Tag: Passengers
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JUST IN: Passengers abducted in Niger regain freedom
Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani-Bello, on Sunday, said all passengers abducted while traveling in the state-owned, Niger State Transport Agency, NSTA, have been released. Recall that 21 passengers of the state transport company, NSTA were abducted at Kundu via Yakila in Rafi Local Government of the state were released last week. The State Governor had…
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Osun Judicial Panel: ‘How three police officers robbed, killed eight passengers in Kogi’
At the resumed sitting of the Osun Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality Human Rights Violations and Related Extra-Judicial Killings yesterday, three petitioners appealed to it to prevail on the government and the Nigeria Police to award them N125million compensation for the gruesome killing of one Mr. Rafiu Ajani. The petitioners were seeking compensation…
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Bandits leave out woman, baby; whisk away 18 other passengers in Niger State
Bandits have kidnapped 18 passengers of the Niger State Transport Authority (NSTA) in Niger State. According to reports, the attack occurred at Yakila village in Rafi local government area of the state on Sunday, with the bandits leaving a woman and her baby behind and whisking away the other 18 passengers. The passengers were said…
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Military helicopter crashes, all passengers on board dead
A Cuban military helicopter crashed in eastern Cuba on Friday, killing all five people on board, the Cuban military said. The helicopter crashed against a hill after leaving eastern Holguin province for the neighboring Guantanamo province, the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces said in a brief statement, cited by state media. The ministry has launched an…
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Diesel laden tanker rams into commercial bus in Imo, kills seven passengers
A tanker laden with diesel on Friday allegedly killed seven passengers of a commercial bus heading to Douglas Road, Owerri, Imo State. An eye witness said the accident which occurred at the edge of the Otamiri River at about 6 pm saw the tanker ram into the small commercial bus with the passengers on board.…
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20 of 22 passengers burnt beyond recognition in Bauchi road crash
At least 20 of 22 passengers have been reported killed in a road accident along Bauchi – Maiduguri expressway near Tirwun village a suburb of Bauchi capital city. The Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi Command Ahmed Wakili confirmed the accident adding that the corpses have been deposited in the ATBU Teaching Hospital Mortuary. According to…
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17 passengers die in Kogi motor accident
Seventeen people have perished in a ghastly motor accident at at Irepeni on Okene-Lokoja-Abuja highway in Kogi State. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Sector Commander in Kogi, Mr Solomon Aghure, confirmed this to newsmen in Lokoja on Tuesday. He said that the accident, which occurred at about 5am, involved two vehicles in a collision.…
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Photo: Passengers trapped, burnt beyond recognition as vehicle somersaults, bursts into flames
Mr Andrew Kumapayi, the Anambra State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, said on Sunday that many passengers were burnt beyond recognition when their vehicle went into flames on the Ihiala/Onitsha road in Anambra State. Kumapayi said that they were yet to know the actual number of people that died in the accident…
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Photos: Low passenger turn out as airline resume domestic flights in Lagos, Abuja
Following the Federal Government’s decision to re-open Lagos and Abuja airports for flight operations as part of the phased ease of the lockdown occasioned by COVID-19, flights have resumed today, Wednesday, at both airports. In Lagos, at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA 2) re-opened for domestic flights amid poor passenger turn out. Few…
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Coronavirus: FG locates, isolates 55 passengers aboard flight with infected Italian
The Federal Government has said it is now in contact with 55 of the passengers on board the aircraft that conveyed to Nigeria the Italian who tested positive to coronavirus. A total of 148 people were on board the Turkish Airline that conveyed the Italian who was on a short business trip to Lagos from…