill factory

    Pandemonium as explosion rocks Rivers flour mill factory

    Residents of Industry and Harbour Road in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area of Rivers State were in pandemonium over an explosion that rocked the state-owned ailing ‘Flour Mill Company Limited’.

    The explosion which happened on Friday was said to have stunned both residential houses and business premises within and far away, causing panic, as some ran out of their houses to find out what had happened.
    Though the cause of the explosion at the flour mill which has been non-functional for over a year could not be determined, observers described the sound resulting from it as ‘very loud’, saying it instantly resulted in a huge fire.
    One of the eyewitnesses said that though the factory was not operational, some persons were offloading some unnamed products when he left the facility about the time the incident took place; even as firefighters responded to a distress call put across to them.
    The Flour Mills facility is surrounded by the Nigerian Ports Authority, Ports and Terminal Operators Limited, the Nigeria Customs Service and other business concerns.
    When called, the Rivers State Commissioner for Special Duties, Thomas Bariere, confirmed the incident, saying no casualty was recorded.

  • EdoDecides2020: Pandemonium as one feared shot in Edo

    EdoDecides2020: Pandemonium as one feared shot in Edo

    One person has been reportedly shot at Ologbo in Ikpoba Okah LGA, Edo State.

     

    When reached on the alleged shooting at Ologbo Dukedoom, the Enogie, HRH Jason Owen Akenzua, said he heard gunshots and when he contacted the DPO, he was told that it was police that fired shots when the place was rowdy.

     

    “I heard gunshots and called the DPO Ologbo. He said it was police that fired warning shots to disperse the crowd when the place became rowdy. The area is calm and peaceful now.”

  • Biafra: Pandemonium in Abia as IPOB, soldiers clash in bloody battle

    There was tension in Umuahia, the Abia State capital on Monday night as members if the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB allegedly engaged soldiers in a bloody battle.

    The incident which was said to have occurred at the popular Isi Gate spilled to other parts of the state capital, causing unrest amongst residents and visitors alike.

    According to a report by The Nation the ensuring pandemonium forced many business owners and traders within the city center to abruptly close their shops over fear of arrest or being caught up in the crisis which has literally shut the city down.

    While information about the report remains sketchy, a version of the incident has it that some soldiers stationed at Isi Gate were collecting money from commercial tricycle operators and when one of the operators refused giving them money , one of the soldiers slapped the commercial tricyclist.

    The situation degenerated into a fight when members of the union in solidarity with their member engaged the soldiers in a brawl.

    Another version of the incident claimed that the soldiers at a checkpoint around Isi Gate stopped a commercial tricycle operator and demanded that the driver should hand over to him the Biafra and IPOB insigma in his tricycle, but the driver refused.

    The situation, it was learnt degenerated into a heated argument which attracted crowd and the soldiers on seeing that the area was already charged, shot into the air to scare people, but the crowd overpowered them and injured some of them in the process.

    At the time of filing this report, it was gathered security agencies have flooded the state capital with their men on the alert to prevent total breakdown of law in the city.

    A source at the Aba Area Command told newsmen that their men have been properly briefed to be on alert at some of the flash points in the commercial city and be vigilant of movement of persons who may wish to stir up the peace of the town.

    The Coordinator of IPOB in the State, Mr. Ikechukwu Ugwuoha said that he was yet to be properly briefed about the incident.

    But a member of IPOB who spoke on condition of anonymity said that the soldiers shot at and injured some of the people who had remained peaceful and were appealing to the soldiers to release the tricyclist to go about his business since they couldn’t find anything incriminating on him.

    The 14Brigade Ohafia Public Relations Officer, Major Oyegoke Gbadamosi disclosed that some of soldiers were injured and were in an undisclosed hospital where they were receiving medical attention.

    He denied that the soldiers fueled the crisis, alleging that their operational vehicle was damaged by the crowd.

    However the State Commissioner of Police, CP Adeleye Oyebade said the situation was under control insisting there was no cause for alarm. In his words: “We are on top of the situation. We will contain the situation. There is no cause for alarm. All hands are on deck to co continually sustain the peaceful atmosphere we have labouredly tirelessly to achieve so far in the stat